The Broadstone Project

This is an art project based in the abandoned and condemned sheds situated beside the Bus Éireann depot in Broadstone, Dublin 2, which explores the history of the location and of the people who worked there. Consisting of a variety of media, and using some of the materials found in the sheds, the project ultimately seeks to express a sense of wonder and admiration for the skills used there.

Sound Pieces

This project explores the nature of an aesthetic intervention. Who is to say that any of us have really done what we said we did? The documention is supposed to prove that we did but who’s to say that we did not fake or embellish the documentation? Take this aesthetic intervention, for example. You can see it, you can hear it but you cannot taste it or touch it or smell it. Is it real? Do you know what you are looking at? Do you believe that I have done all I said I did?

Site Specific 

This project was inspired by my reading and research of the history of Carraiglea Industrial School, the site and premises which now house I.A.D.T. in Dún Laoghaire. It takes as its point of departure, existing signs around the college aimed mainly at the students. Using stories and incidences from the past, these signs are subverted to give a sense of the history and story of life in the location under some of the previous owners.

"Art is like the slimy trail of the snail as it wanders through life" Videos and finished “Drawings” Ongoing.

This is a reference to a comment made by Francis Bacon about his work. Beuys once said that everyone is an artist, Picasso reckoned that 'after Altamira, all is decadence'. With this work I am exploring how art can critique itself ...in a humourous way. Beginning in 2008, and continuing every summer, I am making a series of videos using snails to produce a piece of art in the form of a video and a finished “work”.