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Project Name: 'Bench Marks'
Lead Artists: Malcolm Murchison, Eleanor-Jane McCartney, Emer Dixon, Jim Allen Funded by: Bank of Ireland | Begin Together Arts Fund | Business To Arts Two bench seats with low backs formed from flotsam tree trunks, washed and bleached by the elements on Runkerry Strand, close to the Giant’s Causeway. Glass, ceramics and copper pieces transformed the rugged timber into a narrative of the artists' responses to COVID-19. The two seats are placed opposite each other and significantly, they will be more than two metres apart. Their location is on the freely-accessible, public footpath and cliff path that joins the National Trust Visitors Centre at the Giant’s Causeway to The Boat House Gallery |
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Some of the discs contain the artist's honest reflections on Covid, so looking carefull, drawing in the viewer is an important part of this public piece.
Ireland, in summer 2021.
At the time of conducting the project we did not know that this was not THE Lock Down, but the first of a number of Lock Downs. However, I am optimistic that this expression and release through the medium of fused glass expression will have helped these young people cope through the subsequent lockddowns.
As we emerge from several Lock Downs into a new unknown it is comforting to know that these little glass windows reflect part of the soul, the reality and resilience of a number of North Coast young people. Thoughts, emotions and reactions will change as we recover from Covid-19 but this collection of little glass windows will remain in the public view as a record of how things affected young lives and minds when we experienced a pandemic for the first time in 100 years.
This project was funded by the Education Authority, Youth Service – Causeway Coast and Glens area.
Ireland, in summer 2021.
At the time of conducting the project we did not know that this was not THE Lock Down, but the first of a number of Lock Downs. However, I am optimistic that this expression and release through the medium of fused glass expression will have helped these young people cope through the subsequent lockddowns.
As we emerge from several Lock Downs into a new unknown it is comforting to know that these little glass windows reflect part of the soul, the reality and resilience of a number of North Coast young people. Thoughts, emotions and reactions will change as we recover from Covid-19 but this collection of little glass windows will remain in the public view as a record of how things affected young lives and minds when we experienced a pandemic for the first time in 100 years.
This project was funded by the Education Authority, Youth Service – Causeway Coast and Glens area.
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Copper, glass and clay elements which were incorporated into Bench Marks' |