I WISH I WAS A RIVER

I Wish I Was A RiveR (8mins/split screen or Dualscreen| 2021©) - View 2.30 clip above

“Memories are not objects, they are a flowing stream” Hilary Mantel

I Wish I Was A River brings together photographs and moving image sequences shot from mid 2019 to 2022. By means of photographic and film editing techniques such as layering, double exposure, masking, transparency and fades, a collage of memories of daily life show how the eye works by depicting a world constantly in motion affected by the passing of time and infused with memories and emotions.

Read more about this work in an article published in The Irish Times, November, 23rd, 2022.

SCREENINGS/EXHIBITIONS:

2026 UNSETTLED, Vision Gallery, Istanbul - Group show including Judith Barry, Debra Dawes, Stan Douglas, Merilyn Fairskye, Rodney Graham, David Maisel, Mairéad McClean, Gary Simmons, Carrie Mae Weems

Curator: Gary Sangster

2022 HERE, Solo Survey Show | Belfast Exposed | Northern Ireland