Anne Marie Deacy & Rachel Doolin; Oscillithic
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- Cineál Tionscadail
- Visual Artists (Multidisciplinary / Installation)
- Teideal
- Anne Marie Deacy & Rachel Doolin; Oscillithic
- Release Date
- 2024
- Funding Strand
- Culure Moves Europe
- Year Funded
- 2024
Oscillithic is an ongoing cross disciplinary collaboration between artists Anne Marie Deacy and Rachel Doolin.
For this residency award the artists Anne Marie Deacy and Rachel Doolin examined the shared histories of the geologic material quartz in ancient Irish and Icelandic funerary and burial traditions, linking material culture, landscape, early technology, ritual and lore.
Their work is informed by the notion of quartz as both a technological artifact and a potent elemental archetype that offers a tangible connection to our ancestral heritage, interrogating the intersection where science meets myth and art in a contemporary context.
‘Through the Culture Moves Europe award, I undertook a month-long residency at SÍM, Reykjavík, with collaborator Rachel Doolin developing our project Oscillithic. The residency exceeded expectations, providing access to archives at the National Museum of Iceland, extensive research trips across Iceland, alongside exchanges with archaeologist Brenda Prehal and other specialists. This transformative experience, opened doors to places, insights and connections that could only have happened in person, enriching our methodology and generating a significant amount of material. It also gave us the opportunity to exhibit publicly through SÍM’s program, allowing us to engage with diverse audiences and situate new work within an international context. Living with other artists also fostered friendships, collaborations and a new collective. This award has directly expanded my practice, strengthened our cultural networks and laid the foundation for new ambitious work, future exhibitions and partnerships.’ Anne Marie Deacy & Rachel DoolinAcross Borders - Across the Board (2023 - 2024)