Exhibition Opening –
In association with Science Gallery Dublin
- Date: Friday 28th February, 2020
- Time: 5.00pm
- Venue: Wexford County Hall, Carricklawn
About the exhibition:
Amber Agrichemwhey (IRE), Janna Ahrndt (USA), axial3D (UK), Thijs Bierstter (NL), Sean Breithaupt (UK), Shih Hsiung Chou (TW), Robby Collins (IRE), , Michelle McBride (IRE), Thomas Hoogewerf (NL), Vico Magistretti (ITL) , Megan Valanidas (USA), Sanne Visser (NL), Luke Casserly/Shanna May Breen (IRE), Elizabeth Crotty/Conor Fallon (USA, IRE), Ellen Roche/Markus Horvath/Clara Park/Lucy Hu (IRE, DEU, USA), Tajwar Aziz/Libby Landeberg/Halszka Staniewicz/Federico Trucchia (PAK, UK,PL, ITL), Keith Fitzsimons/Roisin Ni Mheachair/Alex Hennessy, Joe Fahy (IRE), and Bioengineering Students – Trinity College Dublin (INT).
Wexford County Council in partnership with Science Gallery Dublin and Wexford Arts Centre are pleased to present PLASTIC – a touring exhibition which interrogates our current and future relationship with the material. The unsustainability of our relationship with plastic is well documented, but to stop using it completely is not an option. Its use has revolutionised industrial design and more essentially, modern medicine relies on plastic so heavily that even the most basic medical procedures would be unimaginable without it.
Plastics are a global but relatively recent problem, meaning our environment and our culture has plasticity – we can mould and change it, both intentionally and unintentionally. The question is, can we utilise this wonderful, terrible material, while fundamentally changing our approach to living with PLASTIC?
The exhibition will tour to the Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda in May and June, and continue to Galway, Limerick and Letterkenny. In each location, the exhibition will launch with a new commission that has been co-created with the community to recontextualise the local conversation about plastic. ‘Polycetacea’ is a new work by Ed Devane. The theme of the piece was derived during a co-design workshop in Wexford where participants identified the county’s coastal areas, and the effects of plastic pollution on them, as common concerns. The final piece – an abstract sculptural representation of a whale – will also features several sound making elements that respond to visitor’s movement in the County Council. The artist Ed Devane will also be running a free two day workshop in March with local communities in Wexford exploring music instrument making using recycled plastics.
Ed Devane is a sound artist, instrument builder, and educator originally from Wexford and now based in Donegal. Beginning his career in electronic music production, Ed’s work encompasses interactive installations, electronic instrument design, and community engagement through varied workshops. Continual experimentation and investigation of materials and processes are integral to Devane’s work.
SUBSET, the artist collective group, are also being commissioned to create a mural on the theme of PLASTIC in Wexford town.
The tour of PLASTIC will culminate in a one-day summit at the end of 2020 bringing together communities, artists, designers, researchers, students, scientists & policy-makers to evaluate and discuss our relationship with this material.
The exhibition will run in Wexford County Council, Carricklawn until Friday 17th April 2020.
PLASTIC was created by Science Gallery Dublin at Trinity College Dublin, supported by Science Foundation Ireland. Science Gallery Dublin is part of the Science Gallery Network pioneered by Trinity College Dublin.
Who to contact:
For further details please contact
For further information on the exhibition and workshop please contact
Catriona O’Sullivan, Assistant Staff Officer, The Arts Department, Wexford County Council, Carricklawn, Wexford on +353 (0)53 9196369 or email catriona.osullivan@wexfordcoco.ie
or alternatively contact
Catherine Bowe, Curator, Wexford Arts Centre, Cornamarket, Wexford on +353 (0)53 9123764 or email catherine@wexfordartscentre.
Exhibition opening hours:
PLASTIC
In association with Science Gallery Dublin
From 2nd March – 17th April, 2020
Wexford County Council is open Monday to Friday from 9.00am – 5.00pm
