Níl Aon Tinteán Mar Do Thinteán Féin- There's No Place Like Home.

My research focuses on memory, memorials and memorabilia with an emphasis on storytelling and the object. Through the use of movement and interactivity I want the object to take on a life of its own. What was once still…comes to life through mechanical means as the viewer interacts with the work inviting the viewer to remember. The work makes reference to the previous owner of the object and speaks of vulnerability and loss, loss of innocence, loss of life, loss of a future and loss for the families who are left with questions unanswered. This body of work makes reference to females who have gone missing in Ireland without a trace and this work attempts to put the viewer in their ‘shoes’.
I am interested in what memory an object may hold within itself, for the owner and for those who come in contact with the object. The work attempts to hold memory and highlight unique stories, to acknowledge a real persons existence, a moving memorial. I have used a familiar possession –a pair of shoes- that may resonate globally to acknowledge missing persons everywhere.