Twist and Shout | Roísín Lewis at dlr LexIcon
Haigh Terrace, Moran Park, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, A96 H283, Dublin
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Event Details
“We do not care for what we do not know, and on the whole we do not know what we cannot name.” Robert Mcfarlane, 2015
The works in this exhibition are inspired by Róisín Lewis’s bicycle journeys through the Irish landscape. During the summer, she is struck by the diversity of wildflowers she encounters.
On her travels, Lewis wears a small field recorder. To distract herself from the effort of cycling, she tests her botanical knowledge by naming out-loud each species that she passes. The breathless determination captured in her voice recordings, highlights the physical effort of climbing hills. The mental effort of recalling the names of flowers as she comes back downhill at speed is also clear.
As she listens back to her recordings, what appears in her mind’s eye are not intricate botanical forms, but sequences of bright colours unfolding like a woven cloth. Lewis has experimented with ways of making textiles from plant fibres using traditional techniques such as twisting, looping and weaving. These slow, repetitive processes are comparable to the rhythms of the body moving through the landscape.
Opening times:
Monday – Thursday: 10am – 8pm
Friday and Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday : 12 noon – 4pm
Gallery closed from Saturday to Monday on Bank Holidays.
Image credit: Steps, 2025, Róisín Lewis. Photo: Lee Welch