Video
(2009-2010)
In 2008, the locals of a small residential street in Dublin’s north inner city decided to give purpose to an empty patch of land that was left overgrown, debris-filled and purposeless since the 1980’s. The Hidden Garden documents the transformation of this dumping ground into a vibrant, energetic and award winning community garden.
This project and this film in particular is about the human story behind a simple idea, a story that documents the slow emergence of far more than vegetables, but a reawakening of a community.
(2010-2011)
This short film was made as part of an artist residency with Draíocht in West Dublin. Over a period of 15 months, I worked with a group of ten older people in the Dublin 15 area where I was extending my investigations into the idea of invisibility that many people feel as they age. I choose to look at fashion.
This film documents some of the participant’s personal thoughts on growing older with fashion. Located in a place of their choosing, the piece placidly explores this theme with three of the participants.
(2010-2011)
GUBU is an acronym created in response to words spoken by the Irish Taoiseach, Charles Haughey in 1982 – Grotesque, Unbelievable, Bizarre and Unprecedented.
This project began as a personal projection of my own experience with the Irish economy and Irish politics. I adopt the persona of Gubu the clown, who explores the new landscape of Ireland. Gubu stumbles in search for something through desolate and destructive landscapes. Confused, dazed and in a hurry to rid himself of the surroundings he inhabits, he reflects on how he got himself into this mess and how he will get himself out.