Communication: We are not the only ones talking… Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre, Ireland

The opening event, featured a gallery conversation between the artist and Seán Kissane, Curator of Exhibitions at IMMA.

Focusing on his expanded film Communication: We Are Not The Only Ones Talking... the exhibition, which includes new installation works for Uillinn, explores languages in other species on Earth. Bolster grapples with the possibilities inherent in the discovery of syntax in other non-human species based on information theory and with the philosophical implications ensuing from the discovery of life on other planets.

The tapestry room piece featured above is the Impermanence of Protection: Big Bend National Park (2023) It takes the form of a panorama, these were popular as vehicles of wonder, often shown in cities throughout the 19th century to immerse people in the sublime. The landscape depicted within the piece is Big Bend National Park, a park like many that was at risk of change in the Trump era. This is an image of the border between Mexico and America, ranchers and farmers cross this boundary each day to look after their livestock. Bolster immortalizes the image of the type of uninterrupted nature that many of us will see disappear during our lifetimes, if they are not properly cared for through legislation.

The exhibition continues until February 15, 2023.