About / CURRENT
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Contact: ruthandniamh [at] gmail.com
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About:
Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty are collaborative artists living and working between counties Sligo, Leitrim, Clare and Dublin in Ireland. We use performance, video, sound installation and storytelling, along with a detailed research process, to convey visions of transience and resistance. Through mimetic acts of communication and repetition, of resurrection and preservation, we investigate humanity’s struggle against overwhelming natural forces and ask how we can look beyond our limited perceptions of infinity.
In our recent work, we are testing the possibility of creating a new narrative identity for Ireland that will acknowledge our struggles, admit our complicities and build our capacity for solidarity. Relevant projects include: ‘Last of the Visioners’, curated exhibition for The Model, Sligo, 2023; ‘In a Contrary Place’, solo/collaborative exhibition, Hyde Bridge Gallery & Sligo Cairde Arts Festival, 2022, and ‘Time (Ireland) Act’, year-long residency and exhibition at Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, including an Irish-language film, interactive computer game, performance and installation as part of the Art: 2016 Centenary Programme.
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Current:
UPCOMING: ‘A Collection of Disarticulated Bones’, 3rd book in a trilogy on Trinity College Library & Collections, after ‘Wound with a Tear’ (2016) and ‘Standing Above Everything, idle days and minor battles’ (2018).
The Pilgrim: Latitudes Barcelona X Askeaton Contemporary Arts: international residency exchange 2023
Touring video / performance: ‘In a Contrary Place’ / ‘I don’t believe in “isms” I just believe in me’ - Carlow Arts Festival, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art 2023; Askeaton Contemporary Arts Welcome to the Neighbourhood 2022; Sligo Cairde Arts Festival 2022.