Ciarán O’Doherty
b. 1978, Ireland
I combine specific media to create self-sufficient installation environments. Appropriated objects are rendered new and redefined. Specific performances are introduced within the designated space.
Installation: the combination of the installation site with performance.
The work is often presented as interactive, referencing social and personal habits. This designated space culminates in a disclosure of a certain pseudo-scientific practice. Experimentation dictates that referred meaning can appear both during and after the event. These installations specifically allude to a dominating struggle to control, or, more precisely, one’s inability to challenge a self-engineered environment.
(Text: heroes + holies catalogue, 2002)
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