(Un)seen Architecture
Photographic exhibition curated by Mark Shiel & Alice Clancy
Exhibition
Festival Printworks Gallery, Market Street, Galway
Exhibition open 26 September - 12 October
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This exhibition brings together four Irish photographers who work illustrates the theme of (un)seen architecture, revealing aspects of the built environment that often go unnoticed, lie off the beaten track, or consist of intangible processes of time, space, and materials. These are not official, monumental, or commercial views but alternative perspectives that arise from witnessing and reflecting on the buildings and elements that surround us.
Co-curators
Alice Clancy is engaged in a multi-disciplinary practice involving architectural education, curation and photography. Her work, often collaborative, explores how the built environment shapes and is shaped by social and environmental contexts. She has held notable curatorial roles at La Biennale Architettura in Venice, her photography has been widely published, and she has provided academic leadership at UCD Architecture with a focus on climate literate, inclusive pedagogy.
Mark Shiel is Professor of Film, Media, and Urban Studies at King’s College London, where he teaches filmmaking and photography of the built environment. His most recent film is the 30-minute documentary Madingley (2024), about the architecture of war memorials. He has also published five books and numerous essays, most recently “Ed Ruscha’s Street Photos and the Cinematic Sequence Shot”, in Ed Ruscha’s Streets of LA (Getty Research Institute, 2025).