Dublin School of Creative Arts | “Illud Sum” (What am I)

This year’s exhibition is different. As graduates, we have had to adapt to new and challenging circumstances. Moving to an online environment, we had to think of alternate ways to make our Graduate Exhibition come to life. In its translation into a digital space, the very real and tactile nature of the work we produce is obscured. In our daily lives, there is a sense of human and material touch which is equally obscured. Working from home, graduates are in a new environment. Their creative output extends into their domestic lives as their studies come to a close. It is the parallel between the materiality of our work and the absence of the sense touch that frames this year’s Graduate Exhibition.

This website presents the work of 102 graduating students from the TU Dublin School of Creative Arts, School of Mechanical and Design Engineering and School of Media. The exhibition represents the culmination of years of full-time study and gives our students the opportunity to showcase the results of their imagination, hard work, and creative skills.

Identity by Joana Ferreira, Hugh Kavanagh, Eva Martin, Ben Nagle.

TU Dublin School of Creative Arts
TU Dublin School of Mechanical and Design Engineering
TU Dublin School of Media

Visual Art (Sherkin Island)

Faye Sherriff
“Illud Sum” (What am I)

Illud Sum is a project on Genetic mutation. Outlining the effects of pollution on mammals that can cause genetic mutations in DNA. Resulting in invisible disabilities for those effected. The materials used in the project were subjected to chemical reactions to show that pollutive chemicals effect matter, whether the material is natural or manmade. The crystallisation process is a form that is prevalent in matter that has been exposed to chemical pollution. It is visible over time in macro and micro levels. The form of crystallisation is not only found in DNA. It is evident in the landscape when subjected to industrialised building developments. Crystallisation is also found in materials thought to be a pollutant such as plastic. To visually see these changes from a human perspective. We often must use various types of technology such as microscopes, x-rays, or time-lapses. As they remain invisible to the naked eye.

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