Publications
Symposia Publications
2002
Space for Production CD-Rom.
(Published in collaboration with LUAS, NCAD, UCD and SSI)
This CD-Rom documents the works created by students of the University College Dublin School of Architecture and National College of Art and Design Masters in Virtual Realities for the Sculptors' Society of Ireland 'Space for Production' symposia. This project was initiated by the Sculptors' Society of Ireland and the Architects' Association of Ireland and brought student artists and architects together to envisage integrated artworks for Dublin's light rail urban transport system, Luas.
1996
Achill Island Symposium Calendar
(No copies remaining)
In August 1996 Achill Island off the Mayo coast, provided a rich a stimulating site for eight selected Irish artists along with two invited artists from Germany, to work in context addressing the physical landscape and culture. The artists Noel Molloy, Ann Henderson, Ursula Kavanagh, Renate Hoffliet, Michael Bach, Tony Magner, Declan Kennedy, Pamela Hill, Leah Durkan, Elizabeth Caffery produced a diverse array of work including performance, video, installation and sound works. Dutch landscape photographer Willem Vermasse was commissioned to record all the projects at their various stages of development; these images formed the basis of the printed documentation of the symposia, which was published in December 1996 in the form of a calendar for 1997.
1996
Achill Island Symposium Video
This video by Peter Joyce marries footage of local traditions and craft making with the work of the sculptors making site-specific work for the 'Achill Island' Symposium.
1995
Skibbereen Sculpture Symposium Postcard Pack
7 Colour Postcards
Held to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Great Famine, the SSI's Skibbereen Symposium invited artist to work in the context a former workhouse. Seven artists participated in the symposium, creating works of art which responded to the building and the theme of famine historically and in terms of contemporary events. The artists were: Pauline Agnew, Agnes Devlin, Annette Hennessey, Carol Kavanagh, Lotte Pile, Alannah Robbins, Ad van Turnhout.
1994
Random Access Video
This video compilation showcases the five works created on the SSI's 1993 Random Access Video Art Symposium in conjunction with RTE and Windmill Lane Studios. The featured works are: 'New Shoes' Kimberly Dunne; 'Veritatis Splendor' Tony Fitzpatrick; 'Big Boys' Colin McKeown; 'Sofa' Iain Keeny; 'Panoptes' Tony Patrickson & Jonathon O'Hanlon.
1994
Random Access Soundworks CD
This CD compilation presents the three works created on SSI's 1993 Random Access Sound Art Symposium. The features works are: 'GBH' by Fergus Kelly, 'Kevlar Second Chants' by Tony Patrickson & Chris North and 'Breaking Point' by Stephanie Condon Casey.
1992
Symposia 1992
52pp
Perfect Bound
21 x 21 cms
Colour Illustrations
In 1992 the SSI initiated three sculpture symposia, that offered "the artist a unique and precious opportunity to experiment, to work on a scale, or with materials not normally available to them...a special time that engenders a maturity achieved by working away from the demands of exhibition, allowing artists to work in new styles and with new ambitions". The three projects documented in this publication comprise: the Annaghmakerrig Sculpture Symposium, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Co. Monaghan May 1992, the Ahenny Slate Quarries Symposium, Co. Kilkenny June-July 1992 and the Kingscourt Brick Symposium, Kingscourt Bricks, Co. Cavan July-August 1992
1990
Boglands: A Sculptors Symposium Video
Director Aisling Stuart made the Boglands Symposium video to pass on an understanding, respect and appreciation for the unique landscape and ecology of Irish peat bogs as 'one of the last unspoilt wildernesses remaining in western Europe'.
1990
Boglands Sculpture Symposium
52pp
Stitched
B&W Illustrations
17.2x 24cm
The Boglands Symposium held in the Wicklow Mountains in August 1990 aimed to the participants and visitors to the event 'a feel and a taste of the bog' and to alert all to the alarming speed at which Irelands boglands are diminished by mechanised turf cutting. Works by the participating artists are documented by landscape photographer Chirstine Bond. The 'Boglands' artists were: Mamoru Abe, Joost Barbiers, Gerard Cox, Remco De Fouw, Chris Drury, David Dunne, Romy Gray, Catherine Harper, Ann Henderson, Kathy Herbert, David Kinane, Betty Maguire, Ann O'Connor, Marian O'Donnell, Amanda Ralph, Aisling Stuart, Niall Walsh.
1988
Meitheal: Sculpture Symposia Ireland
172pp
20 x 19.4
Perfect Bound
B&W Illustrations
This publication brings together documentation of the SSI's prolific organisation of sculpture symposia from 1983-1987. The featured symposia are: the 1983 Arklow Steel Symposium, Tyrells of Arklow Engineering; the 1984 'Cumar na gCloch' Stone Symposium, Roe O'Neill and Walsh Quarries, Dublin Mountains; the 1985 Celbridge Concrete Symposium, Celbridge, Co. Kildare; the 1985 Hazelwood Symposium, Hazelwood Park, Co. Sligo; the 1985 Cork 800 Symposium, Cork City; the 1986 Letterfrack Symposium, Connemara, Galway; the 1986 Dun Laoghaire Symposium; The 1987 Limerick Symposium, Limerick City.
1983
Sculpture at the East Link: Sculpture from the Arklow Steel Symposium
44pp
Perfect Bound
20.5 x 19. 8 cm
B&W Illustrations
Twelve Irish sculptors and two guests from the USA and Scotland participated in the 1983 Arklow Steel Symposium hosted by Arklow Engineering. The completed works were temporarily sited as an outdoor exhibition along the then newly completed East-Link Bridge in Dublin.
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