New Works by Fiona Mulholland and The Metropolitan Complex - RIAI Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Oci an exhibition of new works by Fiona Mulholland and The Metropolitan Complex

Wednesday, June 2nd @ 6pm
The Exhibition will run until July 2nd 2004

Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland
8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

Oci, Slovenian word for Eyes, is an exhibition by two contemporary artists living in Dublin, Ireland. The exhibition continues a theme of exploring how people perceive and respond to their environment. In March 2004 a group of artists travelled to Slovenia for an exhibition curated by The Art Projects Network. Two of the artists who travelled with the exhibition were Fiona Mulholland and Sarah Pierce of The Metropolitan Complex. During their visit these two artists had individual responses to their first journey to Slovenia. Oci explores these experiences and documents their visual and human response.
Fiona Mulholland's photography are her "visual notebook". Travelling around Ljubljana and Bled, Fiona gives us a glimpse into the abstract fairytale that she discovered in both scenery and architectural features. Fiona's work is about form, shape, and interpretation. Drawing on her sculpture background, Fiona provides us with an opportunity to look into and share a very personal experience of how process and practice are influenced by environment.
Commissioned by The Slovenian Embassy in Dublin

The Metropolitan Complex is a project by Sarah Pierce. It is a social practice that incorporates a range of activities such as exhibitions, talks, and publications. These structures are often opened up to the personal and the incidental. Commissioned by The Art Projects Network, The Metropolitan Complex organised two roundtable discussions: one with artists and curators living in Ireland and one with artists and curators living in Slovenia. These conversations stage an exchange between Ireland and Slovenia, transacted through an artwork that takes the form of printed publications. The papers are in two parts. The first of these, with artists and curators based in Ireland, was based upon a discusion which took place on February 8th 2004. This conversation documented the participants' perceptions of Slovenia’s art scene. On March 8th 2004 a similar conversation took place in Ljubljana with artists and curators based in Slovenia discussing their perceptions of Ireland’s art scene. This information might be indirect or based on personal experience. What is important is how a perception of another country forms through a combination of international and local points of reference. The papers are part of an ongoing series of roundtables by The Metropolitan Complex. Each one circulates as a free publication. Part One was distributed in Slovenia and Part Two forms part of the Oci exhibition.
Commissioned by The Art Projects Network