community event, ^, Manorhamilton, Ireland A community art event at ^ led by Shane Finan where visitors created small boats and placed their grief in them. These will form part of a ritual later this year organised by ^ members. The boats are made from the leaves of yellow flag iris based on a traditional Scottish...

research residency, Crux Arts, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada 3 week research residency investigating the place and history of the first few transatlantic telegraph cables, and the current ones that carry internet signal. Invited by Crux Arts and part supported by Artlink Fort Dunree to carry out artistic research....

research presentation, Forum for Artistic Research, Gustav Mahler Private University for Music (GMPU), Klagenfurt, Austria Presenting collective research from various proejcts as part of the 2024 Forum for Artistic Research. From the event text: 'Artists are often tasked with finding the things that are not...

collective research trip, Varia, Rotterdam, 22nd-27th June 2024 Our collective ^ in Manorhamilton are travelling to Rotterdam to visit art/design collective Varia to speak about a new collaboration. From the event text (https://varia.zone/en/%5E-x-varia.html): The ^ collective will be visiting Varia at the end of...

residency, Síolta Glasa with Friends of Lace Limerick, May 2024-Oct 2025 I have been selected as one of seven artists-in-residence on the Síolta Glasa project that will run until October 2025. The project partners artists with community groups, and the group I am working with is 'Friends of Lace' Limerick, where we...

panel discussion, Ardnaculla Summer School, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, 1st June 2024 Panel discussion on the role of creativity in bringing about behavioural change in communities The others on the panel include Tania Banotti, Director of Creative Ireland, and Zoe Rush, interdisciplinary artist dedicated to...

upcoming conferenece intervention, Forum for Artistic Research, Austria ||| In June 2024 I have been invited to present work about experimental forms of artistic collaboration, with work from four projects included as artworks, visual essay, and artistic presentation at the Forum for Artistic Research Gustav Mahler...

workshop Manorhamilton, Ireland ||| A 2-day workshop in interactive technologies, as part of Creative Heartlands' programme of professional development. Attendees learned how to use open source technologies, sensors and electronics to control video and image in a flow from...

new artwork ||| A new kinetic art installation based on crustose lichen and their interconnectivity. Drawn lines are weaved from conductive wire connected to Raspberry Pi Picos. They all link together, and the parts speak to one another, with electricity flowing through their protozoan boundaries following their own...

fundraiser ||| I'm selling unique drawings of lichen and accepting donations to crowdfund the completion of an interactive artwork from the perspective of a lichen. The artwork will feature an 'AI', with 'lichen learning' instead of 'machine learning', and will consider borders, colonialism, and symbiosis. More...

Under construction for over a year, I've finally launched a new site. All videos now hosted here, not externally. All cookies and javascript have been removed, and hopefully it's a much more accessible and enjoyable experience than before.

new project, truskmore, sligo, ireland ||| In December I was awarded a Leitrim Arts Office Individual Artist Bursary Award to begin new artistic research into the five transmission towers around Ireland. Initial funding includes research around Truskmore, the tower at the border between Sligo and Leitrim.