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Tipping Point water to air

Siobhán McDonald (IE)

A hand-blown glass vessel filled with 20,000-year-old glacial water (from the Dryas period) and 2.00 ml of future air that maps the story of the last major tipping point in the earth to the present day. It is a slow distillation of deep time, temperature, atmosphere and biosphere that points to a methane unsustainable future.

Methane Lake

Siobhán McDonald (IE)

In the video installation Methane Lake, the artist paints methane ink on ancient ice which melts away. The act presents itself as a ritual or a time capsule of the frequency of the earth 20,000 years ago, representing the imagined notion of a time we cannot go back to.

Listening to Soil

Siobhán McDonald (IE)

The project started collecting soil samples from the JRC soil library, organizing them by location, thus creating a roadmap to the journey soil has taken; the trail along which civilization travels. As the trail progresses across timescales, the PH content changes and the tonality of the soil shifts. The installation is one result of my ongoing dialogue with Arwyn Jones (EU - JRC) and archaeologist Dr Brendan O'Neill (IRL) to chart soil processes and rituals circa 1500 BC.

Cosmic Gas

Siobhán McDonald (IE)

Cosmic Gas, paintings and Chine collé on German etching paper. Plant fragments collected from bog sites and glaciers created through invisible methane gas.