A Special Area of ConVersation

Special Area of ConVersation, Site Specific Installation, Performance, and Publication for An Urgent Enquiry’ Residency. In collaboration with Joanna Hopkins. Fingal, Ireland. September, 2019

Site specific installation, performance, and publication as part of 'An Urgent Enquiry', project commissioned by Wexford County Council, Fingal County Council and Dublin City Council with funding from the Arts Council under the ‘Invitation to Collaboration scheme’. 

The eggs are art objects based on a fictional creature, placed specifically on Portrane beach. They are created using parian porcelain and sand from Portrane Beach. Each egg maps one Special Area of Conservation in the Fingal area. They also represent the houses in the area that are in danger of being lost to the sea and while referencing the loss of nesting sites of an incalculable number of birds due to climate change and dune erosion. The rope / fencing is inspired by the Roseate Tern conservation project on Rockabill Island, the largest breeding colony of the species in the Northern Hemisphere, and the Little Tern Conservation Project on Portrane Strand, the rarest of Ireland’s five breeding tern species and the people that run these important projects. The installation was accompanied by a site-specific theatre performance on the strand.

The accompanying publication was produced as a limited-edition hard cover book in 2021.

More info about An Urgent Enquiry Here: https://youtu.be/a2u6RkUK0as

Link to PDF of book: https://issuu.com/streetdoves/docs/sac_2021

Link to video of performance: https://vimeo.com/435070203

For further information about this project visit: http://www.anurgentenquiry.ie/artists-residencies.html