TY - ADVS
T1 - Another Day in Futile Battle against the 2nd Law
T2 - ANOTHER DAY IN FUTILE BATTLE AGAINST THE 2nd LAW
AU - O'Beirn, Aisling
N1 - Aisling O’Beirn, born 1968, is an artist based in Belfast and an Associate Lecturer in Sculpture at Ulster University. Her work is interdisciplinary and explores the relationship between politics, space and place, uncovering the tensions between disparate forms of official and unofficial information. She examines space and place as physical structures and political entities by making and animating forms relating to observed and theoretical structures being studied by contemporary astronomers and physicists. This work is an extension of previous work on the politics of place.
Her recent work questions ways to understand both scientific and political developments through projects exploring entropy, order, disorder and balance. Dialogue is key to this practice, which has been facilitated by Armagh Observatory, Dunsink Observatory and The Centre for Astronomy NUIG, Galway. O’Beirn has exhibited nationally and internationally
Her work takes various forms, including sculpture, installation, animations and site-specific projects depending on the context. Dialogue and developing supportive contexts are key to the work She is now at a stage in her career where she develops ambitious projects and bodies of work over a period of time by working with a range of people.
She was included in Northern Ireland’s first participation in the 51st Venice Biennale and was shortlisted for the MAC International prize in 2018.
www.aislingobeirn.com
PY - 2016/10/17
Y1 - 2016/10/17
N2 - The Second Law of Thermodynamics States that whenever energy is transformed from one form to another form, entropy increases and energy decreases.The work for this exhibition falls under the 2nd law. O’Beirn used sculptural means to try to understand spatial relationships and physical properties of the stars whilst attempting to come to grips with the inevitable slide from order to chaos. The work, developed through over a year of dialogue with and support from astronomers from Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, consists of a sculptural installation and some new animations pieces, all of which explore in different ways how a lay-person struggles to understand scientific concepts. The installation explores stellar distances by spatially imagining the constellation the Great Bear, using precariously balanced and placed found objects. The animation Vastness (Meteor Showers) is a reflection on time and the nature of predictable and unpredictable events. The animation, Slices of Time (some questions), tracks conversations on subjects ranging from infinity, inflation the big bang and stellar distributions with astronomer Simon Jeffery.The show opened up contemporary artwork to new audiences in the scientific community. There were a series of events and workshops aimed at schools, colleges and the interested public, which Millennium Court developed around this show. With special thanks to Emeritus Prof. Mark Bailey and to Simon Jeffery of Armagh Observatory.Sound track for Vastness (Meteor Showers) Boris Völt, courtesy of TONN Recordings.
AB - The Second Law of Thermodynamics States that whenever energy is transformed from one form to another form, entropy increases and energy decreases.The work for this exhibition falls under the 2nd law. O’Beirn used sculptural means to try to understand spatial relationships and physical properties of the stars whilst attempting to come to grips with the inevitable slide from order to chaos. The work, developed through over a year of dialogue with and support from astronomers from Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, consists of a sculptural installation and some new animations pieces, all of which explore in different ways how a lay-person struggles to understand scientific concepts. The installation explores stellar distances by spatially imagining the constellation the Great Bear, using precariously balanced and placed found objects. The animation Vastness (Meteor Showers) is a reflection on time and the nature of predictable and unpredictable events. The animation, Slices of Time (some questions), tracks conversations on subjects ranging from infinity, inflation the big bang and stellar distributions with astronomer Simon Jeffery.The show opened up contemporary artwork to new audiences in the scientific community. There were a series of events and workshops aimed at schools, colleges and the interested public, which Millennium Court developed around this show. With special thanks to Emeritus Prof. Mark Bailey and to Simon Jeffery of Armagh Observatory.Sound track for Vastness (Meteor Showers) Boris Völt, courtesy of TONN Recordings.
KW - Art
KW - Astronomy
KW - stargazing
KW - installation
KW - animations
UR - http://www.aislingobeirn.com/anotherday.htm
UR - http://millenniumcourt.org/index/#/aisling-obeirn-another-day-in-futile-battle-against-the-2nd-law-october-november-2016/
UR - https://youtu.be/WR_ECmo59GU
UR - https://youtu.be/6xkEDwkOpH4
UR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYqPPRn-2qg
UR - https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/publications/another-day-in-futile-battle-against-the-2nd-law-3
M3 - Exhibition
Y2 - 7 October 2016 through 23 November 2016
ER -