Glossaries for Forwardness (solo) | 27 April–23 September 2023 | Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin

Curated by Rachel Botha. Photography Kasia Kaminska | PRESS RELEASE (PDF) | PUBLIC PROGRAM PART 1 | PUBLIC PROGRAM PART 2

Glossaries for Forwardness was a major multi-platform project examining convergences between landscape and memory through the architecture of the Museum Building in Trinity College Dublin. This project arose from Farrington’s artist residency at Trinity Centre for the Environment (2021–22) where her research repurposed and inverted geological sampling methods as modes of making in the studio. The exhibition was accompanied by a publication with texts by Dr. Quentin Crowley, Anneka French and Marie Farrington, a multi-channel audio installation in collaboration with Stanislaw Welbel, a public engagement programme of talks, screenings, listening sessions, and an event in collaboration with the Department of Ultimology and artist Anaïs Chabeur.

[Slides] Spill, slump sequence (x) / Landslip, strata sequence (y) , 2023.
Olivine dust, bio-resin, slumped glass, cast and
acid-etched glass, anthracite, cast ink, bio-resin, stained thread, carborundum grit, carved wax attached with body heat, spec — [Slides] Spill, slump sequence (x) / Landslip, strata sequence (y) , 2023. Olivine dust, bio-resin, slumped glass, cast and acid-etched glass, anthracite, cast ink, bio-resin, stained thread, carborundum grit, carved wax attached with body heat, specimen display cabinets

(Detail) [Slides] Spill, slump sequence (x), 2023,
olivine dust, bio-resin, slumped glass, cast and
acid-etched glass, specimen display cabinet — (Detail) [Slides] Spill, slump sequence (x), 2023, olivine dust, bio-resin, slumped glass, cast and acid-etched glass, specimen display cabinet

(Detail) [Slides] Landslip, strata sequence (y),
2023, acid-etched glass, anthracite, cast
ink, bio-resin,stained thread, carborundum
grit, carved wax attached with body heat,
specimen display cabinet — (Detail) [Slides] Landslip, strata sequence (y), 2023, acid-etched glass, anthracite, cast ink, bio-resin,stained thread, carborundum grit, carved wax attached with body heat, specimen display cabinet

Resin mount: column proxy, 2023,
olivine dust, bio-resin — Resin mount: column proxy, 2023, olivine dust, bio-resin

(Detail) Resin mount: column proxy, 2023,
olivine dust, bio-resin — (Detail) Resin mount: column proxy, 2023, olivine dust, bio-resin

Thin sections: cross polarised / plane polarised, 2023, UV-cured ink on Permatrace drafting film

(Detail) Thin sections: cross polarised / plane polarised, 2023, UV-cured ink on Permatrace drafting film

Thin sections: plane polarised / cross polarised, 2023, UV-cured ink on Permatrace drafting film

(Detail) Phase transition, 2023, cold-bent steel

Key (studio ruins), 2023, discarded carbon and
ink drawing on Permatrace drafting film, olivine
dust, leftover bio-resin, squashed anthracite,
broken ink casts, muslin offcuts — Key (studio ruins), 2023, discarded carbon and ink drawing on Permatrace drafting film, olivine dust, leftover bio-resin, squashed anthracite, broken ink casts, muslin offcuts

(Detail) Key (studio ruins), 2023, discarded carbon and ink drawing on Permatrace drafting film, olivine dust, leftover bio-resin, squashed anthracite, broken ink casts, muslin offcuts

Resin mount: corner proxy, 2023,
olivine dust, bio-resin — Resin mount: corner proxy, 2023, olivine dust, bio-resin

(Detail) A comma as a cavity in language, a seam as a hyphen
in stone, 2023, cast plaster, Indian ink, air bubbles,
carved wax, olivine dust, bio-resin, stained thread — (Detail) A comma as a cavity in language, a seam as a hyphen in stone, 2023, cast plaster, Indian ink, air bubbles, carved wax, olivine dust, bio-resin, stained thread

A comma as a cavity in language, a seam as a hyphen
in stone, 2023, cast plaster, Indian ink, air bubbles,
carved wax, olivine dust, bio-resin, stained thread — A comma as a cavity in language, a seam as a hyphen in stone, 2023, cast plaster, Indian ink, air bubbles, carved wax, olivine dust, bio-resin, stained thread

Overlay / an exercise in closeness, 2023, lithographic
print on muslin, Indian ink, stained thread — Overlay / an exercise in closeness, 2023, lithographic print on muslin, Indian ink, stained thread

(Detail) Overlay / an exercise in closeness, 2023, lithographic
print on muslin, Indian ink, stained thread — (Detail) Overlay / an exercise in closeness, 2023, lithographic print on muslin, Indian ink, stained thread

Outline, incline / the rounded edge of memory,
2023, acid-etched and fused glass, cold-bent
steel, window ledges, found nail — Outline, incline / the rounded edge of memory, 2023, acid-etched and fused glass, cold-bent steel, window ledges, found nail

(Detail) Outline, incline / the rounded edge of memory, 2023, acid-etched and fused glass, cold-bent steel, window ledges, found nail

Trend and plunge, 2023, cold-bent
steel, limestone window sills — Trend and plunge, 2023, cold-bent steel, limestone window sills

(Detail) Trend and plunge, 2023, cold-bent steel, limestone window sills

Core Sample, 2023 (in collaboration with Stanislaw Welbel). 6-channel audio installation in ventilation shafts. Duration 2:00:00

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