LIFE WITH LIFE INSIDE, 2019
Unreal clay, hair, found objects, animation.
Sirius Arts Centre, curated by Miranda O'Driscoll
McGibbon O'Lynn production
Visual art created by Siobhan McGibbon
Critical text written by Maeve O'Lynn
Unreal clay, hair, found objects, animation.
Sirius Arts Centre, curated by Miranda O'Driscoll
McGibbon O'Lynn production
Visual art created by Siobhan McGibbon
Critical text written by Maeve O'Lynn
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LIFE WITH LIFE INSISE 2019, activates the world of Xenophon through a fully integrated narrative and site-specific installation. With this ambitious environment, McGibbon reveals the reproductive and spiritual rituals of the Xenothorpians. In this chapter of the world saga the Xenothorpians have begun mutating with a hermaphrodite species of tunicate that choose when to reproduce based on environmental factors.
Leaving no surface untouched, the audience enters a sacred space where they encounter statuesque manifestations of human/animal, androgynous sexual organs. Drawing from the tradition of Catholic moving statues and apparitions, the organs become animated at intervals; foam gushes from orifices and petal-like uterus flutter and encapsulate embryos. It is intended that those that witness the phenomenon undergo a spiritual awakening that moves them beyond the boundaries of personhood, into a newfound awareness of interconnectedness with others.
Created in celebration of repealing the 8th Amendment in the Republic of Ireland and during the abortion referendum in the North of Ireland, the work celebrates bodily autonomy and contemplates collective, queer and non-neonatal ways of making kin.
Leaving no surface untouched, the audience enters a sacred space where they encounter statuesque manifestations of human/animal, androgynous sexual organs. Drawing from the tradition of Catholic moving statues and apparitions, the organs become animated at intervals; foam gushes from orifices and petal-like uterus flutter and encapsulate embryos. It is intended that those that witness the phenomenon undergo a spiritual awakening that moves them beyond the boundaries of personhood, into a newfound awareness of interconnectedness with others.
Created in celebration of repealing the 8th Amendment in the Republic of Ireland and during the abortion referendum in the North of Ireland, the work celebrates bodily autonomy and contemplates collective, queer and non-neonatal ways of making kin.
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