Opening Saturday 21 June 2025. 5-7 pm.
Daughters of Danu I and Daughters of Danu III are connected artworks that follow a river deity who is inhabiting a rural Irish lake. Her emotions towards her environment are transitioning between conflict and care, as the goddess is experiencing displacement and connection. The artworks are part one of a larger project that re-imagines forgotten water deities that have once occupied Ireland. Goddesses that have been protecting water surface environments, who have been cherished by communities, and whose stories have been told, but now are lost.
Daughters of Danu I: Performer Aisling Ní Cheallaigh embodies the river deity and the accompanying sound introduces music that has been composed by sound designer Chris Somers. The short film was shot on location at Innisfree, Lough Gill, Sligo, with a Canon DSLR and Ricoh Theta 360 degrees camera. Experimental short film, Digital 4K, duration 6:31 minutes, colour, sound.
Daughters of Danu III: Performer Kallirroi Vratti embodies the river and the accompanying sound introduces music that has been composed by sound designer Chris Somers. This short film was shot on location at VIP Studio Nottingham, with a Blackmagic camera. Experimental short film, Digital FHD, duration 6:31 minutes, colour, sound.
Artist Bio:
Nina Fern (she/her) is a visual artist with focus on virtual performance and storytelling. Her multidisciplinary practice spans across extended reality (XR), experimental film, costume and sculpture. Nina holds a BA (Hons) in Fine Art (2022), and a research MA in Creative Practice (2024) with focus on virtual performance and storytelling. She is the recipient of the Ballinglen Arts Foundation annual Emerging Artist Award 2022, and was granted the Arts Council’s Agility Award, the Donegal Artist Bursary, and the XaRt Commission Award by NExIS in 2023. Nina's debut exhibition 'Otherworldly Echoes' (2023) was shown at The Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo, and her work has since been screened at The Dock, Carrick-On-Shannon. In 2024, Nina has been selected for the Massey University Doctoral Scholarship (Aotearoa New Zealand), and is currently pursuing a research project that explores the benefit of experiences in virtual water environments.
