Another Time Undone | Vivienne Dick, Jill Quigley and Adrian O’Carrol at the Regional Cultural Centre

Event Details

Exhibition continues from the 12th of July to the 20th of September 2025

Curated by Eamonn Maxwell, Another Time Undone considers the impact of family, land, and legacy on artistic practice. Vivienne Dick, Adrian O’Carroll and Jill Quigley were all born in Donegal, but this show is not about Donegal – well not directly.

The exhibition features new and existing work that explores the residue of life in the places the artists were born and since, through practices that eschew the touristy imagery of this part of Ireland. These artists may be considered lens-based, but this is not a photography exhibition. It is a journey through image making from different perspectives and using individual outputs that are playful and poignant. Each record time in a unique way.

Vivienne Dick makes single and multi-screen works which combine elements of documentary, performance, and fiction. A Skinny Little Man Attacked Daddy was filmed on a Betacam camera in Donegal in 1994, documenting the daily lives of her siblings and wider family circle. This is the first time this work has been exhibited in the county. The photographs in the exhibition were made in recent months using a medium format camera as part of her ongoing research into the landscape of Northwest Ireland.

For Another Time Undone, Adrian O’Carroll has made a new body of work that develops his ongoing investigations into a world that is quiet, dark, isolated and fragile. He is looking at our relationship with nature and ourselves through photographs that depict urban and rural landscapes, as well as subjects close to him yet unidentifiable to the viewer. Maghera, his largest work to date, shows the view from within the cave as we gaze towards an empty beach and the Atlantic Ocean beyond.

Playful subversion lies at the heart of Jill Quigley’s practice, exploring the consequences of making simple creative gestures in architectural space. Working with installation and photography she aims to form an awkward relationship with the practical aspects of a site. In this exhibition she has created a new work Frames, frames, frames (wreck tangle) that references an abandoned rural cottage on the Inishowen Peninsula through photographic and sculptural elements, as well as a section of wall reclaimed from the hallway of the property.

The exhibition is accompanied by a commissioned essay by Clare Gallagher.

The Regional Cultural Centre’s exhibition programme is supported by Donegal County Council and The Arts Council of Ireland.