A Perspective on Housing Justice: Why the work of Andrea Newman is so important | Kate O’Shea
Andrea Newman’s new work, Baile na mBocht, showed at Studio 12, Backwater Artists Group on Wandesford Quay, Cork from 5 September to 3 October 2024. […]
Exhibition Texts
Imperishables | Suzanne Walsh
I’m watching the tide come up the river. It brings gulls, terns, sometimes a seal. Later it goes out again pulling brackish water over
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The Land of Saints and Sufferers | Sarah Long
The Land of Saints and Sufferers Sarah Long “I realised my life would be full of mundane physical suffering and that there was nothing special
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“Feedforward”: The Probablistic Influence of the Previous | Written by Andrew Carroll
“All things are full of gods” – Thales of Miletus O ye Northumbrian shades which overlook The rocky pavement and the mossy falls Of solitary
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Closing of The Bones Essay | Written by Aoife Desmond
An accidental relationship is formed between two artworks simultaneously showing in two different spaces dedicated to the display of contemporary art work in Cork. Grace
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The rule and the thumb: The generative power of the score in Kim Crowley’s Page / Process / Proceed | Written by Sarah Long
Page / Process / Proceed is a curatorial project by Kim Crowley exploring how text-based instruction can act as a catalyst for generativity. This iteration
Field Trip: A flick of the wrist | Written by Sarah Long
‘Field Trip’ is a group exhibition of Backwater Artist Group members curated by Kevin Kavanagh and Alanah Murray. A field trip is an excursion to
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No invitation is required | Written by Aideen Quirke
A response to Joseph Heffernan’s exhibition A Thousand Years by Aideen Quirke When you grow up as a child in the countryside, you find yourself
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In My Day Response | Written by Aoife Banks
A jubilant exploration of queer symbolism and iconography from the 6th century through to the present day, Helen Cantwell’s debut solo exhibition, In My Day,
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ANNA BARDEN’S GAME WITH CHESS AND HORSES (and sometimes flowers and cats) | Written by Theo Dorgan
The game of chess — long a preoccupation of Anna Barden’s — can be quite deceptive. We think of it as cerebral, the unfolding of