In The Offing
Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland
July 2019
Maeve Lynch, Composite, Mixed Media, 2019
In The Offing, an exhibition and a series of performances that took place over the course of a single day and night in July, with artists Sophie Behal, Isadora Epstein, Maeve Lynch, Eoghan McIntyre, Rosie O’Reilly and Benjamin Stafford.
The ‘offing’ is the most distant part of the sea in view from land. Looking out at the horizon both time and expectation can become confused. The foreseeable future seems uncertain. Sirius Arts Centre acted as an anchor point for the individual practices of each artist. The building, framed by the maritime and oceanic history of Cobh, will played host to an exploration of time and uncertainty.
Taking an experimental approach to staging, the work expanded beyond the boundaries of the gallery, inviting the audience to experience the works across the private and public spaces of Sirius Arts Centre and the surrounding harbour.
Supported by Cork City Council and Kilkenny County Council.
About the group: Sophie Behal, Isadora Epstein, Maeve Lynch, Eoghan McIntyre, Rosie O’Reilly and Benjamin Stafford are a group of artists, curators and writers who pose questions relating to authorship, fiction, language and institutional critique through lectures, exhibitions and publications. Recent collaborations include Guest Appearance, Trinity College Dublin 2018, Fool s Guild, KuvA Exhibition Lab Helsinki, 2018, Unwelcome Guests: Art and Ethics, the Douglas Hyde Gallery, 2017, Rosc: Fiction of the Contemporary, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2017, Soft Ground, Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork. This work is developed through ongoing research and collaborative practice including exhibitions, events and performances.
The group work on art-focused enquiry projects through practice-based research. These outcomes include collaborative projects that work across disciplines and include partnerships with collaborators that work within and beyond the field of art.
In The Offing, an exhibition and a series of performances that took place over the course of a single day and night in July, with artists Sophie Behal, Isadora Epstein, Maeve Lynch, Eoghan McIntyre, Rosie O’Reilly and Benjamin Stafford.
The ‘offing’ is the most distant part of the sea in view from land. Looking out at the horizon both time and expectation can become confused. The foreseeable future seems uncertain. Sirius Arts Centre acted as an anchor point for the individual practices of each artist. The building, framed by the maritime and oceanic history of Cobh, will played host to an exploration of time and uncertainty.
Taking an experimental approach to staging, the work expanded beyond the boundaries of the gallery, inviting the audience to experience the works across the private and public spaces of Sirius Arts Centre and the surrounding harbour.
Supported by Cork City Council and Kilkenny County Council.
About the group: Sophie Behal, Isadora Epstein, Maeve Lynch, Eoghan McIntyre, Rosie O’Reilly and Benjamin Stafford are a group of artists, curators and writers who pose questions relating to authorship, fiction, language and institutional critique through lectures, exhibitions and publications. Recent collaborations include Guest Appearance, Trinity College Dublin 2018, Fool s Guild, KuvA Exhibition Lab Helsinki, 2018, Unwelcome Guests: Art and Ethics, the Douglas Hyde Gallery, 2017, Rosc: Fiction of the Contemporary, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2017, Soft Ground, Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork. This work is developed through ongoing research and collaborative practice including exhibitions, events and performances.
The group work on art-focused enquiry projects through practice-based research. These outcomes include collaborative projects that work across disciplines and include partnerships with collaborators that work within and beyond the field of art.
