Soil Residency
Sarah Devereux
On 7 June 2023 by Deej_Fabyc1The Dirt Bird Inspired by fibromyalgia™* and a constant use of the expression “feeling sluggish” Sarah Devereux embraces this enforced Slug State™. Using the slug as the ultimate symbol of slowing down. After many years of being in a constant state of production within her arts practice Devereux became interested in interrogating ideas around labour
Soil Residency
Alex Billingham
On 30 May 2023 by Deej_Fabyc1Live Art IrelandResults – Fluid bodies 001Alex Billingham27/05/23What form does survival take when it begins from a position outside of the cis white male?How does trans survival taste?When you add in a dash of Neuro spicy?Where can Crip survival form itself in safety?I began with a picture of a brightly painted arctic survival shelter and
Soil Residency
Christopher Linforth
On 20 May 2023 by Deej_Fabyc1Christopher was our second writer in residence During the soil residency, I have been working on revising, maybe even rewilding, some flash fiction for a new collection: Sauna Culture. From the story, “Genealogia” My other self rarely asks questions about me. He exists on a parallel plane, superior in his mind, concerned with the strange lives
Soil Residency
Fay Burnett
On 12 May 2023 by Deej_Fabyc1I arrived at the SOIL residency, with a bag of peat, collected from Knockmore on Clare Island. I felta preciousness in the peat, derived partly from my feeling of ‘hiraeth’ – homesickness, for theisland. I found this feeling to mirror the current precious reality of the bogland; as it rests andrestores, it is now recognised