“ …
An elsewhere world, beyond
Maps and atlases
Where all is woven into
And of itself, like a nest
Of crosshatched grass blades ”
Extract from A Herbal by Seamus Heaney
Bounded Strands
Artist: Lisa Collomb
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Narratives are a complex fabric woven of strands of truth, knowledge, history, perception and perspective. In trying to know a place we find strands from different sources and begin to weave these together to build up our own story.
Each weaving and understanding is thus uniquely personal, we never have all the threads and we are personally drawn to some aspects above others.
The project Bounded Strands represents a personal journey to understand the place of Moville. Ropes and fishing nets are made from recycled Indian sari silk and are anchored to the hexagonal, modernist pavilion on the Bath Green, Moville.
Through ropes and ribbons the project is echoed through the 6 sister pavilions which accompany the shore walk. These white modernist jewels were designed by renowned architect Liam McCormick in 1947.
The Sari silk represents the complex colonial history of The Bath Green; in particular with its history as a bequest from the Montgomery family, whose fortune and status drew in part upon the British East India Company extracting wealth and suppressing independence during colonial rule in India. Whilst the ropes and their associated nets draw influence from the deep maritime heritage of the Moville.
These threads are woven through the loom of the Bath Green pavilion, their ends left free to wave in the wind
Lisa Collomb (1984) IRL/CH
Lisa Collomb is an Irish/Swiss artist and architect living and working in Chur, Switzerland.
Drawing on her background in philosophy, filmmaking, architecture and creative coding, Collomb’s work transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, resulting in projects that are both visually compelling and conceptually resonant.
Existential undertones run throughout her practice as she examines themes such as the relationship between humans and nature, diaspora, embodied wisdom, and perception. Building upon her architectural training, Collomb creates site-specific installations that amplify the inherent energy of a space, offering fresh interpretations and new meanings to the places she inhabits.
