There, There

Today I'm delighted to announce that I will be creating a site responsive exhibition in Cork in October as part of There, There an international photographic event in Cork City curated by Stag and Deer.

There, There will bring together over 30 international, national and local lens based artists in 6 exhibitions across the city. The basic thematic framework of the event is otherness and possible reconnections and reinterpretations of the world we live in. Some of the other artists taking part include Vivianne Sassen (Netherlands), Miriam O'Connor & Zang Kechun (China) among many others.

There, There is a unique and exciting opportunity for photography in Cork City, however Stag & Deer need your help to make it happen. Cork City Council has provided some financial support but additional funding is needed. Please take a look at their Fund:it campaign video to learn more, give what you can and spread the word to help bring this fantastic event to Cork.

There, There - A Photographic Event Fund:it Campaign Video

There, There will run from 18th of October 2012 at various venues across Cork City. Please visit the website for more details.

Roseanne Lynch site responsive exhibition will open Saturday 20th October at 3pm at the Cork Centre for Architectural Education.

Reflecting on the Guesthouse Residency

Installation at The Guesthouse
Photographed by Tony Compagno

The residency at The Guesthouse was a valuable opportunity to read and to play with another way of expressing my considerations rather than through a photographic print. Through reflective practice and dialogue I spent the time considering the art piece as the event, rather than as a documentation of the event. This is the installation that you see in the photos and what I presented at the Sunday lunch.

Experiencing the Installation
Photographed by Tony Compagno

The final image of the poetry book was a first edition of Poems by Anthony Cronin from 1957 which I found in the Guesthouse. I was very taken by the poem 'For a Father' in which he talks about how mannerisms come through in later generations. To me that is also relevant to how one piece of work leads to another, which leads to another, and the thought or concept that appears in a later piece is recognisable in some early form in the work that goes before it.

First Edition of Poems by Anthony Cronin
Photographed by Tony Compagno

I was also joined on the Residency by Pádraig Spillane - curator, photographer, philosopher and Vadagam maker extraordinaire. I want to thank Stephen McGlynn and all at The Guesthouse for the opportunity to do this residency. I am also delighted to say that a photograph that I made in Belfast during the Belfast Photo Festival has been accepted into the Rua Red Winter Show which will run from the 12th of November to the 10th December 2011.

Cork Culture Night & Last Chance to See Fort Camden Commissions

This weekend is a busy one for the arts in Cork. Friday night, 23rd September, is Culture Night, the annual event where over 75 of the city's cultural venues are open late for one night only with hundreds of events happening for free. You can download the program here. At Backwater Artists Studios we will be having an open night with tours of the studios every half hour as well as tea & buns. I'll be giving the tour at 7.30 & 8pm and I'd love to see you there.

Also opening on Culture Night is Memento in the James Barry Exhibition Centre in CIT. This exhibition is a result of an international Erasmus project, exploring the notion of memory and recollection. This work emerged from intensive workshops delivered across various institutions in Europe. You might remember that I was involved in running workshops both here in Cork at the Crawford College of Art & Design and at the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Enschede, Holland. Its an exhibition worth seeing. You can see photos from the Memento exhibition in Holland here.

Fort Camden by Joleen Cronin via the Rescue Camden website

This weekend is also the last weekend to see the Cork County Council and Fort Camden art commissions at Fort Camden in Crosshaven. This includes my piece Document II, a site specific piece documenting the passing of time through the changing light. Fort Camden will also have a number of different events for all the family running this weekend including over 40 reenactors and the Barracks Street Band. Check out the Fort Camden Facebook page for more details.

Culture Night Website - Cork City
Cork City Council Culture Night Website
Cork City Arts Facebook Page

Rescue Camden Website
Fort Camden Facebook Page

The Guesthouse Encounter

I was invited to take part in a residency in The Guesthouse by Stephen McGlynn. The Guesthouse in Shandon, Cork is a visual artist- led initiative that creates a place for artists to meet, exchange ideas and produce work. They run a program of public events, residencies and activities. Stephen McGlynn is currently running a residency program called World's End. He sees the Guesthouse as a place where people who's lives intertwine, if only fleetingly, converge for a short respite. He has invited various different people & groups from his community to avail of this opportunity and use the space as they wish to co-ordinate an event, or present a work in progress, or engage with new areas of exploration.

My 10 day residency started on Sunday when myself and Padraig Spillane, the Stag part of the curatorial team Stag and Deer, unloaded two piles of books into the upstairs apartment, which has become the 'reading room'. I am spending this time exploring ideas around my understanding of the philosophy of phenomenology, and working on an installation using a 16"x12" camera.

Interestingly, the fire alarm became faulty and was going continually Monday and Tuesday, so I retreated to the apartment, the only place where I couldn't hear the siren, and spent the time reading, working on my sketchbook, drinking good coffee, listening to the Shandon bells and reading some more. I've mostly been reading the writings of Lee Ufan. I spent a beautiful afternoon at his show in the Guggenheim in New York this summer. I always find it interesting when an outside force dictates the course of an action like this, and I like a bit of serendipity. So be it. I love the reading. On Wednesday calm returned. I've also been enjoying the conversations I've been able to have with Padraig.


If you're in Cork this weekend I'd like to invite you to Encounter - Sunday lunch at 3pm this Sunday September 18th at the Guesthouse, 10 Chapel Street, Shandon. Its an informal opportunity for you to meet myself and Padraig, see the Guesthouse, experience the installation & meet others. All are welcome.

www.theguesthouse.ie

Document II - Sketchbook Pages

Sketchbook page - a document, a photograph

Sketchbook Page - the making of Document II

Sketchbook Page - test photographs

Sketchbook Page - looking at presentation

Here are a few of the pages from my sketchbook during the time I was making Document II. Its always interesting to look back and see how the work developed.

You can see Document II at Fort Camden, Crosshaven until the end of September. The fort is open to the public every Saturday & Sunday from 12pm - 5pm. You can check out the Fort Camden Official Info Facebook Page to find out whats on.

Installing Document II - Camden Fort, Crosshaven

Document II - Public Art Commission for Fort Camden, Crosshaven

“It sees itself seeing.” - Maurice Merleau Ponty

This work is made following an invitation from Cork County Council and Rescue Camden to make a piece of work in response to the site that is Fort Camden.

I used a large format camera to record light as it was held on a piece of building material used in the renovation of Fort Camden, at intervals over the course of a day in May 2011. The changes are minimal as the holder of this light becomes a silent witness to the passage of time. The photographs have been printed directly onto metal and installed on the wall of the fort.

I want to thank the guys who helped me install this last week. It was a very windy day to be up on scaffolding and they were extremely helpful, nothing was a problem for them.

Fort Camden is open to the public every Saturday & Sunday from 12pm - 5pm. You can check out the Fort Camden Official Info Facebook Page to find out whats on. Its well worth a visit & I'm not just saying that because there's some pretty fabulous art on the wall! Document II will be at the fort until the end of September.

Art Box Portlaoise

Artbox Portlaoise.
Photograph courtesy of Dunmaise Art Centre

I currently have a video installation running at Artbox in Portlaoise. Artbox is a retail space that had been lying empty but has been temporarily transformed into an art space by Dunmaise Art Centre. My video piece Untitled [ccae3] is running in the space until 12th November.

'Untitled [ccae3]' by Roseanne Lynch
Photograph courtesy of Dunmaise Art Centre

Uncertainty interests me. I like not knowing and the understanding held within that unknowing. Untitled [ccae3] is ambiguous yet it encourages the viewer to question the way in which they look at the world and at art. At first the viewer is uncertain what they are looking at. They are seduced by the light defining planes and the subtle meditative movement. I am interested in the possibility of silence and the internal conversation when you encounter the piece.

'Untitled [ccae3]' by Roseanne Lynch

Photograph courtesy of Dunmaise Art Centre

I'm not going to tell you exactly what you see in Untitled [ccae3] so you'll just have to make your way to Portlaoise before November 12th and find out for yourself!

Thank you to Niamh White at Dunmaise Art Centre for all her help & for sending me on these photographs.