There is a field mobilizes the iconography of rural Ireland-
the field, the cow and the crow- and chronicle the anxiety and entrapment of
the period from which they were created.
the field, the cow and the crow- and chronicle the anxiety and entrapment of
the period from which they were created.
The work is an exploration of place, being produced when living in rural offaly during 5km lockdown. Our lives suddenly geographically impoverished, our physical surroundings took on a new weight.
Living on a farm, the cows, crows and flies became the only lifeforms I would see and became both symbols of entrapment and connection.
The prints were published in Con| finement, Dublin Art Book Fair, 2021
I) C O W
As our physical world was limited, we
retreated into online spaces. Virtual backgrounds and zoom meetings became
the norm the vast majority of our interpersonal relationships were digitally
mediated
retreated into online spaces. Virtual backgrounds and zoom meetings became
the norm the vast majority of our interpersonal relationships were digitally
mediated
II) ZOOM
The new normal
III) FIELD
somewhere between despair and total boredom.
