heav(Y) b(La)ck stone | Martina O’Brien at Maynooth University

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heav(Y) b(La)ck stone is a trilogy of film installations by Martina O’Brien presented throughout Maynooth University in 20ft shipping containers, each converted into a wind-and-solar powered miniature cinema. Situated at the University’s North Campus, the artworks collectively explore the hidden infrastructure that undergirds the green transition through the lens of rare earth metals. By tracing the material and symbolic presence of Yttrium(Y), Erbium(Er), and other rare earths, the work considers the global interdependencies and the paradoxes of extraction that make decarbonisation possible.