Rivers Love Letter
Dublin City Council has launched a new research project that takes the form of a walking trail through the city-centre.
“Abhainn” by Rosie O’Reilly is being hosted on the Dublin Discovery Trails app. It consists of seven distinct episodes that create a love letter to Dublin’s rivers, to the life they hold and make possible, and the people who care for them.
Curated by Ruth Carroll, “Abhainn” views Dublin through its inseparable relationship to water and its rivers. It is available as a digital version and also as an analogue version with episodes on cassette. The project came from the first biodiversity artist in residence programme in Dublin City Council.
“Abhainn” will take its participants on a unique journey through the city of Dublin, a journey through both liminal and covert places, their stories woven together to create a walk through the city through a distinct hydro-lens. “Abhainn” asks what happens when we shift the focus and talk about the city through its water and hydrological systems? What can water and the rivers and their inhabitants teach us when we acknowledge water is the continuum that holds the city together?
The project is funded by Creative Ireland, through the Creative Climate Action Fund and Dublin City Council.
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