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about the art
Statement:
The images Callanan creates are real and direct extracts from the everyday world. The places we inhabit on a daily basis can often be overlooked. By wandering through a space and observing these everyday details, she considers what may otherwise be seen as boring or mundane as worth capturing. Through the simple act of walking she engages with the urban environment using a psychogeographical approach. Her methodologies can be linked to that of The Situationists and their idea of a dérive (French word meaning ‘drift’) where one takes an unplanned journey through a landscape while being subconsciously guided by the surroundings with the aim of encountering a new experience. By selecting and photographing fragments of her surroundings, Callanan explores the everyday as a space of attention. The main objective being to rediscover the very act of looking. Exhibitions: 2017 Untitled - Quay Co-Op restaurant, Cork, Ireland - Solo 2016 LSAD Graduate Show - LSAD, Limerick, Ireland – Group Sketchbook Exhibition - The Loft, Limerick, Ireland - Group 2015 Dual Exhibition - Glasgow School of Art, Scotland – Group Prīmitus - The Sailor’s Home, Limerick, Ireland – Group 2014 Seven by Five - Arts Centre, Limerick, Ireland – Group Photography Festival - LSAD, Limerick, Ireland – Group First Picture Show - Flannery's Bar, Limerick, Ireland - Group Publications 2017 Wotisart? Magazine, Issue 5 (August), UK Average Art Magazine, Issue 13 (August), UK |
about the artist
Síomha Callanan (born 1993) is a visual artist – photographer currently living and working in
her home County of Cork, Ireland. Having studied for four years in the Limerick School of Art and Design, she graduated in 2016 with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Photography and Lens Based Media. Throughout her college years she participated in numerous art exhibitions and events. Primarily working with analogue cameras, her medium of preference is 35mm colour film. She is continually exploring her surroundings, creating new work to add to her ever-growing archive of images. In September 2017 Callanan had her first solo exhibition in the Quay Co-Op restaurant, Cork. Her work has previously been published in UK based magazines – Wotisart and Average Art. As a new member of Sample-Studios, she hopes to use this space to further develop her practice. |
