First Solo | Iollann Ó Murchú | Tarraingíonn Scéal Scéal Eile (One Story Leads to Another)
Our First Solo Award offers support and funding at a key point in the careers of professional visual artists in the North East region who have yet to present a solo show.
Iollann Ó Murchú is a visual artist from Laytown, Co. Meath, working through a range of forms including photography, sound, video and text. Tarraingíonn Scéal Scéal Eile (One Story Leads to Another) an exhibition by Iollann is scheduled to take place from the 4th to 22nd April 2023 in Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda.
Mythology and folklore transcend that which is visually obvious and unmistakably there into something that allows us to step into a different world. ‘Tarraingíonn Scéal Scéal Eile (One Story Leads to Another)’ is a photographic work which aims to visually represent these stories of Irish folklore and mythology in a lyrical and engaging manner, focusing particularly on fables which are set in, and attached to, the landscape. In doing so, it questions the current lives of mythology and folklore, whilst putting importance on the natural and the stories within it that are outside modern society’s inherent need to exploit Mother Nature for resources.