Songs From The Leeward Slope
Culchie boy, I love you / Grá mo chroí thú, mo chábóigín féin
Fabric, woven rushes, beads, corn flour, wire, vegetable oil, glue, bells, paint, glitter, varnish, nail polish knitted wool, hand woven fabric, thread, string, silicone, glazed stoneware ceramic, crochet wool, jesmonite, bells, digital print, reflective material from Sara, hessian, spray paint, plaster, synthetic hair from Alice, scarves from Geraldine, gold leaf, silver leaf, carved wood, clay, sand, bisque fired whistle, found wooden stool.
2024
2024
Originally commissioned by Project in 2023 ‘Culchie boy, I love you / Grá mo chroí thú, mo chábóigín féin’ is an exhibition 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.
This iteration, Songs From the Leeward Slope, is accompanied by a newly commissioned text by Matt Packer with design by Alex Synge.
With huge thanks to Una McCarthy, Siobhan O’Reilly and Sara Greavu
Also thanks to The Arts Council of Ireland, and Fire Station Artists’ Studios.
This iteration, Songs From the Leeward Slope, is accompanied by a newly commissioned text by Matt Packer with design by Alex Synge.
With huge thanks to Una McCarthy, Siobhan O’Reilly and Sara Greavu
Also thanks to The Arts Council of Ireland, and Fire Station Artists’ Studios.
