Troidfidh Cailleach I Gcruachás

Troidfidh Cailleach I Gcruachás explores themes of witchcraft and feminine resistance through an Irish cultural and mythological lens. Woven from site's specific footage from historically rich locations in Ireland such as The installation consists of a film, projected on the center wall, an image displayed on a screen to the right of the film and a broom suspended on the left of the film. The broom is handmade using a branch of a fallen tree and a collection of miscellaneous bird feathers. The film contains a script written by the artist and performed as Gaeilge, the film reclaims Ireland’s ancestral voice an evocative act of reviving cultural memory and echoing traditions that time has begun to quiet. Central to the work is the invocation of The Morrigan, a Celtic goddess associated with war, fate, and transformation and the near-forgotten ritual of keening, a visceral expression of collective mourning and ancestral connection.