Balls
Fite Fuaite,
126 Gallery, Galway
April 2025
A performance event with collaboration betwen 126 Gallery and Studios and Bbeyond.
Thinking about the continuous cycle of labour, caring and sometimes frustration, this work started as a work to be witness and finished as a participatory experience. As the ceramic spheres were selected, carried and cleaned, some were discarded and rolled across the floor. The audience in the room the got involved through investigating the spheres and rolling them to each other across the floor.
Performance duration: 1 hour
A woman with long curly hair facing away, holding a large round object, standing in a dimly lit outdoor area with a gray ground and scattered trash.
A person with long hair, dressed in dark clothing, kneeling and touching a large rock surrounded by scattered colorful balls in a dimly lit room.
A woman in black clothing bending over a large rock, with a patterned bag hanging from her shoulder, at an indoor event.
A woman with long, curly hair dressed in black is seated at a small table covered with a white cloth, in a dimly lit room. She appears to be engaged in an activity involving a large metal mixing bowl on the table. The floor is scattered with colorful marbles and the plain background emphasizes the solitary scene.
A person bending over to pick up a colorful marble from a textured, dark floor, with several other marbles scattered around. The person is wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, and brown boots, and has gray hair. The background features a plain, light-colored wall.
A person with long hair leaning over a large spherical object. They are surrounded by smaller spherical objects scattered on the floor in an empty room with gray walls.
An woman with long gray hair, bowing down and touching a large stone in the center of a dimly lit room. Several smaller stones and objects are scattered on the floor around her.
A person with long curly hair is kneeling and stacking colored stones on the ground, with a plain wall background.
A person with long gray and brown hair, dressed in black, bending down, holding a black and white patterned cloth, surrounded by scattered balls and a large textured ball on a dark, worn floor against a plain gray wall.
A person with long hair wearing dark clothing, bending down and holding a large round object, surrounded by smaller colorful balls on a gray floor in a minimalistic space.
A woman with long dark hair, wearing a black outfit, is holding and embracing a large, round stone or object against her chest, with her face resting on it. The background is a plain, light-colored wall, and the ground appears to be a concrete or gravel surface.
A table covered with a white lace tablecloth holding a stainless steel bowl with water droplets, two decorative white strawberries, and some pieces of broken chocolate. In the background, there are scattered colorful marbles on a dark surface.
Close-up of several cracked, brown eggs on a rough, textured surface with a yellow yolk in the background.