Photography & Lens Based Media

Sadhbh Villiers O’Callaghan

Places of Memory

“Space defines landscape, where space combined with memory defines place.” – The Lure of the Local by Lucy R Lippard.

The fluid space of memory, influenced by time, place and experience is what my practice is about. I look at how a place holds a memory. This information comes to the surface and fades away: some of this information we remember from actual experiences or sense from some source, but other information we recall has a deeper and unexplainable origin. Be it our home, a restaurant, a beach or a certain spot on a hill these places can trigger the memory of an experience, a conversation or event we have had. Memories are fragile pieces in our minds. Constantly changing, fading and coming back. After the actual living of an event, we often change and mold the memory. I use photography and video to capture places that hold my own and other’s memories. Because our memories are so intertwined with language I like to explore the importance of words, and sentences. The text I use creates a story and evokes memories in the viewers.

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Welcome

We formally welcome you to ‘be.cause_’, the Limerick School of Art & Design Graduate Show of 2017 featuring the work of final year LSAD Graduates from Painting, Printmaking & Contemporary Practice, Sculpture & Combined Media, Ceramic Design, Creative Multimedia, Fashion Design, Fashion Knit & Textiles and Visual Communications.

This show is the culmination of the last four years of discipline introduction, skill-building, research and experimentation which has finally led the graduates here; synthesising all they’ve learned and absorbed during their time in LSAD. 2017 has been a historic year, peppered with student exhibitions and awards both national and international. This year is the first graduating year of the Fashion Knit & Textiles cohort, culminating in a memorable show that featured a wonderful collaboration between students on the programme and students on the Creative Multimedia programme in LSAD Clonmel.

This type of collaboration is one of the most important things graduates will take with them. It’s not only important within the context of an art college, but remains a crucial part of the wider world context of art and design. Increasingly, the creative professions need graduates as flexible, adaptable individuals, capable of working across a variety of media and disciplines. For the last four years they’ve all been working together, and we hope that they continue to stay in touch, and continue to build interdisciplinary links as they advance into their careers.