BIRDS, WATCHINGBELOW ARE MATERIALS FROM THE MAKING OF BIRDS, WATCHING, A WORK BY CROSS-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST AND WRITER SUZANNE WALSH. SUZANNE WORKS MAINLY WITH WRITING, PERFORMANCE AND AUDIO/MUSIC, ALSO SOMETIMES USING INSTALLATION AND, MOST RECENTLY, PHOTOGRAPHY. HER WORK TESTS THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN WHAT IS CONSIDERED REAL AND NOT, AS WELL AS INVOKING THE NON-HUMAN WORLD AND OUR RELATIONSHIP TO IT. BIRDS, WATCHING BEGAN AS AN ESSAY EXPLORING WALSH’S ACTIVITIES IN BIRD-RESCUE DURING THE PERIOD OF HER FATHER’S DECLINE AND DEATH. THE WORK NOW ENCOMPASSES AN EXPANDED SERIES OF PIECES INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHY, AUDIO-TEXT AND PERFORMANCE, AND WAS ON SHOW AS PART OF THE WINTER PAGES EXHIBITION AT ENGAGE STUDIOS, GALWAY IN NOVEMBER 2019. THE EXHIBITION EXPLORED THEMES AROUND DEATH, MYSTICISM, IDENTITY AND BELONGING IN DUBLIN.
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