​IN CONVERSATION & IN ARGUMENT (WITH THE SEA)

​Diaskari (Green) Beach, Maykri Gialos, Lasithi Region, Crete
​3.38 minutes Video performance, July 2017

​Solo female figurative performance piece, in which 2 seperate improvisational
dance-based movements were created in response to a conflicted relationship with the sea. Filmed on a remote beach devoid of other personal interaction, waves alone provide a rhythm both to converse with, and to rebel against. 

Exhibited at:
Glor Gallery, Ennis for Haclyon Days Oct 2017-Jan 2018.
11th Annual Members Exhibition, 126 Artist Run Gallery, Galway June 2018. 


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​TILE ROOF / PINK ROOM DANCE

Ruins rooftop in the Village of Agios Ioannis, Ierapetra, Crete
​2x 3 minute performances, June 2017
Pink walled ruin in the Village of Agios Ioannis, Ierpetra, Crete
4minute Video Performance

Performances inspired by props found in the desolated ruins of Agios Ioannis village, seeking a connection with the untold social histories of this abandonment. Choreographed by very personal attachment to place, they incorporate steps common to both traditional Irish dance and Cretan Epirus dance. The first is a slow and silent walk performed on 5 kitchen tiles, as recovered from an abandoned kitchen ruin. The second is an improvisational dance inspired by the isolation of an abandoned bedroom against the stark personality of pink bedroom walls.



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THE PAPER DRESS PERFORMANCE 

​Limerick School of Art & Design, Campus Foyer
3hours durational piece, September 2014.
​Elements: A spool of invisible thread, heavy duty wire steel needle, pair of scissors, 20 black markers, white paper gown, single female model.

​Solo female figurative performance piece (mute) , in handmade paper gown with black markers attached by invisible thread. The public were gesturally invited to inscribe messages onto the gown and figures body, as a canvas for reflection, submission and alternative constructing of an artistic concept. Model was non-interactive throughout, and did not engage in any direct eye contact. She was silently cut out of the gown with scissors, eventually ending the performance.

​I WANT THIS

​Limerick School of Art & Design, Main Reception Area
​40 minutes approx, October 2014.
3-Way Collaborative Performance
​Performers: Sara Dowling & Naomhan McKeon Joyce
​Video Photographer: Kieran Grace

​Study of sins Lust vs. Pride as a modern day application. This performance was a play on dominance, submission and conflicted relationship dynamics - directed by controlled choreography, and physical attachment movements. Hand-stitching and handwriting were simultaneously acted out by both performers until totally intertwined, at which point the female figure cut free each stitch, leaving the male performer alone on the mirror around which each step was confined.

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