Shapeshifter (2024-2025)

An emerging project 2025-2026 | Commissioned by European Commission's S+T+ARTS 4 Water

Exhibition venues for 2025 to be announced soon.

Shapeshifter engages with Dublin port from below with the aim to bring attention to the city's submerged, life-giving and altered land form dynamics, exploring Dublin’s enduring relationship with its permeating waters and ongoing legacies of quests for navigation in watery environments. This new commission will revive buried traditions and perspectives on Irish water bodies. Taking Dublin Port and its connection to global water as a paradigm – the project will map Dublin port as a neuron network allowing forms to appear through the action of natural forces, inviting nature to participate in the work.

https://starts.eu/siobhan-mcdonald-shapeshifter/

Image below: Exploring the diverse array of species with Dr. Paul Brooks and Jennifer Coughlan, of the UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science