December 2011
11 posts
“Lateral Canal Ahead”
– An exhibition & performance series with the Cambridge Arts Council, MA, October to December 2011
WatchSugar wos ear (extract), 2011
Sugar beet was grown in the fields around my home in Carlow town, Ireland, until the untimely closure of the Carlow sugar factory in 2005 to free the land for development.
In ‘Sugar Wos Ear’ I collect a palette for ephemeral graffiti while playing with ideas of abstraction, the making of colour-field paintings & compositions in the field, alluding...
Lateral Canal Ahead
Irish artist Rosalind Murray creates playful, intimate and poetic images and narratives through performance. Murray draws and sings her way around the urban environment of the city of Cambridge, and the rural environment of her home place, Carlow, in the river Barrow valley in Ireland. Lateral Canal Ahead is a poetic detour of gallery works and live performances made on and around train-tracks and...
Because Mischief Delights In Playing With...
Closing reception at CAC Gallery, 344 Broadway, MA. Monday, Dec 12th, 6pm
After a six week residency with the Cambridge Arts Council, the closing reception presents video segments from performances around the City of Cambridge and a closing performance.
“My Here Is Your There” is part of the drawing created during the exhibition’s opening performance to outline the I-beam structure used...
Sugar & Ice
In the Nineteenth Century, ice was a valuable commodity. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, train tracks were laid and a rail system was developed to move ice from Fresh Pond to the wharfs in Charlestown for shipping all over the world. These developments in engineering and modes of travel and distribution were a part of the first wave of the Industrial Revolution, changing the way our ancestors...
WatchIce-Field-Baby
This is a rough edit from the performance series ‘Lateral Canal Ahead’ in Cambridge, MA with the Cambridge Arts Council……more coming soon!