Anicca is a Buddhist term, meaning the impermanence of things. It translates to “the concept of everything constantly changing and nothing ever remaining the same.”
This work is an observation of post-pandemic society. I am interested in the rapid readjustment to contemporary conditioning of productivity and “grind” culture and, as such, the work aims to contrast that to ancient eastern practices – among those being paper-making. When making paper by hand, one embodies a state of mind that invokes patience, care and mindfulness. The process and result is simultaneously the same and yet always different; Anicca. Through this meditative process I attempt to re-enter the slower pace of life experienced in restrictive lockdown days. Building upon an introspection with nature through installation, video and sound, I invite the audience to enter this state with me.
Rain water, seaweed from the beach, flowers from my mother and leaves from Powerscourt waterfall; these collected fragments of nature now reside as immersive guides for your experience.
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![*Find a mold*; *Every body has to*; *C on f orm*, framed handmade paper, cyanotype and other found fragments of nature, 41 x 58cm (each)](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/rachel-kenny/ffeea6ae41-1684878087/2-d91f0b82-4055-4479-94bb-dbecba20ae4b-1500x-q90.jpg)
Find a mold; Every body has to; C on f orm, framed handmade paper, cyanotype and other found fragments of nature, 41 x 58cm (each)
![*the blue endures*, video piece, process](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/rachel-kenny/aa2790862a-1684877884/3-557e0ad8-43a9-4177-88dd-456a9fdd540b-1500x-q90.jpg)
the blue endures, video piece, process
![*the blue endures*, video still](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/rachel-kenny/e5fb246da8-1684878087/4-b50a1453-9b9e-4405-9020-53ef1e520f9a-1500x-q90.jpg)
the blue endures, video still
![*If I am the sea, where am I?*, handmade paper stacks on lithography stones, installation](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/rachel-kenny/264524a0f1-1684878087/5-aa175035-2079-4565-a940-713c871c135c-1500x-q90.jpg)
If I am the sea, where am I?, handmade paper stacks on lithography stones, installation
![Handmade paper stacks, process](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/rachel-kenny/c1a56c05aa-1684878160/7-0d38015c-6416-493a-bdba-96eccd3200cc-1500x-q90.jpg)
Handmade paper stacks, process
![Handmade paper stacks, process](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/rachel-kenny/b919ab3c97-1684878160/8-47fbdd59-267a-4e2b-921b-df269c323c88-1500x-q90.jpg)
Handmade paper stacks, process
![*Find a mold*, handmade paper using cyanotype and collected fragments of nature, 41 x 58cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/rachel-kenny/0fbcda0e98-1684929019/8-b8c85701-27c2-4cb5-8d53-539bb525d6cd-1500x-q90.jpg)
Find a mold, handmade paper using cyanotype and collected fragments of nature, 41 x 58cm
![*Every body has to*, handmade paper using cyanotype and collected fragments of nature, 41 x 58cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/rachel-kenny/491d8b03a5-1684929019/9-6b36b44d-5052-4768-bac6-06de6f7be6ec-1500x-q90.jpg)
Every body has to, handmade paper using cyanotype and collected fragments of nature, 41 x 58cm
![*C on f orm*, handmade paper using cyanotype and collected fragments of nature, 41 x 58cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/rachel-kenny/3efd77930f-1684929019/10-20d6ee72-3255-4a7f-b5c7-2dab5a470d73-1500x-q90.jpg)
C on f orm, handmade paper using cyanotype and collected fragments of nature, 41 x 58cm