Titles:
Nest Egg, March 2021
Materials:
Silver Birch Bark (Betula Pendula), Cotton String, Latex, Glue
Description:
The nest is the external womb. God is its architect, and is present as knitter, incubator, and nurturer. This nest is also a tomb but from death comes forth the miracle of new life. Conception, Incarnation, Death, Resurrection, Redemption, Flight.
Bio:
Kieran Gaya is pursuing a doctorate in Art History at UCD. He researches the steeping of religious imagery into the design of capital cities to shape national identities. Kieran spent his formative years in Asia, Africa, North America, and Europe. This diversity of contexts seasons his intellectual and creative output.
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Karen is finishing a PhD program in the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts after careers in corporate management, consulting, and pastoral and theatre ministry. She explores theological and theatrical contexts of ’empty space’ and general human disposition toward it, with emphasis on improvisation (specifically Playback Theatre) and Holy Saturday. Since 2017, Karen has led or advised ITIA’s Transept group, a postgraduate-led group of multidisciplinary practicing artists. Karen was an editor for Transpositions from 2017 to 2022. As Editor-in-Chief, she fostered a closer partnership between Transpositions and Transept, hosted the In/break exhibition on the Transpositions site, and introduced regular series into the publishing schedule.
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