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Posted on September 18, 2018

Martello Tower Project
Tricia O'Neill
October 2 – March 29, 2019

Reception Date January 4, 2019

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Martello Towers dot the coast of Dublin and then more sporadically the coast of Ireland. They have been in my peripheral vision since we first started visiting our family in Dublin fifty years ago. Though they have been ever-present it is only in the last few years that I have come to know more about the history and intended use of the Martello Towers.

After deciding to document these beautifully situated structures I purchased a tiny book published in the 70s by Victor J. Enoch, an American man who had owned and lived in a Martello Tower in Killiney, South Dublin. My initial intent was to find out where all the towers stood, to have a road map. However this small book provided me with information well beyond location.

Prior to reading this publication my knowledge as a child was none, not even the name of them. Then as a young adult the fact that Bono from U2 bought and lived in a Martello Tower made me much more conscious of their existence. Years passed, and Bono moved out of his tower. I then had the idea to document a different kind of structure in Ireland but my cousin Ann quickly redirected me to the Martello Towers for which I am ever grateful.

Ann O’Laoghaire told me in no uncertain terms that the Martello Towers were a much more interesting project because of how varied their uses are currently. Some are homes, others are museums–including the James Joyce Museum where Ulysses began from, tower number 11 in Sandycove–and many are derelict.  They are all numbered.

The towers were originally built in 1804-1805 to defend against a Napoleonic invasion by sea. Napoleon never came and Victor J. Enoch’s book informs that the towers did in fact deter what seemed to be the inevitable. The Martello Towers were built closely together so as to function as signal towers. When standing at one you will surely see at least one other. In Dublin you will see one to the left and one to the right. There are more in other countries too but Ireland is the filter through which I chose to document the towers.

Documenting each tower has been its own adventure, traveling by land and by sea to reach them has all been quite remarkable. The information people have shared, the help people have given me and the moments of awe as I stand solitary in the presence of these historical, coastal towers has been an honor. I have four towers left to document and when my project is complete I will have captured all 37 remaining towers in Ireland. 

 

Bio
Tricia O’Neill has been making photographs since the 1970’s. She formalized her love of photography by completing a fine arts degree at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University in 2007. Tricia studied film photography and digital photography at the SMFA, rendering her a versatile photographer with knowledge of both analog and digital photography. Tricia also studied the art of hand lettering at Butera School of Art and founded the company Signs Unique in 1986. Photography and the completion of a fine art degree are fitting extensions of Tricia’s creative endeavors. Tricia’s years behind the brush–painting signs and murals–informs her photography.

Tricia works in a documentary style. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Northeast, in solo shows, juried shows, group shows and is in private collections.

 

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Amy Rindskopf's Terra Novus

At the market, I pick each one up, pulled in by the shapes as they sit together, waiting. I feel its heft in my hand, enjoy the textures of the skin or peel, and begin to look closer and closer. The patterns on each individual surface marks them as distinct. I push further still, discovering territory unseen by the casual observer, a new land. I am like a satellite orbiting a distant planet, taking the first-ever images of this newly envisioned place.

This project started as an homage to Edward Weston’s Pepper No. 30 (I am, ironically, allergic to peppers). As I looked for my subject matter at the market, I found that I wasn’t drawn to just one single fruit or vegetable. There were so many choices, appealing to both hand and eye. I decided to print in black and white to help make the images visually more about the shapes, and not about guessing which fruit is smoothest, which vegetable is greenest.

Artistic Purpose/Intent

Artistic Purpose/Intent

Tricia Gahagan

 

Photography has been paramount in my personal path of healing from disease and

connecting with consciousness. The intention of my work is to overcome the limits of the

mind and engage the spirit. Like a Zen koan, my images are paradoxes hidden in plain

sight. They are intended to be sat with meditatively, eventually revealing greater truths

about the world and about one’s self.

 

John Chervinsky’s photography is a testament to pensive work without simple answers;

it connects by encouraging discovery and altering perspectives. I see this scholarship

as a potential to continue his legacy and evolve the boundaries of how photography can

explore the human condition.

 

Growing my artistic skill and voice as an emerging photographer is critical, I see this as

a rare opportunity to strengthen my foundation and transition towards an established

and influential future. I am thirsty to engage viewers and provide a transformative

experience through my work. I have been honing my current project and building a plan

for its complete execution. The incredible Griffin community of mentors and the

generous funds would be instrumental for its development. I deeply recognize the

hallmark moment this could be for the introduction of the work. Thank you for providing

this incredible opportunity for budding visions and artists that know they have something

greater to share with the world.

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