As part of my residency in the Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray, Co. Wicklow, I made a performance piece for The Enchanted Garden, a festival of art for children in Kilruddery Gardens last weekend.
The performance led groups of children through the nooks and crevices of the gardens for a short time while telling them a story of a man named Fleming. They were then led to an installation in the woods I had created earlier.
In the woods the children discovered a setting made by Fleming, a log to sit on where he could draw things around him and display them under tree shelter. The children found trinkets of his, buttons, seashells, coins and notes under the trees. They were invited to pick up the paper and pencils there too and make some drawings to hang on string and leave behind for Fleming himself.
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