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URL:https://visualartists.ie/events/love-is-blindly-reaching-out-rhizoids-
 and-anchoring-them-to-a-rock-mcgibbon-olynn-at-cca-derrylondonderry
SUMMARY:Love is blindly reaching out rhizoids and anchoring them to a rock 
 | McGibbon O'Lynn at CCA Derry~Londonderry
DESCRIPTION:Love is blindly reaching out rhizoids and anchoring them to a r
 ock is the newest manifestation of the world of Xenophon\, a collaborative
  world-building project by McGibbon O'Lynn.\n\nRooted in the fictional wor
 ld of the Xenothorpians - a fluid species mutating across vegetal\, human\
 , and ecological entanglement - the exhibition activates a multispecies ro
 mance beyond the species and the sexual. The project expands ideas of inti
 macy and relations through flings\, courtships\, longings\, and liaisons w
 ith the garden.\n\nThe artistic duo consider how the gamification of datin
 g has shaped how humans relate to one another\, from 1960s TV shows like T
 he Dating Game to 1990s board games like Dream Phone\, and today's swipe-b
 ased apps like Tinder and Bumble. These formats reduce love to strategy\, 
 speed\, and surface\, often reinforcing transactional and disposable dynam
 ics. This exhibition responds to that shift\, questioning what we lose whe
 n intimacy becomes a game. it proposes a radical reimagining of connection
  - towards a more expansive\, inclusive\, and multispecies form of love an
 d relationality.\n\nThe audience is invited into this multispecies dating 
 game through ritual\, material\, and speculative storytelling. The project
  asks: what new intimacies arise when we love without species' boundaries?
 \n\nMaeve O'Lynn is a writer\, filmmaker and researcher based in Belfast. 
 Siobhán McGibbon is a visual artist and researcher based in Cork. They be
 gan world-building together as McGibbon O'Lynn in 2015.\n\nThis project is
  supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ir
 eland\, Derry City &amp\; Strabane District Council and Cork County Counci
 l.\n\nFor more information visit CCADLD.org/exhibitions
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CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Northern Ireland
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry\, 10–12 Artillery 
 St\, Derry-Londonderry\, BT48 6RG\, United Kingdom
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