Errigal: Installing a Mountain
by Ian Joyce
Japanese paper as used traditionally in Japan for interior walls and screens has a natural life cycle and is replaced periodically, usually every 2 to 3 years. The artist, who has developed a number of large – scale commissions since completing the “An Grianán “ commission, including “Tsunami” for the Letterkenny Institute of Technology and “Watershed” for the International Peace Centre in Enniskillen and has successfully developed printing methods onto high transparent cotton and silk. He proposes to transfer the existing “An Grianan” image to a highly translucent and non-degrading material using digital technology. This proposed project would enhance the work, both artistically and in terms of its long- term sustainability and would be an interesting basis for renewing and developing the project.
Errigal: Installing a Mountain, 1999 - 2007
Commissioned by Donegal County Council as part of An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny project. Decommissioned in 2007.
Errigal: Installing a Mountain is Printed from etched zinc plates onto Shesiko Sei Japanese Paper, it consists of 365 individual units 50cm x 65cm machine sown into sections. Locatied Theatre Foyer, An Grianán Theatre
Biography of artist
Ian Joyce
Education
1982-84 1983: B.A. English and Philosophy, University College Dublin. Worked and studied part-time, west Berlin (Frei Universitat and Hochschule der Kunst), Full time artist based in Belfast and working internationally Artistic Director, Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc, Donegal.
Other Notes:
Japanese paper as used traditionally in Japan for interior walls and screens has a natural life cycle and is replaced periodically, usually every 2 to 3 years. The artist, who has developed a number of large – scale commissions since completing the “An Grianán “ commission, including “Tsunami” for the Letterkenny Institute of Technology and “Watershed” for the International Peace Centre in Enniskillen and has successfully developed printing methods onto high transparent cotton and silk. He proposes to transfer the existing “An Grianan” image to a highly translucent and non-degrading material using digital technology. This proposed project would enhance the work, both artistically and in terms of its long- term sustainability and would be an interesting basis for renewing and developing the project. For further information contact Ian Joyce at ianjoyce@eircom.net
