Balloon by Sorcha O'Brien and Eli Caamano
Sorcha O'Brien and Eli Caamano installed 4 spherical 20ft balloons on the tops of buildings in the docklands area along Kennedy's Quay, including the landmark buildings R&H Hall and the Odlums Building. The lightness of touch that the ball...

John Byrne was commissioned by Breaking Ground to make a work in close consultation with the local community - the second phase of the Breaking Ground art commission programme that commissioned artists to work in a sustained and engaged way with members of the host community. At the end...

The height of the piece is approximately 6m, with a diameter of approximately 700mm. This work stretches over two levels of the building towards the atrium. Daphne Wright found her inspiration through looking at old photographs. She states:

"The trees on the Mall are recurring bac...

This commission came about as part of the construction of the new county hall in Swords, Co. Dublin. The architecturally ambitious building demanded artworks to match its unique presence and so it was agreed that artists would be invited to the building, given access to expertise from architects ...

The teenagers were introduced to creative writing in two ways: firstly, through exploring the concept of creative texting using mobile phones; secondly, facilitating workshops in which the teenagers researched and wrote their own short stories, written in the first person. These short stories wer...

Mystical Anarchism is an experimental project to explore an alternative model to engage with theoretical enquiry using a transdisciplinary approach. Rather than coordinating a lecture in an academic context, Mystical Anarchism seeks to create a more open discourse. This took place u...

Commissioned jointly by Our Lady's hospital for sick children and the Ark Cultural Centre for Children, Subaquatic Dublin presents an underwater version of Dublin thriving with fish citizens. The aquarium holds seven tons of water. Replicas of landmark Irish buildings along with tower cran...

Personal Effects is a project which aims to uninstitutionalise the hospital through the illumination of its inhabitants' stories. This is done by slowly gathering fragments of lives from individuals passing through the institution and allowing these details and narratives to reappear on ho...

The Banshee Lives in the Handball Alley is a collection of local stories and superstitions as told by children from The Island and Moyross areas of Limerick City. The multi-part video work was recorded by Michael Fortune and Aileen Lambert as part of Young EV+A and The Cuisle Poetry Festiv...

The Bedmaker evolved through creative play with children and explores the bed as a performing landscape, using clowning, storytelling and puppetry. It was developed by Helene Hugel to inspire children to recreate their bed space through their imagination.

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