FROM ASHES TO ASHES (2022)
Intriuged by the trace of bonfires after the Halloween celebrations, I salvaged trollies and other material which lingered on these sites. within my estate
From cardboard collected within the neighbouring industrial estate, I built a large-scale pinhole camera, which I later used to capture an image from the perspective of the bonfire pit.
Bonfires in Celtic culture were seen as portals which bridged the gap between that of our world and the otherworld of spirits and fairies. At specific moments throughout the Celtic Calendar such as Samhain and Lunasa, celebratory festivals occurred around the lighting of the fire.
Fire was seen as a symbol of the sun and stars, not only conjuring up the otherworld, it was believed to protect the people, cattle and crops for the months to follow.
Standing trollies salvaged and repurposed into pinhole cameras.
'From Ashes to Ashes' (2022) 91 x 91cm
'From Ashes to Ashes' (2022) 91 x 91cm
'Dust to Dust, to Stars' are a series of photograms created from remnants of broken glass, grasses, ash and soil found in the pit of bonfires located around my estate.
'From Ashes to Ashes' and
'From Dust to Dust, to Stars' were exhibited at
The Darkroom, Dublin, as part of the Artist Graduate Residency Programme 2021-2022.
