Forerunner

If being outside all day in a summery meadow, beside an ancient woodland, learning about local building & making practises, listening to pioneering work around communications, modelling & memory and eating delicious food sound good to you - come to BUILD SCHOOL. Ticket link in bio Forerunner x SOWN are hosting a weekend of artist-led workshops & talks over the first weekend in June to celebrate the next lifecycle of YOUNGFOSSIL. YOUNGFOSSIL is an experimental building which began its life in 2021 as a series of seating structures in the gardens of IMMA. It then found its permanent home in 2023 when it was assembled in the fields of SOWN in Ballyfad, Co. Wexford. With the support of the Arts Council, Forerunner are in the process of enclosing YOUNGFOSSIL so it can begin its next lifecycle as a usable, enclosed studio space for residencies and BUILD SCHOOL is a celebrate of this evolution, where we can learn something new and old along the way from some of Ireland’s finest artists and makers. @forerunner_studio @placeevolution @wexfordartsoffice @artscouncilireland @cowhousestudios Supported by The Arts Council and Wexford County Council’s Arts Office – Small Arts Festival Grant Scheme 2026.

Join us on this Thursday July 25th at 6pm for a one-off guided exploration of 'Let's Get The Hell Outta Here' where @stephane.hanly will both inform and misinform the audience through the use of elaborate costumes in the hopes of discovering new truths hidden within the objects scattered throughout this anthology of fragmented worlds. To book your free spot, click on the link in our bio and add your name to the waitlist! Stéphane Béna Hanly @stephane.hanly is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Dublin who works primarily through sculpture, video, sound, and performance, incorporating a humorous approach to making obscure observations in otherwise decrypted scenarios. His work has featured in exhibitions around Ireland and abroad in Austria, Belgium and Switzerland. 'Let's Get The Hell Outta Here' is a group exhibition by participants in the Digital Media Art & Design (DMAD) course at Liberties Training Centre @libertiestrainingcentre , and the result of a two year research project between the DMAD course and Forerunner @forerunner_studio , in partnership with The LAB Gallery @thelabgallery and produced by Superprojects @superprojects_ The exhibition runs until Saturday 24 August 2024 at The LAB Gallery in Dublin. Photos: 1-6 by Louis Haugh @louishaugh Photo: 7 by Josue Alejandro Pena Argueta

YOUNG FOSSIL has reached its final destination ⏰ It is coming together as a building in @placeevolution Ballyfad - We will be doing a small opening on Sunday 14th from 2 - 5pm YOUNG FOSSIL contains works by @lilianeputhod @danieltuomey @davidlunney @stephane.hanly @fionamjgannon @matthew_lenkiewicz @plnpyn @conalio originally commissioned by @rachaelgilbourne and @jan.hough for @immaireland

Setting up some temporary foundations for one of the YOUNG FOSSIL platforms @placeevolution where it will be assembled into a building in 2024.

Boom Nouveau is now installed on Cook St in Cork City awaiting some finishing touches. Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible. Eric Dhalberg @dahlberg_e for his expertise with blown glass. Charlie Watt for his engineering calculations and advice. Finn Barlow for his careful metal work. Tim Morris on bronze And Pat Twomey and his Mitchelsfort crew who installed it. Also thanks to Dominic, Valerie and the National Sculpture Factory for their support and Cork City Council and Failte Ireland who commissioned it. @islandcitycorksculpture @corkcitycouncil @nationalsculpturefactory @northlandscreative @dahlberg_e @andreaskvk @tanadaaron @super8seville

First photos of Tigh Drop, a design build project with the transition year students of @colaiste_ghobnait as part of @do_anyting 2023. Thanks to everyone who made it possible @alannahdunfordx @mn_irl @sparkiemcguinness @artscouncilireland and who did workshops along the way @jordanralph_ @common_k_ @materialsmatter.ie

In Northern Scotland working with the amazing @dahlberg_e in @northlandscreative making some glass components for upcoming project. @andreaskvk @super8seville @tanadaaron

One week after the opening Granite Leap @kunstverein_aughrim . What a pleasure working with the amazing Kate Strain and Isadora Epstine @richgilligan @yurika.exe @thefirst47 @leaffocus Also thanks to all the locals who helped make it happen, Rory McArdle, Johnny Lacy, Pat Byrne and everyone else.

Some photos of the Coral Pavilion, our contribution to this years amazing @dropevrything festival. Huge thanks to everyone that helped make it possible. Those on the island that helped build it. Everyone who performed on it. @kevfreeney for amazing lighting @artscouncilireland for funding it. @westportequipment for their help with the scaffolding and of course @mn_irl for commissioning it and for making it all happen in the first place.

YOUNG FOSSIL is back maybe see you around the grounds of @immaireland sometime soon. @danieltuomey @lilianeputhod @davidlunney @stephane.hanly @leaffocus @conalio @fionamjgannon #matthewlenkiewicz @plnpyn @rachaelgilbourne @jan.hough @tanadaaron @super8seville @andreaskvk @emlynhw

Friday at 5pm come and see @stephane.hanly @fionamjgannon and @plnpyn & #matthewlenkiewicz present new work as part of Y O U N G F O S S I L L I V E Get your tickets from @immaireland (link in their bio) for a performance, reading and sound compositions spread across the meadow as well as an artist talk alongside Nathalie Weadick from @irisharchitecturefoundation A huge thanks to @leaffocus for the drawings Vision 1, 2 & 3 commissioned to represent the individual live events Y O U N G F O S S I L is kindly supported by @ourpublicservice Innovation Fund and @opwireland

Some photos of YOUNGFOSSIL taken at the start of the summer @immaireland curated by @rachaelgilbourne and @jan.hough with artist contributions “oh Tempus Fugit” flag by @lilianeputhod and “Bright Brown” by @davidlunney and “How to Win” by @danieltuomey . They are there until the beginning of October so still a chance to go and see them in person.