Author: Theresa Nanigian
Edition: First Edition
Number Of Pages: 104
Publisher: Frankfort House
Release Date: 01-01-2009
Details: Two Souls in One Breast was created during a critical juncture in Ireland's recent history with the Celtic Tiger, as the deep recession was beginning to pick up steam. The work consists of a series of photographs captivating the landscape of a small village which provides the backdrop for allegories of contemporary Irish and Western life. These images are set against two additional strands of research in the form of statistics, text and silhouette portraits. The entire project was based on Theresa Nanigian's enquiry into the town of Enniskerry, Co.Wicklow over the course of 2007-8. The process involved visual, aural and statistical research into historical, current and economic material, which related to this time and place, Enniskerry, but might also be read as indication of some sort of collective response to how we find ourselves now, in Ireland, as we move out of the post-Celtic Tiger era. The Artist's inquiry was considerable with time spent living in Enniskerry and engaging with the local communities, organising group meetings and holding individual interviews and conversations. The approach was structured but organic and as a result she found herself carried along into all sorts of unpredictable situations. Alongside this, her strategy involved an almost mathematical analysis of statistical data as an inventory of a place. [...] The photographs staged fictional scenes within the Enniskerry landscapes and narratives that presented individuals as alone and isolated at the moment of a threshold, and in a sense 'out of place' within natures sublime beauty that is so present here. The neo-Romantic vein in this work makes a clear references to the German artist Caspar David Friedrich. An artist's book entitled Two Souls in One Breast was published registering facts, figures, opinions and cut-out montages, and photographic images. The publication also includes essays by Katherine Waugh and Cliodhna Shaffrey.
EAN: 9780956023100
Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
Item Condition: UsedVeryGood