Konrads responded to the natural landscape and architectural heritage in her work. In Settlement the ruin of a small house is located in the meadow next to the road. With its simple, symmetric outline, the broad windows and the smooth rendered surface of the lower part this building reflects an a...

A permanent public artwork of 20 bronze plaques and an illustrated publication. The texts reproduced in the plaques are based on audio recordings of conversations the artist carried out from 2004 to 2008 with long-term residents and people associated with the area, capturing their memories of lif...

Paddy Jolley was curated by Aisling Prior and commissioned by Breaking Ground to make a work to mark the impending demolition of Ballymun’s 1970’s tower blocks.

In the Autumn of 2003, and after a period of research and discussion locally, Jolley chose to work with two ot...

A large-scale photographic work featuring 13 people encountered on the streets of Dublin in the form of an interpretation of Leonardo da Vinci's  The Last Supper.

In 2003 curator Cliodhna Shaffrey invited John Byrne to devise a proposal for a large public artwork to be installed in an outdo...

An innovative public art project (2014) by American artist Sven Anderson and curated by Dublin City Council Public Arts Manager, Ruairi Ó Cuív.

It explored the possible role of an ‘urban acoustic planner’ or ‘urban sound designer’ working within Dublin City Council...

A public art commission, curated by Vincent O'Shea for Kerry County Council, which saw the creation of a new fictional custom or ‘folk rite’ for the village of Gneeveguilla in County Kerry.

Over the summer of 2011, artist Gareth Kennedy worked with the local people of Gneeveguilla to ...

Five short operas that capture forgotten ‘thrown away’ moments from the streets of Dublin by composer Brian Irvine and writer John McIlduff, The series was produced by Wide Open Opera as part of the Dublin City Public Art Programme, and the operas were performed in public places around Dublin...

Artist and curator Stephen Brandes and Curator Brigid Harte were commissioned by Breaking Ground to make a work which in some way commented on the move some families were making from the old flats and houses into newer, better homes. 

Superbia was a temporary exhibition which was prese...

Aristotle's Walk (2012) is a columnar structure which marks the entrance to a memorial garden situated in the central courtyard of St Mary’s CBS, Portlaoise. The columns were fabricated in fibreglass, coated in granite dust, and filled with sand and cement, providing the impression of solid sto...

‘Fan Nóiméad’ (Wait a Minute) is a contemporary pavilion, designed and made in collaboration between Headford Men's Shed, traditional boat builder Patrick Connolly and artist Gareth Kennedy. The pavilion (1.8m x 3.5m x 2.3m) was constructed using all native-grown Irish Green Oak and Larch w...