My journey to Smithfield came to a halt today as the Fuel Protest took over O’Connell street. In true spirit of the day, the truck drivers and farmers were more than happy to park their protests to stop and chat while a trolly filled with tea and milk made its way through the crowds.
A few stills from my video response to a brief that asks to reimagine the Angelus.
The Angelus is televised at 6 o’clock before the news every evening and played across Ireland on the radio at 12pm and 6pm daily. Today, the Angelus playing across platforms is critiqued as a reminder of the past. I argue that we are surrounded by reminders; religious statues, engraved stone, worn steps, architectural imprints and textures built into facades. The pathways of the past are embedded in our surroundings.
This project looks at the physical marks religion has left on our urban fabric and asks whether we recognise them anymore. The memory is in material. It’s in the walls, the streets, and in the paths we cross everyday. I focused on white buildings and imprints to put emphasis on the absent space held for the past.
I will be posting the full video shortly!!
‘Redefining Home’ looks at what actually makes a place a “home.” Is it the people? The location? Or just how long you’ve been there? As society and policies keep changing, the idea of home has had to shift too.
For the project, I used old photos of my family from the 1960s, taken in a house that’s been in my family for over 100 years, presenting itself as a personal museum. It’s full of memories, achievements, and things forgotten.
It made me realise that it’s the people and the stories that make a home, not the building itself. Through these images, I’m looking at how home ties into identity, history, and how we’re imagining what “home” means today.
