Last Dance

I asked the leaf whether it was frightened because it was autumn and the other leaves were falling. The leaf told me, "No. During the whole spring and summer I was completely alive. I worked hard to help nourish the tree, and now much of me is in the tree. I am not limited by this form. I am also the whole tree, and when I go back to the soil, I will continue to nourish the tree. So I don’t worry at all. As I leave this branch and float to the ground, I will wave to the tree and tell her, 'I will see you again very soon'."

That day there was a wind blowing and, after a while, I saw the leaf leave the branch and float down to the soil, dancing joyfully, because as it floated it saw itself already there in the tree. It was so happy. I bowed my head, knowing that I have a lot to learn from the leaf.  ~

Thich Nhat Hanh.

A Collaboration with poet Máighréad Medbh and musician Eoin Flood.

Last Dance | 2021 | 24"

Full Duration: 3’ 06” – Format: Digital HD – Aspect Ratio: 16:9 – Sound: Stereo

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Screenings and Panel Discussions:

Offical Selection Artlink Summer Exhibition, Saldanha Gallery, 'The Point Of Perspective', curated by Lindsay Merlihan Co-Director of the Galway-based 126 Artist-Run Gallery 1st August (2022)

Offical Selection Micromania Film Festival Buffalo United States 20th July (2022)

 

 

 

Selected Works

Are Ye Dancin?Project type

The Longest NightProject type

Last DanceProject type

FlightProject type

Strange FishProject type

Incarceration AltarsProject type

The Art of WritingProject type

WeatherProject type

InvocationProject type

Drawing on the BodyProject type

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