The River Boyne: Above, Along, & Within

This workshop is part of the Take Me to the River project. Click here to find out more. 

Date: Sat 6 July
Time: 9:30am - 2pm 
Location: Swift's Wave, Trim. Further details will be given following booking. 

Guided by artists Cosette Olohan, Jules Charlton and Ronan Colcannon, experience a series of photographic processes, creating with and of the water. Using print, camera and drone footage the workshop’s lens will study the river’s ecology from the surface and above. 

Enhancing this multi-layered workshop, Environmental Scientist Goska Wilkowska will share expert knowledge of the species and habitats that are present and absent from the river. 

Used to monitor the health of the earths biospheres, this workshop is inspired by transect sampling techniques used in Ecology since the 1930s. Using key photographic developments - cyanotype (19th Century), 35mm film photography (20th Century) and high definition digital imaging (21st Century), participants will experience the documentation of ecology from the 1800s to the present day, as the river itself transects the landscape and our community. 

Introducing the origins of cyanotype print, and its application as one of the earliest forms of photographic processes, Cosette Olohan will lead a hands-on printing workshop to capture silhouettes of the surrounding waters vegetation from organic materials gathered, producing your own site-specific artwork similar to botanists over a hundred years ago. 

Cinematographers, Jules Charlton and Ronan Colcannon will demonstrate techniques in digital image making using drone and underwater digital photography. These unique perspectives and the imagery you capture will enable us to analyse the traces of human impact or rewilding on natural habitats, fish stocks or birdlife within close proximity to the area. 

The cyanotype prints will be collected and digital imagery processed for inclusion in the ‘Creative Catchment Map’, and exhibited at Swift Cultural Centre, Trim in October.

No previous artistic or photographic experience necessary. This workshop is accessible but includes walking over wet pebbled terrain and uneven grass areas. Participants will receive appropriate details before attending. If you have any questions, please contact Deirdre at deirdre.rogers@solsticeartscentre.ie