Artwork set to
energise Swan Park
28.01.22
FINAL preparations are
underway for a series of powerful artworks to be
installed in Swan Park, Buncrana, which will celebrate
the emergence of spring and the area’s rich industrial
heritage.
A much-loved public space since the Victorian times,
Swan Park was bequeathed to the people of Buncrana and
its visitors by Harry Swan, whose family ran a
successful milling business in the town from 1868 until
the early 1980s. Swan Mills, through its associated
Buncrana Electricity Supply Company, also provided
clean, hydro-generated electricity to the town from 1905
to 1954. |
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Swan Park, Buncrana where
the ‘Art in the Park: Energy’ exhibition will take place
throughout February 2022. |
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The ‘Art in the Park: Energy’ exhibition will
see the works of four Irish-based artists featured in
Swan Park. These include a water-world globe sculpture
by Kevin Harkin, an interactive ‘Fairy Village’ by Mark
Cullen, a twisting ribbon-style metal sculpture echoing
the history of textiles at Swan Mill by Rosalind Lowry
and a windmill sculpture & dynamo by John McCarron which
will power a light show paying homage to Harry Swan. |
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Artist Kevin Harkin
creating his water-world globe sculpture (So an Uisce)
which will be installed as part of the ‘Art in the Park'
in Buncrana. |
Project Co-ordinator,
Rebecca Strain from the Artlink collective said: “We’re
delighted to be showcasing the stunning ‘Art in the
Park: Energy’ group art exhibition in Swan Park. Indeed,
in February, the park will just be emerging from deep
winter and this wonderful outdoor group show will
quietly awaken our senses incorporating, sound and
movement.
“Importantly, as we will also be emerging from the
Coronavirus pandemic, we want to help nurture a new
rhythm – a new way of working, a new routine, which is
informed by the Celtic Agrarian Calendar to reconnect us
with natural rhythms, the seasons, the tides, the place
where we are."
The ‘Art in the Park: Energy’ inaugural group art
exhibition will be showcased in Swan Park, Buncrana,
from 8th February 2022 for one month. For further
information visit
www.artlink.ie or email
info@artlink.ie . |
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