Dampfsauna auf dem Shannon gefällig?
Yeah! Was bleibt einem sonst bei diesem Wetter in Carrick-On-Shannon, wenn man nicht immer im Pub sitzen will?
The WEATHER CUBE created by Gareth Kennedy
As part of Landscapes ’07 at The Dock, visual artist Gareth Kennedy has been commissioned to create a temporary public artwork. A transparent cube structure will be sited on the banks of the river in Carrick-On-Shannon. The transparent cube will function as a steam-sauna.
Members of the public will be invited to partake in a steam sauna, and hence the microclimate of their body comes to the fore as they sit in the hot space of the structure, sweating. They are at once cut off from the external environment, yet it remains visible and all around them. An audio work composed for the site will guide the visitor through this experience, and will reflect upon the notion of how “climate change means landscape change”. This will culminate in the participants reentering the macro-climate (outside) and jumping in the river Shannon.
This work originally stems from research into the historical sweat house structures, which are located almost exclusively in North Leitrim and West Cavan. While these historical sources are the grounding for this work, it uses modern materials and a minimalist language to reinterpret the Leitrim sweat house in light of contemporary Ireland.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8T8RkkrtzY&mode=related&search=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAB4L5KmjQA&mode=related&search=Gruß Tina
