Meabh Breathnach

My work is an attempt at externalising the experience of the self, in relation to oneself, and the other – both persons and objects that we come into contact with on a daily basis. It’s an exploration of everyday objects and acts, how we as bodies interact with and through them, and how they might make us think and feel. But most importantly, how they ultimately and inherently connect us to one another and society as a whole. It inevitably starts from the personal, all that I know for certain, as a way to open up to something that I hope might be shared.

I’m particularly fascinated by the boundary between the self and the other, this in-between space occupied by language, gestures and touch that I’m continuously butting up against, coming into conflict with, and carefully caressing. It’s both an idea and a space that I believe on one hand can never be truly understood, breached, or filled. Yet on another, my work is a continuous attempt to try.