Slow violence and the Slieve Aughty Mountains

Fahy, Niamh

Abstract

The purpose of this presentation is to examine the cyclical methodologies of field work, deep mapping and printmaking employed to investigate the changing land use of the Slieve Aughty Mountains located in the West of Ireland. Landscapes subjected to extractivism bear the physical impact of accelerated carving on the earth’s surface, indicating a visible trace of activity. Without the overt implication of a trace, such as witnessed in extracted landscapes, how can slow violence be recognised by the print artist? What strategies can be applied by the print artist to interpret landscapes affected by environmental change but absent of spectacle? My inquiry seeks to investigates the porosity of slow violence as it reverberates and proliferates across landscapes, boundaries, and bodies. Through weaving a method of fieldwork and studio practice, the work attempts to map and connect traces of slow violence to narratives of displacement and disruption within the landscape

Citation

Fahy, N. (2021, December). Slow violence and the Slieve Aughty Mountains. Presented at Visual Culture Research Group, (Online) Visual Culture Research Group, University of the West of England, UK

• Presentation Conference Type: Lecture
• Conference Name: Visual Culture Research Group
• Conference Location: (Online) Visual Culture Research Group, University of the West of England, UK.
• Start Date: Dec 16, 2021
• End Date: Dec 16, 2021
• Publication Date: Dec 16, 2021
• Deposit Date: Jan 25, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 25, 2022
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/8542886
• Publisher URL: https://vcrg.co.uk/