record noun

/ˈrɛkɔːd/

a thing constituting a piece of evidence about the past;

a thin plastic disc carrying recorded sound in grooves on each surface, for reproduction by a record player;

a piece or collection of music reproduced on a record or on another medium;

Using my cherished vinyl collection as a deeply autobiographical catalyst, /ˈrɛkɔːd/ is a series of works which seek to compress and collapse time, creating a temporal confluence between past and present.

My work touches on the associative power of music, its peculiar propensity for bending time, involuntarily transporting the listener to a specific moment or place with vivid, yet unreliable recall. The process of layering albums covers disrupts a simple reading of content, mimicking the uncertainty of memory; what emerges is a distilled evocation of a time half-remembered.

Incorporating elements of appropriation, transformation, kitsch, the history of painting, and autobiography through objects, these pieces are an inherently self-reflexive synthesis of the themes which drive my practice.

Although inevitably tinged with melancholy and nostalgia, /ˈrɛkɔːd/ is a celebratory self-portrait, a record of the artist at fifteen and fifty.

Thanks to Dance Limerick for their kind assistance in realising this project.