MUTUALISM FILM
BY RAYLEEN CLANCY AND BEATRICE O’CONNELL
14.11.2025 – 21.11.2025 Loop Festival Barcelona
03.10.25 – 15.11.25 Right Here, Right Now, Rua Red Arts Centre, Tallaght
7.12.2024 – 11.1.2025
The Courthouse Gallery & Studios (CHG&S), Ennistymon, Co. Clare
A Speculative Ecofeminist Installation
MUTUALISM by artists Rayleen Clancy and Beatrice O’Connell, an immersive ecofeminist exhibition running from December 7, 2024, to January 11, 2025. Curated by Simon Fennessy Corcoran and presented by Éanna Byrt. This collaborative project, the result of two years of creative dialogue, explores the convergence of human, animal, and feminine energies.
MUTUALISM brings together video works, assemblages of salvaged materials, and an aesthetic rooted in the absurd and playful. The exhibition evokes the charm of early cinema, puppet shows, and shadow play. MUTUALISM provides an alternative perspective inviting open-ended questions about the potential for mutualistic coexistence between all living beings.
At the heart of the installation is a short experimental film that follows an overwhelmed housewife in her kitchen-laundry room, who stumbles upon a portal to another dimension. Transformed by this mystical encounter, she uncovers her own divine feminine—a personal revelation that hints at a broader potential for mutualistic coexistence with nature. This narrative encourages viewers to consider their own roles in the ecosystem and the possibility for transformation through connection and care. By blending found footage with real-world images, the film offers a hopeful lens on ecological concerns, embracing the potential for positive change through imaginative and collective action.
Artists Rayleen and Beatrice hope to foster a conversation about the interconnectedness of life. Their work invites audiences to reflect on the power of creativity, play, and community in navigating the complexities of our shared environment.
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Overwintering on the Moon
TAYLOR GALLERIES
16 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, D02XF75
1-17 February 2024
https://www.taylorgalleries.ie/exhibitions/49-beatrice-o-connell-overwintering-on-the-moon/works/
Press coverage: https://thegloss.ie/artistic-license-beatrice-oconnell/
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May 2024 – Residency at Interface Inagh
Recent Exhibitions:
Taylor Galleries Winter Show Until January 31 2024
Awards:
2022 Course with Mark Dion at the Alternative Art School
2022 Arts Council Agility Award
Recent Exhibitions:
Extended! July 14 – Dec 2022 ‘Landmarks’ South Dublin Artists Collective Exhibition, Pearse Museum, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16. https://www.landmarks.ie
Press Coverage of Graduate Exhibition 2022:
New Projects:
In 2021, Beatrice was awarded a place on the international mentorship programme with Sabine Theunissen in The Centre for the Less Good Idea (Johannesburg) founded by William Kentridge. She collaborated with another artist in Johannesburgh to respond to a poem by Zizipho Bam. See a clip of the video here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CVfzF2mj7j1/
The Artist’s Well interview:
In March 2021 Alan Keane from The Artist’s Well conducted an interview with the artist. Alan has interviewed more than 50 artists and The Artist’s Well has run into a second series.
Watch the interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn1sFZFnKZo
Contact: obeatrice@gmail.com
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