Culchie boy, I love you / Grá mo chroí thú, mo chábóigín féin

Sculpture and install documentation at Project Arts centre, Dublin, 2023.

Images courtesy of Louis Haugh

Culchie boy, I love you / Grá mo chroí thú, mo chábóigín féin is a new commission from Kian Benson Bailes comprising sculpture, digital & material collage, musical instruments, ceramics, textiles, woodwork, and live sculptural sound elements.

Culchie boy, I love you / Grá mo chroí thú, mo chábóigín féin references Irish folklore, mythology, and craft traditions in an exuberant expression of rural queer experience.



The exhibition is accompanied by a commissioned essay by Iarlaith Ní Fheorais.



With special thanks to Hugh McGettigan and David Bailes.



Design by Alex Synge, The First 47