between dog and wolf
a space for lismore
a space for lismore
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Between Dog and Wolf was developed at Lismore Castle Arts (2024–25), situated in the oldest continuously cultivated gardens in Ireland. Built through sustained collaboration with a group of asylum seekers living alongside the site in a hotel, the project grew from an invitation to respond to the community of Lismore through the A Space for Lismore project.
Night walks through the garden formed the project’s psychogeographic core. The artist walked with the group, recording sounds and stories and navigating the space through memory and direct experience. This process generated field recordings and 35mm photographs taken by the group on disposable cameras—immediate impressions shaped by movement, light, and access to the garden at night. Works also emerged from plants recognised from home—Sudan, Tunisia, Somalia, Nigeria, Russia, and Algeria—plants tied to personal histories and to wider legacies of migration and transatlantic plant importation embedded within the garden itself. These acts of recognition became moments of connection, grounding the work in shared knowledge and care. Stories emerged in relation to healing, culinary, and ritual uses of the plants. In a series of workshops, cameraless photographic processes—including anthotypes, lumen prints, and phytographs—were used to reimagine the garden materially. Pigments drawn from beetroot, blackberry, and rose were exposed to sunlight over days and weeks, producing images that slowly fade and transform. Their fragility becomes a tactile metaphor for vulnerability, endurance, and the ongoing negotiation of belonging. Sound recordings were mixed by musician and composer Michael Smalle. Graphic design for the text piece was by Gerald Glynn. Installation images from St. Carthage Hall, Lismore, Co. Waterford The project was facilitated by Rachel O’Hara, curated by Paul McCaree, commissioned by Lismore Castle Arts, and funded by the Arts Council Ireland and Creative Waterford. |
