Opening Reception Thursday 6 June, 5 – 7pm • Artist’s conversation at 4pm

Revisit is a collection of work documenting photography-based art installations by visual artist Doreen Kennedy. The exhibition will include ‘Flower Bed’ and the more recent ‘Sea Bed’ installation.

Doreen Kennedy’s day-to-day practice is to visit, revisit and document a series of locations over a period of time. The work explores themes of the external environment, time-capture and the process of recording time through images on the experience of being in a particular location. The images provide evidence or findings and can be seen as a series of notes describing nostalgic memories of a location or object.

Sea Bed 1 is an installation containing detailed images of the sea at Killiney Beach, County Dublin. The prints are placed in a circular shape, with images running from details of pebbles at the front, to ripples in the water, then images of the horizon line towards the back. The installation reflects on repeated visits, documenting them in the form of a 3-dimensional seascape. Sea Bed was installed on Killiney Beach and documented over the course of a day.

Flower Bed is made up of approximately 600 photographic prints of flowers, mounted back to back. Each set of prints is placed overlapping to make an artificial, photography-based flower bed, set up to surprise the viewer in a public space. The piece looks at everyday actions of viewing flowers and plant life in a public park, over repeated visits. Flower Bed was installed at Sculpture in Context, Dublin; Celestial Salt, the Good Hatchery, Co. Offaly and Art in Odd Places, New York.

The exhibition preview will be on Thursday 6th June, 5-7pm.

At 4pm on the same day, Doreen will also give a talk about her work as part of the ADF’s Conversations series. BSL etc available – access requests for this by 1st June, please.

All visitors are welcome, including at the preview, and admission is free of charge. If you haven’t been to the ADF before, ask for Chris or Leo on arrival and we’ll introduce you onwards. Braille, BSL interpretation, audio described tours and group visits are available throughout the exhibition – please request in advance.

This exhibition has been programmed by the ADF as a contribution to the Belfast Photo festival (www.belfastphotofestival.com)