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A Sea Change, into something rich and strange is a presentation of new work by artist Eleanor McCaughey. McCaughey’s practice explores thematic threads surrounding the body, identity and place, using symbols and metaphors that best express personal narratives. Watery hybrids, drowning dames, flailing females, peace offerings, magnetic moons, brain fog on the horizons and empathic monsters emerge in the work.
Throughout the making process, the artist has been in correspondence with poet Jill Kenny, sharing knowledge, myths, memories and personal narratives. Eleanor and Jill crossed paths on residency at Tyrone Guthrie Centre in 2023 and found common ground through lived experiences of sickness and healing. Jill Kenny was commissioned to write a piece for A Sea Change, into something rich and strange.
Jill Kenny Bio
Jill Kenny, Msc. Multimedia DCU, B.A Liberal Arts UCD, Cert in. Jungian Studies, C.G Jung Centre, grew up in Co. Tipperary. Residencies include multiple Tyrone Guthrie Centre and Grounding Cloughjordan. Publications include Future Perfect Anthology with preface by Michael D. Higgins, Arc, Canada’s national poetry magazine, Feral. Kenny has been a guest international performer at Tartu Poetry Festival, and is listed in Trócaire Ireland poetry competition, Over the Edge New Writer of the Year, Cathal Buí. She is recipient of Words Ireland/Poetry Ireland National Mentorship Programme with Markievicz awardee Joanna Walsh, where she is developing a hybrid written/visual book, Animal.
