TOMBOLO - LAY OF THE LAND
Residency and exhibition
Brow Head, West Cork, Ireland. 2017
Residency and exhibition
Brow Head, West Cork, Ireland. 2017
For the month of September eight artists - Theo Shields, Emily Robyn Archer, Kari Cahill, Sophie Gough, Hazel Mc Cague, Rosie O'Reilly, Felix Power and Anna Wylie engaged with the landscape at Brow Head, Mizen Peninsula, West Cork. During the time spent on the tombolo headland they developed and produced site responsive sculptural installations. TOMBOLO supports emerging artists whose practices focus on the landscape, and where themes of environment, community, heritage and collaboration are intrinsic to, and reflected in their work. Read more...
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Name: Transposed Chess
Materials: clay, sand, straw, granite, slate, quartz Size: 2x2x0.3m Artists: Theo Shields Beach clay from Harlech, North Wales carried to Brow Head, West Cork September 2017. Stone quarried in 1930 from 'Brow Head Granite' transported by boat to surface English Roads. |
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Name: Marconi's Kite
Materials: sailcloth, bamboo, brass eyelets, kite string.
Size: 2x2x0.05m
Artists: Theo Shields and Emily Archer
Materials: sailcloth, bamboo, brass eyelets, kite string.
Size: 2x2x0.05m
Artists: Theo Shields and Emily Archer
"On the 12th of December 1901, Guglielmo Marconi made his first successful transatlantic wireless reception tests. The receiving aerial was raised 122m by means of the Bowden-Powell Leviator kite. A strong wind was blowing, and the first attempt resulted in the loss of a kite. Even though the second kite fared more successfully, it's basic instability forced Marconi to make technical compromises to his equipment to compensate for the kite's misbehavior."
David Pelham - Penguin Book of Kites
Name: Gaibhne Ar NaTrá Sligeach - The metalsmithing god on a beach abounding in shells
Materials: cast pewter goblets
Size: 50x50x5cm
Artists: Theo Shields
Materials: cast pewter goblets
Size: 50x50x5cm
Artists: Theo Shields
A reflection of the surface wave pattern etched onto sea floor; the ripples in the sand bedform are dictated by the strength and direction of the wind compounded by the size and frequency of waves as the tide retreats. Captured in molten metal; pewter goblets are heated then poured directly onto the rippled sandy shore at Galley Cove.