Aisling-Ór Ní Aodha
Aisling-Ór Ní Aodha
Aisling-Ór Ní Aodha is an artist, singer and researcher based in Dublin. Through the mediums of sound, text, painting, performance and radio broadcast her practice interrogates the enactment of colonial ideologies and state institutions upon the body. This research is informed by archival investigation, queer and post-colonial theory and performance studies. Her most recent research has been focused on a critical analysis on the performance of keening in Ireland. This resulted in her master's dissertation titled Gairm Caointeoireacht / Keening’s Convocation: A Queering of the Temporalised Body. Her practice has been intently focused on these three strands of research: interrogating methods of revealing the minor figure in Irish history; the somatic knowledge of the voice in relation to colonial violence and ecclesiastical policing, and the impact of sound recording technology on Irish oral traditions. Recent work includes the audio piece Now You’re Talking! (2021), the performance and text Echo's Disarticulation (2022), and the radio piece An áit nach siúlann an t-uisce (2022) for the experimental music festival Alternating Current by Dublin Digital Radio. The early stages of this research regularly informs her monthly radio show ‘Lowlands / Ísealchríoch’ on Dublin Digital Radio.
bless every foot that walks its portals through
An audio and painting installation which responds to the history and site of Ballinasloe District Asylum (Saint Brigid’s Hospital). Taking its title from a prayer to Saint Brigid, the work explores notions of healing and solitude in the context of political trauma. The audio essay and paintings explore the nature of mental well being and fortitude in the context of imperial rule and the subsequent Free State policy of mass incarceration during the 20th century.
bless every foot that walks its portals through was made with technical support from Nollaig Ó hAodha.
Image: Aisling-Ór Ní Aodha, An Teach Mór, 2023; image courtesy of the artist.
Gallery: Galway Arts Centre, 47 Dominick St Lower
Dates: 4-19 November, Mon-Sat 10-5pm, Sun 12-6pm
Tickets: Free
Access: On the first floor of Galway Arts Centre, which can only be accessed through two flights of stairs. There is a single accessible parking space on Dominick Street located across the road from Galway Arts Centre outside Rouge Café. A transcript of the audio piece will be provided in the gallery. Seating is provided.