Arteles Catalogue 2023-2020
Arteles Creative Center's residency artists and their projects 2023-2020
Arteles Creative Center's residency artists and their projects 2023-2020
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Enter Text program / DECEMBER 2021<br />
Aoife Herrity<br />
Ireland<br />
www.aoifeherrity.com<br />
About<br />
I am an Irish visual artist and writer based in Dublin. In <strong>2020</strong><br />
I obtained an MFA in Photography from the Belfast School<br />
of Art at Ulster University. This is where I developed a<br />
photographic series titled Sleeping Dogs Lie. This ongoing<br />
body of work relates to developmental and interpersonal<br />
trauma, specifically implicit memory and the freeze response.<br />
Much of the series is brought about by research into<br />
psychology theory, memory and personal histories. Based<br />
on this research, I am currently developing a manuscript that<br />
explores the visualisation of interpersonal, gender based<br />
and developmental trauma in contemporary photographic<br />
practice.<br />
Meanwhile, my artistic practice is shifting toward video,<br />
installation and soundscape. Working with time and sound<br />
based media allows for further investigation of implicit<br />
memory and exploring the intersection of local oral history<br />
and intergenerational trauma. I am a recent recipient of an<br />
Irish Arts Council Award which will assist in funding the<br />
development of this work.<br />
Writing, Research & Photography<br />
While at <strong>Arteles</strong>, I planned to spend my time writing. I am<br />
working on a text that considers how trauma is visualised in<br />
contemporary photography. I spent some time researching<br />
how best to approach this work and how to make it accessible<br />
to readers. I read texts that held similar questions and some<br />
that felt unconnected yet sparked ideas later in the month. I<br />
used corporeal writing exercises which began to bridge the<br />
themes of my photographic practice to my written work.<br />
As an antidote to these heavy writing themes, I spent time<br />
walking alone in the woods every day. I took photographs<br />
freely and without agenda and spent a lot of time listening<br />
to various bird calls and following tracks in the snow. Mostly<br />
the chance to walk and be silent in the woods was greatly<br />
beneficial in digesting my morning’s writing.<br />
In the evenings we would gather to share and discuss our<br />
work or simply spend time together. Best of all was our<br />
time spent in the sauna, having lively discussions, sharing<br />
ideas and thoughts. I also had the pleasure of celebrating an<br />
unconventional Christmas with some truly wonderful people.<br />
I look forward to returning soon.
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