Digital Arts Studios is delighted to present STOOP showcasing new works by recent Home Residents - Emma Brennan, Susan Hughes, Dorothy Hunter and Miach Malachy.
OPENING NIGHT
Late Night Art - Thursday 7th September 6-9pm
OPENING TIMES
Tuesday - Saturday, 12pm - 5pm
8th September – 5th October 2023
CLOSING NIGHT
Late Night Art - Thursday 5th October 6-9pm
Please note that our exhibition room is on the first floor and we have no lift access. If this is an issue, please get in contact with us to see how we might be able to facilitate your accessibility needs.
un/belonging (2023) by Emma Brennan
is born out of Emma’s ongoing research into the grotesque in Irish Mythology through a Queer Feminist lens married with a narrative of a personal exploration into identity origins. Using elements of green screen, performance to camera and text, this work is the result of digital testing while on residency at DAS.
un/belonging references Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose, Francisco de Zurbará (1633) Francisco de Zurbarán x oil on canvas, The Norton Simon Foundation.
“I seem to have run in a great circle, and met myself again on the starting line.” - Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Sliabh Liag Boat Tours (2023) by Susan Hughes
Sliabh Liag Boat Tours operate out of Teelin pier in South West Donegal, a place Susan has been frequenting for many years with a hunger for hypnotic fiddle tunes specific to that area. As part of skipper Paddy's trip he stops at sea stacks under Cnóc Áine.
In the 1950s a dark fairy story called 'Áine, Cnóc Áine' was sourced from Pádraig Mac Seáin, a fisherman in Teelin at that time. This work is part of Susan’s ongoing search for Áine, the girl who disappeared into the hill now called 'Cnóc Áine', Áine's Hill.
settle (2023) by Dorothy Hunter
Looped 3 channel video installation.
Continuing her research into the history, folklore and experience of subterranean space in Fermanagh and Cavan, this piece combines experiences of lithic space. Estimates of undiscovered space range from 60 kilometres to hundreds of miles. Ends are still moving and past resting places enter folklore. Moonmilk, locally sourced headstones, a final resting place, a crawl.
And You Will Will It So by Miach Malachy
collects a litany of received speech, in a call and response of sometimes contradicting, sometimes competing, sometimes interlocking imperatives. Read by Dr. Angela Halliday and Paul Moore.