I am honoured to read a piece I wrote in response to this beautiful temporal and earthly work by @clodaghemoe and @donal_lally – it was a gift to be invited into this process and amongst these people, plants, places and materials.

I was invited to write an essay, but there was also an understanding of the openness of that form — that it is a way of trying, a way of exploring lived experience. What came out of my engagement with Clodagh and Dónal’s work is a fiction of lived experience, and in that sense it is all completely true.

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On Sunday 29th September A L T A R will host writer and artist Jessica Foley. It is the last opportunity to visit and spend time with A L TA R in the beautiful garden cemtery of Golden bridge.

A L T A R explores how we, the living and the dead, are intrinsically connected with the natural world.

A L T A R draws on the material and essence of plant life, creating a gathering space between the interior of the 18th-century Mortuary Chapel and the canopy of the ancient Beech Tree.

A L T A R is a site-responsive intervention for Goldenbridge Cemetery by artist @clodaghemoe Emoe and @donal_lally.

Funded by @artscouncilireland Supported by @commongrounddub, Dublin Cemeteries Trust, @templebargalleryandstudios@immaireland@NCAD and @tudublin_artanddesign
@nationalgalleryofireland
@nationalmuseumofireland

#contemporaryart
#biodiversity
#irishheritage

BOOKING FOR EVENT 5: A L T A R. A reading with writer Jessica Foley. This event takes place in Goldenbridge Cemetery on Sunday 29^th September at 2pm. For more information and to book a free ticket please go to Eventbrite: A L T A R