Good Enough

Niamh Campbell

In response to Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood, author Niamh Campbell reflects on the sometimes uneasy relationship between writing and mothering

The Great Carlow Folklore Resurrection

The Great Carlow Folklore Resurrection explores the folklore and characters of County Carlow reigniting folklore of the local area.

Bury It

Aisling Clark

Curator and writer Aisling Clark explores the built legacies invoked by Dreamtime Ireland

Looking back on Garter Lane Arts Centre Artists' Commissions, 1995–1999

Garrett Phelan

In the 1990s, artist Garrett Phelan oversaw a radical, experimental strand of programming at Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford. With five of the projects revived for Dreamtime Ireland, he reflects on its legacy

The Lumpies

Erica Van Horn

Responding to Deirdre O'Mahoney's exhibition Between A Rock and A Hard Place, artist and writer Erica Van Horn presents a diaristic text reflecting upon landscape, infrastructure, and living in rural Ireland.

Kingdom

Irenosen Okojie

Written in response to Dominique White's exhibition Cinders of the Wreck, author Irenosen Okojie presents a specially-commissioned piece of speculative fiction, giving an powerful imagined history to the sculptural assemblages on show at VISUAL.

All this will feel impossible soon

Sophia Al-Maria

In this text, the artist, writer and filmmaker Sophia Al-Maria responds to Amie Siegel’s video installation Asterisms. The text is written in the style of a voiceover, taking its cue from Werner Herzog’s 1992 documentary on the burning oil fields of Kuwait, Lessons of Darkness.

A Certain Slant of Light: a response

Zoë O’Reilly

A response by Zoë O’Reilly to A Certain Slant of Light, an exhibition showcasing the work of participants from Forward Steps Family Resource Centre, Bagenalstown Family Resource Centre, and Carlow County Development Partnership, created during 12 weeks of workshops led by artist Sophie Béhal.

What a Gazan Should Do During an Israeli Air Strike

Mosab Abu Toha

A poem by Mosab Abu Toha, originally published in the New York Review of Books, and republished here with the kind permission of the author.

We Start Together and Change Again

Emma Dwyer

A Response to Ulla von Brandenberg’s Under Water Ball by arts writer Emma Dwyer

Hearth Songs, Curtain Calls: Come Sit By Me

Sinéad Gleeson

Author and artist Sinéad Gleeson responds to Artworks 2024: Behind the Curtain.

spaces / I want to be honest with you / places

Wendy Erskine

Author Wendy Erskine responds to VISUAL’s Spring Visual Arts Programme. Using a subjective and fragmented approach, Erskine fuses her insights on the artists' work with memories and anecdotes on different places and spaces