Jack O'Flynn

6 January to 8 March 2025

Studio open to the public Monday, Saturday

For the residency Jack will primarily work on the creation of a new stop-motion animation film, currently titled The River Song of the Water House. The work will be pervaded with the environment of Uillinn, developing in dialogue with the trees, hills and debris of the local area. Jack will pay special attention to the environment of the river Ilen, named after the way it reflects moonlight. The work will be realised through an intensive process of hand sculpting, drawing and material play using clay, plaster, paper maché, wood and found material.

This project’s themes are of connection and ecognosis in a decaying world, exploring how the human relationship to interpretation shapes our relationship to the world around us and each other. The project is embedded within the landscape in which it is developed. As such Jack will place a particular focus on the ecological surroundings of Uillinn, researching and utilising the rich ecology and folklore of the area. Jack will open the project to public engagement by open studio days, as well as offering a series of workshops and walks in the local area.

Jack O'Flynn (He/ Him, b.1993) is an Irish artist currently based in Bergen, Norway. His practice is focused on combinations of sculpture, installation, drawing and animation, which he uses to create enveloping and intimate worlds of texture, form, image, and sound. Exploring intertwined themes of enchantment, ecology, and ruination, Jack creates dream-like fables for a collapsing world, portals to another way of being. Jack graduated with his BA in 2016 from the Glasgow School of Art, and received his MA from the Academy of Art, University of Bergen in 2023. Recent solo exhibitions include 'The Archer never appeared again and the Dogs changed to moss' at Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway (2023) and 'The Palace of Humming Trees' French St. Glasgow, Scotland (2021).

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Funded by the European Union and the Goethe-Institut

WCAC acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council and Cork County Council in making these residencies possible.