of ephemeral measure: Volume 1
‘Volume 1’ was created and published on the occasion of of ephemeral measure’s first milestone. The images and essays within the book explore sensors as image-makers, the durational and off-grid aspects to the project, how the continual capturing of images can contribute to understanding ecologies and climate change, and O’Brien’s decisions around steering clear of directly engaging big data centres in the work.
Publication contributors included Martina O’Brien, artist Sean Lynch, and Dr. Alison Donnelly, Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Essay by Sean Lynch: The Secret of Seven
Essay response by Writer Amelia Groom: Phenomenal Grains
Design by David Joyce, The Outside Press.
The publication and project is kindly supported by Creative Ireland through Kildare County Council Arts Service.
Event: publication launch, discussion and presentation of new visual materials.
2022
Dublin Art Book Fair 2022: A Caring Matter
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
Studio 6
Event:This event celebrated a pivotal one-year point of of ephemeral measure: a long-term project based in Co. Kildare rooted in image making, phenology, and the activation of communities. As part of the event, new work arising from the project was installed and a group discussion marked the launch of ‘Volume 1’, the first publication of of ephemeral measure.
Discussion:
As part of this publication launch there was an in-person discussion with the artist and guests Eamonn Maxwell Independent Curator and Advisor, Belinda Quirke, Artistic Director Solstice Arts Centre, Kate Lewis Hood of Planetary Praxis Research Group in the UK, and Lucina Russell, Kildare County Council Arts Officer. This discussion touched the wider concerns of of ephemeral measure, other ecosystems’ monitoring projects, and how the project is developing heading into its second year.
Transcript Link: Network glitches & forest walks: a remote-sensed response to Martina O’Brien’s of ephemeral measure, Kate Lewis Hood, Research Associate, Smart Forests. This response was delivered virtually at the of ephemeral measure: volume I publication launch at the Dublin Art Book Fair at Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, 2022.
