Longest Way Round, Shortest Way Home

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The exhibitions take place simultaneously at The Pumphouse, surrounded by the active operations of a thriving city port. Yuri Pattison’s site-specific installation dream sequence is located in the disused 1950s Pump House No. 2, made accessible to the public for the first time. The site of the historic Graving Docks sets scene of Liliane Puthod’s outdoor installation Beep Beep.

Longest Way Round, Shortest Way Home takes its title from James Joyce’s Ulysses. It refers to journeys, departures, homecomings, and new beginnings; all which resonate with the location of Dublin Port. It references the relationship between time and labour, and is reflective of artistic processes in studio practice and exhibition making. TBG+S is taking this opportunity to celebrate ideas of connectivity with the cityscape and the Port, imagining a journey along the River Liffey from the touristic heart of Temple Bar, along the quays through historical, financial and cultural areas to the industrial heritage zone of Dublin Port.

Two distinct exhibitions employ forms of artistic storytelling to offer points of connection between geographic, economic and transport networks. They use symbolism of rivers and seas, and the infrastructure that applies their movement for our use. States of impermanence, of mutation and flow, and the idea of life as a cycle are evoked

The exhibitions will be mediated with an in-depth public engagement programme including artist talks, higher-level education tours, and commissioned artistic responses at Dublin Port and online programmes.