Re-imagining a Line (in search of the Esker Riada)
Joe Laverty, Aidan O’Neill and Ruby Wallis
Date(s)/ Time
Walk 13:00pm – 14:30pm, Monday 02 September, 2023
Meeting, carpark, Church of the Annunciation, Main Street, Clarinbridge, Co. Galway H91 HW58
Exhibition, 11am -6pm, 29th September – 08 October
Location Festival Printworks Gallery, 15 Market Street, Galway Behind PorterShed a Dó.
Joe, Aidan and Ruby will also be delivering an artists talk in the Festival Printworks Gallery on 2nd Oct at 5pm.
About
The Esker Riada / An Slí Mhór – is an ancient route, East-West, across the centre of Ireland, loosely following the geographical Eskers that were deposited from glacial riverbeds at the end of the last ice-age. Following the route mapped out by Hermann Geissel in his book: A Road on the Long Ridge, photographic artists Joe Laverty, Ruby Wallis and Aidan O'Neill have walked a section of the route, seeking to re-imagine the line across the map by paying close attention to the geological materiality of the land, exploring a multiplicity of possible meanings and layers.
Encountering this path is to find sites of social and political trauma, dereliction but also connection and belonging. Following Geissel’s meticulous maps, the artists will visually excavate hidden and buried signs of the ancient path, and explore its intersections with the contemporary, including the M6 motorway that criss-crosses the old road.
Event
Walk & photograph the final section of the Esker Riada / an Slí Mhór with the artists Joe Laverty, Ruby Wallis & Aidan O'Neill - departs from Clarinbridge on Monday 02nd Oct at 1pm.
This event is FREE and open to the public. There is no booking required, but places are limited and will operate on a first come first serve basis.