“You cannot see us but we are still here. Ghosts and fairies are moods and modes of one’s feeling for the Earth; they wax and wane with our desires and delusions.”
- Tim Robinson
Acknowledging that architecture is an accretion of inherited ideas and meanings, ‘Broken Stones’ explores the place of physical objects as conduits for connecting people to the sublime. Founded on research gathered on sites of folklore around Lough Corrib, the exhibition seeks to make visible layers of mythology latent in this landscape. In the past, landscapes were revered and feared; rocks added to piles, scraps tied to fairy trees, generating attitudes of exchange rather than exploitation. Over time stories change, meanings are twisted and appropriated, landmarks lost and destroyed; each object is perpetually lost and renewed through its interpretation by people. Through exploring architecture and its narrative potential as a means to reconcile our identity with land, the exhibition meditates on how built forms and materials take on meaning in the contemporary world.
Architect / Artist:
Emily Jones studied in Dublin and Paris and received her master’s degree in Architecture from University College Dublin. She has worked on design projects in Dublin, France and Japan ranging from domestic works, cultural buildings, and urban design to exhibition scenography and installations. These projects are supported by an interest in drawing, graphics, crafting and research.
David Hurley studied in Dublin and Aarhus and received his master’s degree in Architecture from University College Dublin. He has worked on various architectural projects based in Dublin, Tokyo, and Brussels. Through an iterative process of experimenting with graphical representations and model-making, he continues to develop a constructive approach to spatial practice.
David and Emily are collaborating under the name Réal. Réal is the verb to process or manifest in Irish but it also means clear and bright.
Location Mick Lally Theatre, (Foyer), Druid lane, Galway
Artists Talk 1pm, 05th October in Mick Lally Theatre, Foyer
