The individual in the city creates his or her own space through the paths he or she ekes out. There is a connection between this physical space and the internal story - a palimpsest of past and present events. Walking the pavement, we carry our inner space - the one we inhabit in our minds. We steer past others. When we collide it is accidental, apologetic or occasionally aggressive. 
A narration was created consisting of four voices representing different individuals and entities overlapping and co-exisitng within the city. Each of them creates his or her own space through the dialogue between their inner and outer lives and the particular physical and psychological paths they occupy. The context used was the area surrounding Parnell Square in Dublin City but could, in fact, be anywhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3R8C_j-xcw&feature=plcp

There to Here

Using the mythological story of Daedalus this series explores ideas of human endeavour - creativity,  the desire to fly or get beyond human limits and the  destruction precipitated by over-ambition.

Daedalus Flucht

Framing architectural or natural elements in a certain way makes visible what otherwise goes unnoticed.

Frame/Cut

An installation of  bricks, suspended on wires,  found elements such as branches and a chair as well as gravel, used as part of the performance. The installation creates a proto-house - imaginary, barely defined and inverting notions of stability, weight and impermanence. The performance explores human pursuits of creating and destroying, of real and imaginary, dreaming and the embodied nature of living. The installation was created by Kirstin Simpson , the last musical/sound piece used in the performance was composed and recorded by Kirstin Simpson. Choreography was lead by Fiona Quilligan in workshop with Paola Catizone and Kirstin Simpson. Performance was by Fiona Quilligan, Paola Catizone and Kirstin Simpson .
Slide show with music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NTuCYETDZM&feature=plcp
Film of performance:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7ZIqeQoB_u2di04VElTbmQ5N2M/edit?pli=1

Dream House

Through reflection and inversion, a sense of disorientation emerges. Also, out of the interwoven branches appear stränge, unfamiliar beings.
Part of the current exhibition, Daedalus Flucht, at Rödingsmarkt 27, Hamburg

Labyrinth

Using flat-pack timbers originally destined to form the structure of a lightweight wardrobe, a dynamic and finely balanced, suspended structure came into being. Its construction was dependent upon the collaboration between two people to enable the  interlocking pieces to be 'persuaded' into a delicate balance. However, upon completion, the structure became quite stable.
Made in collaboration with Paul Swan
www.paulswanart.com

Co-incident

New Daedalus is an interactive sculpture made from a collection of found and unremarkable everyday objects – a bicycle wheel, chain and pedal mechanism, a brass door-knob, found building materials, paper, drawing-pins.
Using the obsolete technology of the zoetrope, a dynamic sculpture depicting a flying hybrid, human-bird skeleton is created. This piece was part of the exhibition Sacred Play, which showed in Dublin in May 2012. More links to the piece and the overall exhibition are to be found on the website www.kirstinsimpson.com 
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150823445562514&set=vb.697937513&type=2&theater

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