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Contents

Page 4 / Greg McCartney

Page 5 to 6 / Deirdre O’Mahony

Page 7 to 44 / Photographs

Page 45 to 46 / Deirdre O’Mahony Curriculum Vitae

Page 47 / Abridged / Rationale

Page 48 to 49 / Abridged / History 0 - 20 0 - 20

ABRIDGED 0 – 20 ABANDONED CLARE ABANDONED CLARE ‘BAD’ NOSTALGIA OR RE-MEMBERING?

ell it’s about abandonment. Not always urban are visually articulated and explored. he opening of the Abandoned Clare Agri-culture has inspired the local social, cultural a physical abandonment either. It’s the The social implications of rural abandonment exhibition in the X-PO in , North and economic logic In . In pre’ Wabandonment of hopes, of dreams, of further isolate and marginalize vulnerable rural TClare is appropriate on many levels. The Celtic Tiger’ times when property was cheap, expectation. It’s the abridgement of a people populations, contribute to poorer demographics former post office closed in 2003 and like some people from all over the world with interests in and a place that is the thing. As it’s put in Citizen and aging rural populations, lead to a loss of land of the buildings documented in Abandoned ecological self-sufficiency and alternative ways Kane: ‘forty-nine thousand acres of nothing but management skills, knowledge and tradition, Clare, it has since changed function and of living settled in the region. The formation of scenery and statues. I’m lonesome.’ People need and the loss of social and community structures purpose. Reopened as a durational public art a co-operative school in Roxton near Corofin was more than history, they need a future and they can lead to adverse health factors including project in 2007 it performs as a socio-cultural evidence of social movements in the locality in need to believe they can have a future. All too depression and alcoholism. Abandoned buildings prism, reflecting the interests of incomers and the early 1980s. Called ‘the Shed‘ the school was often people in authority forget that, particularly and the accompanying abandoned land can also longstanding residents and aspects of the local later expanded to include a shop, a restaurant, so it seems those in government in recent times. have an adverse effect on the environment. and the global, much as the post office used to a playgroup, a window manufacturing company Fortunately there’s always someone even in do when it served the diverse communities of and a stone workshop. In time, children the most challenging of circumstances who O’Mahony has already examined the ecological the area. The old post office had become an grew up, people moved and in 2009 the only part will keep trying even if the odds are stacked effects of abandonment through the public abject and forlorn reminder of rural conviviality. of the complex in use was the window company against them. And a good thing there is too. We artwork, Cross Land, an exploration of the Now reframed as an artwork it functions as an and the stone workshop, now used as a car repair need the dreamers and the fools. We need our regulatory, ecological and physical effects of active reflexive space providing a location for the shop. The abandoned school building may once Xanadus and our Towers of Babel. So whilst on changes in farming practices as evidenced collective public consideration of place-based more find a new purpose as it expands to include one hand Abandoned Clare is about failure and in the growth of Hazel scrub in the . knowledge. car dismantlers. The story is not over, simply defeat it also is implicitly about the strength Abandonment of land may also lead to the loss taking a new turn. of the human spirit. We’re not talking about an in landscape value, and of course access to this Farming is the primary economic mainstay in unfettered capitalism that will abandon a locale landscape. Many species of plant and animal the region. The imminent reconfiguration of The repair shops for electrical equipment, bicycles, because they can make t-shirts for two pennies a have evolved to become dependent on a degree EU agricultural subsidies in 2013 means that tractors, and the businesses that supported thousand elsewhere. We’re talking about people of human impact through agriculture for their the maintenance of ‘farming landscape’, or these trades have closed. The craft skills used who believe in a place; its history, its present and survival; once agriculture stops these species are sustainable heritage farming will become an by men like Paddy Cahir from Rinnamona, who future. The farmers, the teachers, the business threatened. option for farmers in North Clare in coming built a fine stone cowshed with his brother Sean people, even the artists. We need a people who years. This policy reconfiguration represents a are being lost. Paddy made carts, wired houses, will hang in there for as long as they can in the This project allows Abridged to continue its paradigmatic shift from conceptualising rural plastered walls, cut stone and built walls. His face of economic ruin as well as governmental stated policy of innovative visual art/magazine environments as sites for raw food and energy father John Cahir was a wheelwright and an folly and negligence. Otherwise it will be all collaborations, producing work that is artistically production to recognising the ‘design value’ of artist, in Barrie Cooke’s Map of Kilnaboy 1954 – about scenery and statues. Nothing else. excellent and socially relevant. Abridged 0 – 20: rural areas as arenas for cultural production. In 1984, he is named along with others in the area. Abandoned Clare examines the nature of change. North Clare, although family farming is still the Now all the businesses in Kilnaboy are gone; the Following on from our successful Abandoned It stands as a reflection of the times and as a main means of generating income at present, it tailor, the blacksmith, the three shops, the last of Donegal project Abridged is collaborating warning to the future. is now increasingly combined with off-farm work. which, Mary Shop’s, closed in the 1990s. Cooke’s with Co Clare based artist, Deirdre O’Mahony, The generation of farmers for whom ‘traditional’ Kilnaboy home where he lived when he first on Abridged 0 - 20: Abandoned Clare. Whereas smallholding was a way of life will soon be arrived in , stands empty and derelict. Abandoned Donegal focused on, in the main, urban retiring. Making visible the scale and nature commercial property, the Clare project sees the of rural farm closures Abandoned Clare draws The march of globalisation is evident in the focus shift to contemporary rural abandonment attention to the mute traces of specific, local multi-national supermarkets opening in out-of- as economic and social factors that have forced Gregory McCartney farming knowledge that are vanishing, along town shopping centres in medium size towns the abandonment of the rural in favour of the Abridged with their potential value to future generations. like and . Grocery shops, creameries,

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pubs, butchers and post offices are gradually entirely dependent on oil? Lippard makes a case closing in places like Mullagh and Ballyea. for ‘emotional retrospection’, balanced by local Cinemas are dark in and Kilrush, and in knowledge and critical curiosity. This quality is Ennis traders are finding it hard to compete with best understood in the words of cultural theorist internet shopping. ’s famous shop and Homi Bhabha quoted by Lippard in her book The pub fronts are full of estate agent signs and an Lure of the Local. ‘Remembering is never a quiet iconic landmark like Blake’s corner in Ennistymon act of introspection. It is a painful re-membering, is presently a contested planning issue as it is a putting together of the dismembered past to scheduled for demolition or relocation to make make sense of the trauma of the present.’ room for a new access route to . When Abandoned Clare was first proposed in 2009 The intention with Abandoned Clare is not to rural Clare looked very different. The frenzied lament a lost utopian past but to stimulate, building developments, housing schemes provoke and provide evidence of other ways of and hotels, seemed to signify an obsession doing things. When reviewing the relationship with shedding any reminder of the economic between radicalism and nostalgia Lucy Lippard stagnation in the past. Now that the boom is reminds us that ‘utopia, too is a necessary and over, the ‘Abandoned’ project, with its focus on authentic goal, the object of a longing that may the signs of rural abandonment could be read as never be fulfilled but functions positively and a melancholic coda to the all-pervading litany authentically for just that reason.’ By making of economic disaster. Yet behind the images lie visible the ruins of abandonment; the bike repair stories, and within the stories are the germs of shop, the mushroom farm, the alternative school, ideas and possibilities for the future, a kind of the images remind the viewer of the frugal, common sense that might serve as a generative mindful habits, the utopian dreams that once catalyst for ideas on a sustainable future for rural played out in rural Clare. communities.

Given the near-collapse of the unregulated free-market economy, is there now a case for re-visiting a revived idea of rural collectivism in the face of anxiety over food security and Deirdre O’Mahony November 1st 2011 the unsustainability of an agricultural system Thanks to Áine Macken-Walshe and Phil Gaston.

1 X-PO was established as an interstitial space enabling new connections and collaborative exchange between the various knowledge-making communities in the locality of Kilnaboy, Co Clare. For more information see http// www.x-po.ie Miltown Malbay Farmhouse, 10th June 2011.

2 Kathy Walsh, The Voice on the Ground. A Survey of the Needs of Burren Farm Families. The Heritage Council/ BurrenBeo Trust Ltd., accessed Sept. 2009

3 Paddy Cahir also had much of the oral knowledge of place, dinnseanchas, of the family relationships, place names and the stories of North Clare. Much of this knowledge has formed the basis of two group’s research at X-PO; the X-PO Mapping Group Research and the Rinnamona Research Group. For more information see http//www.x-po. ie and see Anne Byrne and O’Mahony, Deirdre, “Family and Community: (Re)Telling Our Own Story”, Family Relations Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies. SAGE, Dec 2011.

4 Lucy R. Lippard, “Taken Aback, or the Nostalgia Trap”, On the Beaten Track. Tourism, Art and Place. (The New Press: New York. 1999) 164.

5 Homi Bhabha, “What Does the Black Man Want” New Formations, Spring 1987, qtd., Lucy R. Lippard, “Introduction: All Over the Place,” The Lure of the Local - Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society (New York: The new Press 1997) 61.

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The Shed Co-Operative School, Roxton, 13 August 2010. The Old Schoolhouse, Kilnaboy, 7th August 2011.

Overleaf: Miltown Malbay Housing Development, 10th June 2011.

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The Shed Co-Operative School, Schoolroom and Studio, Roxton, 13 August 2010.

Convent School Classroom, Ennistymon, 15th August 2011. Convent Interior, Ennistymon, 15th August 2011. Overleaf: Convent Building, Ennistymon, 15th August 2011.

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Wheels and Gears, Micky Howard’s Bicycle and Electrical Repair Shop, , 9th June 2011. Micky Howard’s Bicycle and Electrical Repair Shop, Kilfenora, 9th June 2011.

Micky Howard’s Bicycle and Electrical Repair Shop, Kilfenora, 9th June 2011. Micky Howard’s Bicycle and Electrical Repair Shop, Kilfenora, 9th June 2011.

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Toonagh House, Toonagh, 9th September 2011.

Micky Howard’s Bicycle and Electrical Repair Shop, Kilfenora, 9th June 2011. Burren Coast Hotel, , 10th May 2011. Overleaf: Lace Factory before demolition, Ennistymon, 18th April 2009.

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Lace factory demolished, Ennistymon, 30th July 2011. Mary Shop’s, Kilnaboy, 21st October, 2011.

Lace factory demolished, Ennistymon, 30th July 2011. Shop at the Creamery, Corofin, 28th September 2011. Overleaf: Mushroom Co-operative, Tubber, 18th April 2009

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Polytunnel, Mushroom Co-operative, Tubber, 11th September 2011. Workers’ accommodation Mushroom Co-operative. Tubber, 11th September 2011

Mushroom Co-operative, Tubber, 11th September 2011. Mushroom Co-operative, Tubber, 11th September 2011.

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Pubs, Ennistymon, 18th July 2011. Ex-Post Office, Creegh, 17th August 2011.

Shopping Mall, Ennis, 17th August 2011. Budget Travelshop, Ennis, 17th August 2011. Overleaf: Tractor Garage, Corofin, Oct 4th 2011.

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Paddy Cahir, workshop, Kilnaboy, 27th April 2011. Overleaf: Barrie Cooke‘s former home and studio, Kilnaboy, 2nd October 2011.

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DEIRDRE O’MAHONY CURRICULUM VITAE

Email: [email protected]

Websites: www.x-po.ie www.deirdre-omahony.ie

Education

2005- PhD Fine Art, University of Brighton, UK 2003- 05 MA Fine Art, Crawford College, Cork, Ireland. 1976-79 BA (Hons) - St Martin’s School of Art, London, UK.

Public Art Projects

2007/8 X-PO Public Art Project Kilnaboy Co Clare Ireland.* 2006/7 Cross Land Public Art Commission Co Clare Ireland.*

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011 Abridged 0 - 20: Abandoned Clare X-PO Co Clare.* 2009 re-presentations, Burren Collage of Art Gallery, Ireland. 2008 Local News. Siamsa Tíre Gallery, Tralee, Co Kerry, Ireland.* 2008 TULCA X-PO Publication Project Ireland.* 2006 Viscaux Site-specific installation, The Fisheries Tower, Galway Arts Festival. 2004 Bloom Tulca Visual Arts Festival, GMIT Cluain Mhuire, Galway. 2002 WALL Limerick City Gallery of Art* 2001 WALL site-specific installation for the Context Gallery N. Ireland.* WRAP Lukacs Gallery, Fairfield University, CT., USA. 2000 WRAP Installation and Retrospective, Galway Arts Centre, Ireland.* 1997 ERRATICS, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Context Gallery, Derry, Model Arts Centre, Sligo. 1996 ERRATICS Guinness Hopstore, Dublin. ERRATIC Billboard. Public Art, Site-specific installation, Bryson St, Belfast, N. Ireland.

Selected Group Exhibitions from 2000

2008 10,000 to 50. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.* 2007 Local Local Siamsa Tíre Gallery Tralee, Ireland.* 2006 Local Local Shifting Ground Conference and exhibition, glor Ennis.* 2005 Grace Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, Ireland.* Open EV+A 05 Curated Dan Cameron LCGA, Limerick.* 2004 Eigse Carlow Open, curated Peter Fitzgerald, Carlow, Ireland. 2003 Eire/Land, The McMullen Museum, Boston College, USA.* An Leabhar Mór/The Great Book, Glasgow Museum of Modern Art.* 2000 Kingdom of Heaven Selections from the collection of LCGA, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.* EV+A (Reduced) Curated by Jeanne Rohatyn Greenberg. LCGA, Limerick, Ireland.* * Denotes Publication or Catalogue.

Cinema, Scarriff, 2 April 2011.

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Why call it Abridged? Publications and Presentations: Because we are. You are. Everyone is. It also gives us a completeness to aspire to. People were rather 2011 Family and Community: (Re)Telling Our Own Story Paper Co-Written with Dr Anne Byrne dubious in regard to the name when we first unveiled it. However it’s become quite iconic and serves its (NUIG) for Family Relations Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies. SAGE. 2011 purpose as we intended. New Ecologies Between Rural Life and Visual Culture in the West of Ireland: History, Context, Position, and Art Practice. Conference presentation International College Art Association Who is Abridged? Conference New York, 2009 Ecology of Art in Everyday Life. Paper presented at the International symposium on Public At the moment Abridged is Gregory McCartney and Susanna Galbraith. However the make-up of Abridged Participative Art is quite fluid and we have worked with various personnel over the years and no doubt will continue to Practices at KUVA, Helsinki, with Jay Koh, Grant Kester, Ray Langenbach, Anne Douglas and do so. People come and go. The light still flashes. Chris Freemantle. The X-PO: Being Singular Plural. Irish Rural Studies Symposium Teagasc, Athenry. How many issues of Abridged are there per year? 2009 Towards a new Ecology between Rural Life and Visual Culture in the West of Ireland. CampusEngage Conference, Croke Park, Dublin. Generally there are three issues per year though this can increase with the addition of our exhibition 2005 Co-contributor with Anne Mulrooney, Tim Davis and John Langan Love Printed Project, Issue publications and other project magazines. 05 Another Monumental Metaphor edited/curated by Alan Phelan. Where can we get Abridged?

Collections Abridged is generally available at art galleries and arts organisations in Belfast, Dublin, Derry, Galway. Usually for a limited period as they go very quickly. You can also download a free pdf of each issue on Artworking, Ireland. the Abridged website.

Office of Public Works State Collection, Ireland. How long has Abridged been going? Clare County Council, Ireland Limerick, City Gallery, Ireland. Officially since 2004. We like to think there has always been Abridged people though. University of Limerick, Ireland. The Grange Museum, London, UK. Why is Abridged numbered as it is rather than dated with issue number as most other publications are? The Bankers Trust and Company, London, UK. We want Abridged to be timeless hence the lack of a date to condemn it to the archives. We ‘ahem’ borrowed Factory Records system of cataloguing and added a zero to signify abridgment. Teaching Positions Why are there gaps in the list of magazines/projects? 2007 - Lecturer Full-Time GMIT, Galway, Ireland. Abridged projects are numbered as they are conceived rather than born. Some (for various reasons) don’t make it to existence hence the gaps. We do on occasion revisit projects. For example Abandoned Donegal originated in 2007 but wasn’t born until 2010 therefore it has the 0 – 7 moniker.

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abridged 0 – 4: An(other) Irishman in New York New York Blog by Gregory McCartney. Can be accessed at: contextgalleries.blogspot.com

abridged 0 – 5: On the Cards Public Art Postcard Project featuring six Derry artists Helen Quigley; Ciaran O’Doherty; Pascale Steven; Colin Darke; Alice McCartney; Damien Duffy

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