Installation
shot, South Dublin Co. Council Offices
Detail
of work in situ, South Dublin Co. Council Offices
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Or
so I’m told: (some Dublin nicknames) 2006
south dublin county council
offices
curated by michael dempsey as part of obscured by architecture
project
'Or
so I’m told: (some Dublin nicknames)' consists
of a collection of contemporary Dublin place nicknames,
the type of names that are used locally but which
do not appear on official street signs or city maps.
The work takes the form of a video which shows the
nickname,
along with the place’s official name, as a
scrolling list. Official and unofficial place names
are placed side by side, much like film credits.
The
work is concerned with contemporary, unofficial information
about urban places. I work with this type of information,
as I believe it reveals much about the politics of
place, and how people describe their locality and
use local knowledge to navigate the urban environment.
Installation
shot, South Dublin Co. Council Offices |
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