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Atlantaigh

Atlantaigh is a body of work including a filmic triptych, installation work, and a DVD. The work researches the concept of the Atlantic ocean from different geographical positions. Filmic explorations were carried out in North Africa, Southern Spain and Western Ireland, to document and record physical sites. In addition to its site specificity the filmic frame presents the Atlantic from its different locations in terms of cultural memory and current social experience. Atlantaigh is the Irish language name, and is used to highlight its history in forced exile, occupation, famine and memories of displacement. The frames are selected for their significant cultural, historical and factual relationships. The imagery of “sublime seascapes” engages migratory processes, diasporic formations, the territorial politics of surveillance and their affect upon notions of place.

This work has been exhibited in screenings at Tenderpixel Gallery London, Rushes Soho Short Film Festival July 2011 and released as part of a compilation on the Tenderflix DVD publication with a number of international artists including Max Hattler and Jordan Baseman. The work was included in the Escape exhibition at 2022NQ gallery, Manchester, March 2013.