Ongoing Commissions
Artist: Aideen Barry
Location: Ballina Arts Centre
Title: Minefield
Medium: sculpural installation
Date: launch date Saturday 24th March, details TBC
Materials: Aluminium, brass and steel
Dimension: 5 individual sculptures varying from 300mm to 750mm in diameter
Description:Installation of 5 'mines' made following a residency at NASA Kennedy Space Centre. Part of the artist's Weapns of Mass Consumption series. More information on the artist at www.aideenbarry.com
photo credit: Garvan Gallagher
Artist: Cleary + Connolly, Elaine Griffin, Ian Wilson, Fionnula Hanahoe, Jenny Brady, Matt and Rob Vale, The Performance Corporation
Location: Lough Lannagh, Castlebar
Title: LANDMARK
Medium: sculpture, performance, film, compositon, temporary and permanent installation. Also CONNECT professional development programme.
Date: Projects will culminate in a series of events in Spring 2012. CONNECT professional development programme ongoing. See www.landmarkpublicart.com for further information.
Materials: various
Dimension: various
Description:Mayo County Council provided a range of opportunities for a number of artists from all public artform disciplines within the LANDMARK programme, which comprised of four separate strands - A Residency, 2 permanent artwork commissions, 2 temporary artwork commissions and 2 bursary schemes for emerging artists. See www.landmarkpublicart.com for further information
Artist: Vivienne Roche
Location: Kilkelly
Title: Echo, Again
Medium: sculpture
Date: launch date - Thursday 26th May 2011
Materials: Corten steel, cast bronze and stone
Dimension: 2.5 metres high by 3.6 metres wide
Description:sculptural installation of 2 panels containing bronze lillies. A temporary exhibiton area will be incorporated on the reverse. The local school will have sole access to this, and a programme of work to develop with the children for display instigated by the artist.
Artist: Mark Cullen and Tim Redfern
Location: Claremorris Leisure Centre
Title: A Bigger Splash
Medium: interactive light sculpture
Date: due to be completed summer 2010
Materials: Neon tubing, metal support structure, custom electronics and computer control system
Dimension: approx. 5m from ceiling
Description:internal light sculpture, which responds and reacts to the sound made in the swimming pool. Installed in the entrance glass atrium of the new building. The title refernces David Hockney's 1967 painting of the same name.