I made these pieces while watching the ICJ preliminary judgement in the case of South Africa vs Israel. It struck me that an Irish barrister was representing the colonised and an English one representing the coloniser and that Irish barrister Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh was far better at her job on every count.

Generational trauma staring generational privilege in the eye and doing so with such eloquence and poise.

As I was creating this work for an Imbolc celebration, I was thinking about what Brigid has responsibility for. She is a deity associated with domesticated animals. Her holiday now features once again in our public calendar. I’ve been thinking a lot about how pre-colonial practices inform our post-colonial power structures, including the power we exercise over non-human animals… and what Brehon Law might make of such practices.