“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

GROUNDWORK, a solo exhibition by young architect Dominic Daly, responds to the theme of ‘repair’ by addressing the crisis faced by the rural Irish town today. Through the media of drawing, objects, photographs and writing, a dispersed exhibition is set within the townscape of Ballinasloe, against the backdrop of the ancient October Horse Fair.  

Inherent within the act of mending is an effort to intimately understand the thing that is broken. GROUNDWORK aims to form an honest portrait of this place, its land and its workings through observation, gathering and drawing. 

The centrepiece of the exhibition is a long folding sectional drawing which pulls a thread across the living layer of this place, linking selected moments across kilometres of townscape and hinterlands. Presenting the town as an incomplete story, GROUNDWORK seeks to reimagine a new identity grounded in the nuanced personality of what already exists.

FREE, No booking required

INSTALLATION | PHOTOGRAPHY | DRAWING

P. Dooley’s Bar | Emerald Bar | Bank Chambers
1th - 9th October
24 hours

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
Church Gallery, Ballinasloe Library.
4th - 7th October
Tue 11-13, 14-19 | Wed - Thu 11-13, 14-17