Installed in ‘Juncture’ Exhibition, 2021, at Pallas Projects Gallery, Dublin formerly exhibited at ‘Hiatus Exhibition’, 126 Gallery, 2019, Galway
Exploring liminality and invisible borders, the project documents crossing the NI-ROI border via bus on missed Brexit dates. It also documents the controversial practice of Gardaí stop and searches aboard Belfast to Dublin buses, targeting PoC and foreign national passengers.
Beginning 29th March 2019 and ending on31st December 2020 each video documents a journey from North to South or South to North.
When shown side by side, the videos become a seamless return between both sides, they are endlessly looped to reflect the tense liminality of life during negotiations.
The only indication of a border, is a pause in one video during a controversial passport check where a passenger is racially profiled. This happens within the common travel area, from Kileen to Ravensdale between Feede and Black mountain. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the final journey was completed by car.