BODIES of water
MATERIALS FROM THE MAKING OF BODIES OF WATER, A NEW MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SHOW FROM A COLLECTIVE OF ARTISTS: MAEVE STONE, EOGHAN CARRICK, ÚNA KAVANAGH, JONAH KING AND FRANK SWEENEY. THE WORK EXPLORES A FICTIONAL VIDEO ARTIST CALLED IRA DEAN, WHO WENT MISSING TEN YEARS AGO WHILE SAILING TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC GARBAGE PATCH. THE SHOW WAS PRESENTED AS AN EXHIBITION, FEATURING A FOUR-CHANNEL VIDEO INSTALLATION, SOUND DESIGN AND MATERIALS FROM IRA'S STUDIO. 
Ira's Map of Sligo with planning notes, ahead of her trip to the North Atlantic Garbage Patch.
Audio of Úna Kavanagh playing Jan Kavanagh. 
Materials from Ira's studio.
​Closeup (Still from video) 4xSD video, 2004 Ira Dean 
Jonah King, Zoe Reynolds and Maeve Stone on location shooting images for Echoes.
Test images of human eye using macro lens - building blocks for what would become Closeup. 1/2
Materials from Ira Dean's studio.
Materials from Ira Dean's studio.
Jonah King consulting the dramaturgical map in week 1.
​Landscape for a Dead Woman (Still from video) 4xSD video, 2009 Ira Dean 
On location shooting images for Echoes of Maria Oxley Boardman.
Closeup (Still from video) 4xSD video, 2004 Ira Dean 
Actor Úna Kavanagh responding to recorded monologues - building blocks for what would become Echoes.
Ira Dean's camcorder and tapes.
Materials from Ira Dean's studio.
Test images of human eye using macro lens - building blocks for what would become Closeup. 2/2
Materials from Ira Dean's studio.
Heart, by Ira Dean. 
Finishing the dramaturgical Post It map, Maeve Stone, Frank Sweeney, Eoghan Carrick.
Ira Dean's viewfinder. 
About BODIES OF WATER:
An exhibition by an artist you have never heard of, created in collaboration with Maeve Stone, Eoghan Carrick, Jonah King and Úna Kavanagh. 
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​Ira Dean disappeared at sea in 2009 while making her final artwork. She vanished completely. But was it an accident? A tragedy? A hoax? The mystery has haunted her partner, Jan Kavanagh, for the last decade in her search for clues in the surviving artworks. Join her as she introduces us to the life and work of Ira Dean.
​Bodies of Water ran at The Chocolate Factory until the 12th September as part of Dublin Fringe Festival. 


Published: 13/09/19