Conditions, Matter, Affects: Atmospheres II

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Addressing the ‘conditions’, ‘matters’ and ‘affects’ of atmospheres the artists Felicity Clear, Kiera O’Toole and Mary-Ruth Walsh variously employ the drawn or diagrammatic line to trace the force and movement of materials in the formation of atmospheric environments, landscape and spaces.

Taking us on a journey through matter, movement, weather, atmosphere and surface the artists within Atmospheres II present a philosophical and ecological series of works that interweave bodies, minds, landscapes, topologies and design in a correspondence and movement of lines towards the future. Each artist demonstrates differently that atmosphere, is not ‘set over against perceivers but co-mingles with, and saturates their consciousness, wherein it is generative of their own capacity to perceive’… and revision, the potential of drawing.

Extract from an essay by Sean O’Reilly entitled ATMOSPHERS: I, Director Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Ireland. Quote: Tim Ingold, Correspondences, 2011

They present us with a body of work that speaks simultaneously to the philosophical and ecological, while weaving body, mind, landscapes, topologies and design together in a movement of lines, which moves us towards the future.
Each of the artists shows in their own way how atmosphere is not opposed to the perceiver, but mixes with and penetrates their consciousness, producing their own perceptual capacity…

The exhibition is a curatorial collaboration with Drawing deCentered, Ireland and part of Zeitgeist Ireland 24, which celebrates the richness and diversity of contemporary Irish culture in 2024.

Material

• Invitation
• Press release