Past Projects
A key policy of the Fire Station is to contribute to the debate on collaborative and socially engaged arts practice, through a commissioning process that incorporates critique.
Over the years the Fire Station has commissioned a significant number of groundbreaking collaborative public art projects in partnership with agencies and companies such as Dublin Port Company, Dublin City Council, Dublin Docklands Development Authority as well as the Railway Procurement Agency.
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Two Monuments - 2010
Polish artist Artur Żmijewski was invited to develop a project looking at the changing nature of Polish / Irish relationships and the labour market. -
We are for you because we are against them - 2009
This installation by artist Noëmi Lakmaier invited the public to take on the role of voyeur and observe an elaborately staged dinner party. -
‘…a hundred flowers to bloom’ - Sept 2005 – June 2006
A year long collaboration between David Jacques and 100 children from St Joseph’s Primary School, East Wall, involving a study by the children of ‘alien’ or non native plants within the landscape of Dublin Port. -
12 Angry Films - 2006
A temporary Drive In cinema that showed films examining class, migration and social justice in Dublin’s Docklands over two nights in Nov 2006 by artist Jesse Jones. -
Tidings - from here to there - 2005 - 2006
Presented by artist Christine Mackey as an open invitation to the residents from Ballybough, who had moved into their new homes. This work explored the impact of re-location on their lives and families. -
The Umbrella Project - 2006
An event based participatory art project by artist Rhona Byrne exploring the urban environment, the people, architecture and wildlife that shape the north east inner city area of Dublin. -
Moore Street Lending Library - 27th September - 15th October 2005
The Moore Street Lending Library was first initiated by Fire Station Artist’s Studios and artist Katherine Sankey as a means to celebrate the existence of Moore Street as both a physical and social phenomenon. -
Streets - 2005
An outdoor responsive video and sound installation created by the artists Ciara O’Malley and Sven Anderson in collaboration with residents from the community of Dublin’s North Inner City. -
As if in a dream, dreamt by another - 2003 - 2004
During his residency Liverpool-based artist David Jacques explored the concept of migration particular to Dublin city. The end result was twelve banners containing life-sized portraits of various people who either arrived in Dublin or left for foreign shores over the past forty years. -
Web Art: Reading Beehtoven, Location, PlayForum - 2003
A Disability Web Art Project by Amanda Coogan, Corban Walker and Peter Kearns. -
Cabbages and Concrete - 2002 - 2003
During her residency Natascha Fischell worked with seven youth and community projects in the North East Inner City, comprising of over sixty people of a variety of ages and backgrounds. -
Daedal(us) - 30th October – 30th November 2003
Esther Shalev-Gerz transformed the streets and houses of Dublin’s North East Inner City into a night time labyrinth via twenty giant projected images. -
City Fabric Fire Station Studios’ International Visual art Event - 22 - 30 September 2001
Curated by Brian Kennedy, ‘City Fabric’ set out to present the work of several Irish and international artists in an unmediated, ‘hit and run’ fashion, each artist’s project arriving largely unannounced at various locations around Dublin city centre. -
Memorial Project - 2000
In 1999 the Fire Station began a ground-breaking process to create a memorial to commemorate those who died as a direct or indirect result of heroin in Dublin’s North Inner City. ‘Home’ by artist Leo Higgins was commissioned out of this process. -
CON-SUME - October 1997 – April 1999
CON-SUME is a story of collaboration between people and organisations. Working together over 18 months to explore art and their own creativity. -
Inner Art - 1997
Inner art was a ground breaking project between artists and the community in Dublin’s North East Inner City. The artists worked in an uncompromising but relevant way.