In der Videoinstallation Methane Lake bemalt die Künstlerin altes, schmelzendes Eis mit Methantinte. Der Akt ist in sich eine Zeitkapsel der Frequenz der Erde vor 20.000 Jahren, der die Vorstellung einer Zeit, in die wir nicht zurückkehren können, darstellt. Der Film erforscht das langsame Voranschreiten geologischer Prozesse, die tief im Permafrost stattfinden und die das Gefühl von Eis vermitteln. Die Künstlerin begab sich auf eine Expedition in dieses wunderschöne und lebendige arktische Eis, das Erinnerungen erhält, die sich Millionen von Jahren in die Vergangenheit erstrecken. Indem auf flüchtiges Material wie Myzel und Eis aus verschiedenen historischen Epochen gemalt wird und es dann schmilzt, soll das unendliche Prinzip des Ensō ausgedrückt werden. Ensō wurzelt in der Japanischen Kalligraphie und ist eng mit dem Prinzip des wabi-sabi verbunden – die Japanische Vorstellung der Vergänglichkeit aller Dinge. In der Zen Philosophie ist Ensō ein Kreis, der seit Vorzeiten mit Stöcken und Stangen in die Luft gemalt wird.
Biography
Siobhán is working with world-leading research facilities such as The European Space Agency (ESA) and The JRC European Commission to explore nature in light of current ecological concerns. Across research labs, her research-based approach pursues knowledge to ask questions about the structure and history of the Earth. She calls on notions of what is still unknown to science, exploring the Anthropocene and the recent consequences of our treatment of nature.
Artist-in-Residence at Studiotopia and Trinity College Dublin (2020-2023.) Siobhán is exploring the Anthropocene and the recent consequences of our treatment of nature. Current and upcoming exhibitions include: The Model, Ireland (2023), Centre for Contemporary Art LAZNIA (2022); Bozar, Brussels (2022) and Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (2022)
Recent awards include the Ocean Memory Award (2022); Arts Council Ireland Project Award 2022; EU Commission Alumni award 2021; Culture Ireland Award 2022; Arts Council’s Visual Arts Bursary 2020; Creative Ireland Award 2020 and Climate Whirl Arts Programme Helsinki 2021.
Recent shows include BOZAR, Brussels, 2020; Deutsches Hygiene-Museum DHMD, 2020; Volta, Basel 2019; Limerick City Art Gallery, 2019; Deutsches Hygiene-Museum DHMD, 2019; The National Trust Fox Talbot Museum, UK, 2018; Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, 2018 among others. Her work is represented in many collections, both public and private such as The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Allied Irish Banks, Bank of Ireland, The Ulster Museum and Trinity College Dublin. Her projects are supported by The European Commission, The Institute of Physics, Culture Ireland, The Arts Council and The European Research Council.
Credits
Christopher Ash (USA), Film maker / Chris Bean Senior Professor and Head of Geophysics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) (IE) / Atlay Film / Dr Robert Mulvaney, Galciologist, British Antarctic Survey.
Methane Lake was commissioned by Gluon within the framework of STUDIOTOPIA, a project co-funded by Creative Europe Program of the European Union. With the kind support Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, the Brussels Capital-Region, The Joint Research Centre, JRC SciArt project of the European Commission, Arts Council of Ireland Project Award, Trinity College Dublin, Monaghan County Council and Culture Ireland and Creative Ireland Award.
A WORLD WITHOUT ICE (soundtrack to film)
The piece plays with a world rhythm in subtle ways to explore a Byzantine Manuscript that illustrates the physics of a pure vibrational frequency and how notions of The Pythagorean „harmony of the spheres“ (Johannes Kepler) once served as a universal model for explaining the order of the cosmos. The simple chord structures, based on fifths, creates changing sound surfaces generated with the aid of humming devices and site recordings from the melting glaciers and exposed boglands.
Composer: Jonathan Nangle (IE); Scientist: Chris Bean Senior Professor and Head of Geophysics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) (IE)
STUDIOTOPIA is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
