Eile {Border Fictioning}
Exhibition
McCloskey, P. 2022. Eile {Border Fictioning} .
| Creators | McCloskey, P. |
|---|---|
| Description | Eile {Border Fictioning} Exhibition Paula McCloskey and Sam Vardy as part of their art and spatial practice (aplaceoftheirown.org) ongoing artistic research project 'Eile'. Through ‘a place of their own’, we have been working on and with the nation-state border in Ireland since 2013. Within the framework of the Eile project, we have elaborated the notion of border fiction(ing)s. In Eile we employ fictioning as a situated method to create new imaginaries from the expanded border ‘site’ in Ireland through assemblages of performance, film, sound, sculpture, installation, poetry, and prose The exhibition, an immersive installation, of 4 films, new sound installation, 3 sculptures, digital prints, light installation and new texts. Launch Event 30 June 2022 including performance by Paula McCloskey (see attached video). Exhibition 1 July- 30 June 2022 |
| Contributors | |
| Artist | Sam Vardy |
| Keywords | border fictioning; nation-state border; artistic research; Irish border; partition; fictioning as method |
| Date | 30 Jun 2022 |
| Exhibition title | Eile {Border Fictioning} |
| Web address (URL) | https://www.blocprojects.co.uk/exhibitions-events/2022/eile-border-fictioning-a-place-of-their-own |
| Funder | Arts Council England (ACE) |
| Files | Image credit a place of their own Media type Image License File Access Level Open |
| Files | Image credit Bloc Projects, Sheffield Media type Video License File Access Level Open |
| Files | Image credit Yorkshire Sculpture International Media type Video License File Access Level Open |
| Files | Image credit screenshot Media type Image License File Access Level Open |
| Files | Image credit Performance Film: a place of their own, Eile Performance, 2022, film credit: Peter Martin Measurements 2 '11 Media type Video License File Access Level Open |
| Files | Image credit a place of their own Media type Image File Access Level Open |
| Files | Image credit Eile {Border Fictioning} 2025, a place of their own, Installation details, images by Bloc Projects Measurements various Media type Image License File Access Level Open |
| Publication process dates | |
| Deposited | 22 Jul 2025 |
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