the landscape is an archival process of covering and uncovering layerings of stories and unheard voices compressed, exposed, covered, re-covered and recovered. earthed stories: i’m exploring edges and borders, boundaries and interfaces between ‘borderlands’ – here it is as mud is – between water and land – not mixing but holding particles both bonded and […]
Katherine is also one of the last of our Soil Residents Soil residency at Performance Art Ireland, July/August 2023Rolling in but not rolling over – a persistence of dignity and resistance against a backdrop ofrapacious economics and failing environments.I have spent this time contemplating all things soil, forming a pair of texts. One as anaccount […]
Rachel is here as one of our final Soil Residents I gathered raw ingredients around the grounds of Millford House and, with a pestle and mortar, created a home-made, site-specific soil Ingredients: some dead animal fragments (dead moths, flies, snail shells,) dry leaves, beech nuts, fIowers and grasses, bark, moss, mushrooms, limestone,rainwater, lime and clay. […]
Please feel warmly invited to a Alban Hefin gathering under the oak tree for a bring and share eveing (4:30pm) celebrating our maximum tilt towards the sun and three days post new moon. There will be a short performance offering beforehand (4pm) for those who would like to come and witness. Everyone welcome. 21st JUNE […]
Two members of the collective Hi-Vis Witches will share the space for 3 weeks to develop a new participatory performance based around themes of building and magick. Soil and clay are prominent materials in our practice and we will further explore their symbolism in both construction, magic and the churning cycles of death and rebirth. […]