Got to spend a fulfilling morning in an exchange of views with a group of Liberal Arts + Visual Culture students from the @universityoftexasataustin . These students, are spending the month in Ireland exploring key topical and historical social issues through a visual arts narrative. Topics include the housing crisis, rights, systemic oppression, those affected by migration, IPAS centres, poverty, deprivation + resilience.
This morning our focus was on systemic control, oppression, trauma, human rights, social justice, ethical storytelling, collaboration, and the role + responsibility of visual storytellers in the everyday + the deeply rooted hegemonic barriers of exclusion.
Thanks to @donna.decesare.photo + Brendan for the invitation + trust to facilitate. Looking forward to future crossovers.
My final words before we parted ways;
to always stay curious, but most importantly, there time in Ireland is short……. to get out of the city + into the sea.
Excited to share that I’ve been invited as guest lecture to a group of 22 undergraduate Liberal Arts students from the University of Texas this May, in Dublin.
These students, are spending a month in Ireland exploring key topical and historical social issues through a visual arts narrative. Topics include the housing crisis, rights, immigration, poverty & deprivation and cultural resilience.
They’ve been preparing since January reading Irish news, studying history etc. Their work will culminate in a zine showcasing their visual stories. I’ll be facilitating a session on systemic control, oppression, trauma, human rights, social justice, ethical storytelling, and the role of lens based practices in representing everyday life and systemic inequity.
Looking forward to being part of this provocative exchange of perspectives.
First upload in a while. I was recently nominated for prestigious @leica_camera competition, to the best of my knowledge, I am 1 of 3 artists to represent Ireland for this prestigious award.
It has inspired me to dust off the archive negs and to share imagery once again after a bit of a hiatus.
From the series, Moyross Study, 2017.
Taken during the late evening in the height of summer when there was absolute joy chaos going on behind me
I have been invited by the Irish Architecture Foundation to be a panel participant on the “We Are What We Build” public engagement initiative that aims to highlight the connection between architecture, society, and identity. This will involve panel discussions that explore themes of cultural memory in the built environment with a focus on vacancy, demolition, and contemporary city-building activity.
Other panelists include;
Professor Dr. Sally Stone
Town Planner, Mr. Kieran Reeves
Limerick Mayor, John Moran
‘We are What We Build’ Panel Discussion, Friday 20 September, 19:00-20:15
El Diablo Magico; Sharing a space with such a powerful soul, former housemate and kindred spirit, was a very notable experience, to feel her sensitive and healing energy was powerful. And it turned out we had also shared a birthday (although, a whole decade apart)
Ana, taken shortly before her return to her homeland of Columbia, in mid-October, 2023.
It has been a minute since I have shared something from the personal project work and creative process. I took a hiatus from it. Or perhaps even just a breather, but now hoping to begin reintegrating into the scene and start producing work once again.
Portrait of artist, Nic Flanagan.
Taken after a shared performance and movement based collaboration between ourselves at The LAB Gallery, Feb, 2020. This was an exploratory strand of Nic’s Major Project for the Masters with ARC at IADT. A programme I had completed in 2016.
I’ll have some works from the on-going series, ‘Moyross Study’, featured in the group show, ‘No Place Like Home’ at the Photo Museum Ireland. The show is curated by Darren Campion and Trish Lambe.
The official launch is Thursday 20th of July at 530pm.
Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and Dublin City Arts Office.
