Kiera O’Toole tells Susan Campbell that in her practice she is concerned with how humans experience the world in non-cognitive ways of being
After more than twenty years of practice, visual artist Kiera O’Toole refl ects that her work has always employed two fundamental yet parallel strands: drawing, and responding to a site. Her process is about feeling an atmosphere in a bodily way, tuning into its ‘tone’. It is, she says, ‘about deep experiencing and deep listening, being present as much as possible. I want to see how my body is used as a way of manifesting this felt experience into mark.’ Her hope is that her site-responsive art will inspire a sense of wonder in the viewer and heighten their perception of themselves in the world.
Marcel Vidal finds that a thread of instability runs through Freida Breen’s sculptural practice
Julian Walton and William Fraher explore the magnificent Curraghmore House in County Waterford, where, three hundred years ago, the union of two families produced the most powerful dynasty in late Georgian Ireland
