Butler Gallery 5

I’m sorry that too many people are continuously coming to my caravan every day to share all the pictures. I selected 20 pictures from last week. Anyway, the event has been quite successful.

Butler Gallery 4

Due to representing my caravan in the outdoor area of the Butler Gallery, people naturally come to my caravan regularly. To showcase my caravan, I have always talked to the audience face-to-face, one by one, as a part of my socially engaged art practice to develop this project further, understanding cultural differences between Ireland and the UK. Since I have never exhibited it for a duration of one month, I have begun to feel quite exhausted. 

As the director of the local animation studio, Light House Studios, Gilly visited my caravan and recommended me the other day. I visited another local animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, that had received an Oscar nomination. I bought two merchandise products to display in my caravan.

As I found out, Kilkenny is a really attractive town for my residency. I need to allocate time to look around. During my day off, I visited Kilkenny Castle, which housed the Butler Gallery until six years ago.

I attached a new solar panel on the roof, which is practical for the project to maintain the battery level even if I showcase my caravan every day, like I am doing now.

Butler Galley 3

Friday, 5th June: There was not so much of an audience. I had a nice chat with the director of Butler Gallery, Anna O’Sullivan.

I remember her; she came to our Flax Art Studios, Belfast, many years ago. She also came to my studio then. I’m quite impressed to hear she worked with one of the most well-known Japanese artists, Tadashi Kawamata, when she lived in New York.

Saturday, 6th June: There was the event of Cruinniú na nÓg in the Butler Gallery, and they were performing in the garden beside my caravan. The artists and audience of the event also came to see my caravan. I had chats with many people, like last Thursday.