The River Lee Project IRON-R 2018 - Video by Lar O'Toole
The National Sculpture Factory, Cork, IE
From its source in the Shehy Mountains on the Cork-Kerry border to where it empties into the Irish Sea at Cork Harbour, the River Lee embodies over 5000 years of human habitation and experience. The River Lee Project focuses on the importance of the River Lee watershed to the daily life and heritage of Cork City and its surrounding areas. Iron is an elemental metal that signifies our connection with the world on a primal level. It runs through our bloodstream in much the same way as rivers run through our landscape. With the looming threat of flood-walls around Cork City, the River Lee Project represents our physical and emotional connection to our rivers and the importance of maintaining that connection.
Lynn-Marie Dennehy and Lar O'Toole on pour team - James L. Hayes and Rian Kerrane at furnace (Image courtesy of Jedrzej Niezgoda / NSF)
Lynn-Marie Dennehy and Ronan Bradbury on pour team (Image courtesy of Jedrzej Niezgoda /NSF)
The River Lee
Cast iron artefect, 10' x 3.5' x 6" (Image courtesy of Tomas Penc / NSF)
Special thanks! James L. Hayes and Lynn-Marie Dennehy
Thank you: Rian Kerrane, Anita Strautmanis, Ronan Bradbury, Rachel Fallon, Dobz O'Brien, Pat O' Mahony, Audrey Fleming, Tomas Penc, John Cronin, Feargal Cunningham, Anna O'Riordan, Catherine Murray, Fionn Van der Noll, Catherine Callanan, Stefanie Dinkelbach, Matthew McCarthy, Lar O'Toole, Ossin Hanrahan, Kathryn Kng, Emma Ryan, Jordyn Brown, Catherine Hehir, Peadar Lamb, Tina Whelan, Noelle Noonan (Image courtesy of Jedrzej Niezgoda / NSF)
The National Sculpture Factory
MCAD / McKnight Foundation Fellowship
