Modern cities are places of constant fabrication and demolition, where the old is replaced with the new the moment it outlives its perceived purpose. This hyper-industrialisation creates environments that are disorienting and almost unrecognisable as human dwellings.
This series visually translates both this broad idea of the city as an organism, ever-changing and ephemeral, whilst also viewing it from a personal perspective: how do we view our surroundings? How do they affect our identity and development?
The works are presented in the form of multi-layer screen prints on plasterboard, installed using a variety of found materials from disused sites around Dublin. Also shown are drawings and rubbings taken from the surface of the boards. Imagery from a variety of areas is incorporated into each piece, with the aim of creating works that resemble what we understand an urban landscape to be, despite being composed of elements with no grounded structural or ergonomic sense.

Installation view

Metal Bones, screen print on plasterboard, 120 x 90cm

Mortar Skin, screen print on plasterboard, 120 x 90cm

Separation Systems, screen print on plasterboard, 120 x 90cm

Separation Systems (detail)

Demolition, screen print on plasterboard

Demolition (detail)