MAAE - Final Work by Niamh Ni Chearbhaill

Audio file for tall sand stack

niamhnichearbhaill — 2024-11-20 23:40:41 UTC

Sounds of a day at the beach - seagulls, waves/white noise, people, a match on the radio, ice cream van, dog barking, car being unlocked.

This sound track combined with the aesthetics of the eroded sand/rock/island structures and the vibrant material of sand creates a tension between beach aesthetics, nostalgia and the reality of pollution and erosion encroaching on littoral spaces.

Video of Performance in Littoral Space

niamhnichearbhaill — 2024-11-21 00:27:38 UTC

Washing Our Dirty Laundry - a performance where I washed beach trash I'd collected from that beach in a raised area between the car park and the beach. The rubbish was then hung out to dry on a rotary drying line. People came up to either say it struck home, or to ask what it was about and some where shocked to know the beach trash came from the beach they were enjoying.

I have placed this performance in one of the sculptures to be found by the curious. The little rock cave is lined with both natural and unnatural materials.

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Presentation

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