selected work
The Cellar, single channel HD Digital Film 12.5 mins, edition1/3- 2016
The Cellar, single channel HD Digital Film 12.5 mins, edition1/3- 2016
the cellar | 2016
This work draws from Hayes’s early career experiences working in a renowned London Fine Art foundry, which is revisited in this new film work from 2016. This documentary style works that draw out the often incongruous relationships between finished art objects, and the industrial aspects of their storage and processes that produce these often revered art objects/sculptures.
Two balls of twine for Barry Flanagan, Bronze unique casting, non-edition 1/1, packing felt, perspex, galvanized steel, 2001-16
Two balls of twine for Barry Flanagan, Bronze unique casting, non-edition 1/1, packing felt, perspex, galvanized steel, 2001-16 (detail)
two balls of twine for barry flanagan | 2001-16
This work, reworked over numerous years, aims to reference some early modernist ephemeral rope works and sculptures works by the late Barry Flanagan.
Cups Series 1, unique castings, non-edition, 2015
The thin end of the wedge, bronze, unique casting, non-edition 1/1 -2016
Hand-made, bronze, unique casting, non-edition 1/1 -2016
The one we watched over & over..., bronze, unique casting, non-edition 1/1 -2016
Mixtape, bronze, unique casting, non-edition 1/1 -2016
the analogue series | 2016
These sculptures take the remnants of the casting process as a part of the work, leaving on the runners and risers, which would normally be discarded. To anyone who knows how to make castings the structure and shape of the forms is obvious- they bear the signs of their making- to the untrained eye they are objects of the past- analogue tapes, cassettes and cups held up trophy-like by rods. There is a contradiction between the nod to preparatory processes and unfinished objects, and the preciousness by which these sculptures are finished, treated and displayed.
Aloft on a Rock, cast mashed potato multiple, MDF, HD Digital Film & Audio soundtrack, 2012/2016
Aloft on a Rock, cast mashed potato multiple, MDF, HD Digital Film & Audio soundtrack, 2012/2016
Aloft on a Rock, cast mashed potato multiple, MDF, HD Digital Film & Audio soundtrack, 2012/2016
aloft on a rock | 2016
This two-part work Aloft on a rock, (Devil’s Tower)’ draws from the anthropological history and popular culture of the USA, referencing well known imagery from the Hollywood film industry in order to explore the supernatural and superstition through science fiction. In a nod to the seminal scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977, this work aligns the landscapes of Ireland and the USA via the use of the potato. It alludes to shared cultural history forged not only through displacement and immigration but through popular culture. The film element was filmed on location at Devils Tower National Park & monument in Wyoming in 2012, during production of first HYBRID exhibition held at Redline Contemporary in Denver Colorado.
The Portrait of Simon English by Stanley English, Series 1-18 Plate-lithograph / Chine-collé/BFK Edition 1/3, 2016
The Portrait of Simon English by Stanley English, Series 1-18 Plate-lithograph / Chine-collé/BFK Edition 1/3, 2016
The Portrait of Simon English by Stanley English, Series 1-18 Plate-lithograph / Chine-collé/BFK Edition 1/3, 2016
Irish artist Simon English as a young boy, modeled by his father Stanley English, 1960?
the portrait of simon english by stanley english | 2016
This series of prints documents the process of mould making a clay head portrait of the established Irish artist Simon English as a young boy, which was modeled by his father Stanley English in the 1960’s. The work aims to explore the process that simultaneously preserved and destroyed the original clay head/artwork.
In Celebration of Two Non-events, two-part sculptural installation, cast iron, found furniture, digital sound & motion sensors, 2011
In Celebration of Two Non-events, two-part sculptural installation, cast iron, found furniture, digital sound & motion sensors, 2011
In Celebration of Two Non-events, two-part sculptural installation, cast iron, found furniture, digital sound & motion sensors, 2011
In Celebration of Two Non-events, two-part sculptural installation, cast iron, found furniture, digital sound & motion sensors, 2011
In Celebration of Two Non-events, two-part sculptural installation, cast iron, found furniture, digital sound & motion sensors, 2011
In Celebration of Two Non-events, two-part sculptural installation, cast iron, found furniture, digital sound & motion sensors, 2011
in celebration of two non-events | 2011
This two-part sculptural sound installation utilised a range of found materials, from the Former Fort Camden site at the entrance to Cork Harbor and was located in two rooms of the casemate buildings in the Fort Camden barracks. Fort Camden was never subjected to military attack and so this work comments on the function of this site by focusing on the plate as a symbol of domesticity and routine meal times, as a less dramatic aspect of military life. The plate works in both rooms were made by collecting scraps of cast iron from the former guttering, railings, and balustrades on the site.In one of the rooms a series of iron plates are placed on a plate rack from the military kitchens, these plates are marked with the coordinates of the place in which the iron, from which they are cast, was found. This work was accompanied by a motion sensor which triggers the sound of rattling plates when the room is entered. The second room is made up of a series of commemorative plates which display the crescent of king George III, transferred from a canon found on site. These plates stand on wooden stands made from former floorboards of the case mate buildings. They stand on pastry tables from the barracks kitchens. This work was also accompanied by a motion sensor which triggers marching sounds and calls upon entry.
Bill & Annie, dual HD Digital Film/Projection, 42 mins, 2013
Bill & Annie, dual HD Digital Film/Projection, 42 mins, 2013
Bill & Annie, dual HD Digital Film/Projection, 42 mins, 2013
bill & annie | 2013
This split-screen video explores the notoriety of some of America’s most infamous early western frontier men & women examining their mythic status and legacy. Buffalo Bill & Annie Oakley remain to this day, two of the most well known names and faces of what may be considered the old American (wild) west. In these intimate films William F Cody, ‘Buffalo Bill’ & his long time friend and colleague Annie Oakley (real name Phoebe Ann Mosses), are played by a husband and wife team of Colorado-based impersonators. The video documents an intimate lament from both of the characters who reflect on their early lives and the cost that their notoriety and infamy had on their personal lives.
The Essence of Taste, cast iron & bronze, electrical motors, compressed air, actuators, sprayer/atomiser, soil & compost, stainless steel and filtrated asparagus essence and ethanol, 2013
The Essence of Taste, cast iron & bronze, electrical motors, compressed air, actuators, sprayer/atomiser, soil & compost, stainless steel and filtrated asparagus essence and ethanol, 2013
The Essence of Taste, cast iron & bronze, electrical motors, compressed air, actuators, sprayer/atomiser, soil & compost, stainless steel and filtrated asparagus essence and ethanol, 2013
The Essence of Taste, cast iron & bronze, electrical motors, compressed air, actuators, sprayer/atomiser, soil & compost, stainless steel and filtrated asparagus essence and ethanol, 2013
