Eile {Border-Fictioning}: a place of their own

1 - 30 July

Launch Event: Thu 30 Jun, 6-8pm

Free & open to all

Eile {Border-Fictioning} is the long-term work on sovereign borders by Sheffield-based artist duo a place of their own. Exploring the Irish and UK relationship, the programme comprises conversations as well as an immersive, otherworldly exhibition at Bloc Projects of sound, film and a special performance on the opening night. The programme falls under the artists’ broader project Eile, which looks at global identity and citizenship, movement and migration through the lens of Ireland’s partition. While it is rooted in personal and political histories, the programme also speaks to the lived border experiences of other diasporic communities in the UK.

Documentation images: Jack Whiting

Video: Peter Martin

Artist-led Tour

Sat 2 July, 2-3pm

The artists of a place of their own Sam Vardy and Paula McCloskey will be leading a free tour of the exhibition as part of the Out & About weekender in the CIQ (Cultural Industries Quarters) on Urban Futures. Please book below.

a place of their own is the art and spatial research practice of Paula McCloskey and Sam Vardy. Through their multidisciplinary work, they interrogate and propose within entanglements of climate, capital, technology and politics. They operate as a collective, a couple, with their children and through collaborations with others.

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