A four weeks residency on Inish Oirr at the Aras Éanna Art Centre, in April 2025
Inis Oírr, the smallest of the three Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Ireland, is approximately 3 kilometres long and 2 kilometres wide and it has a population of 343 (2022). Its highest point is 58 metres above sea level. The island’s terrain consists of limestone slabs with criss-crossing cracks and isolated rocks. The unusual environmental conditions allow Arctic, Mediterranean and Alpine plants to grow side by side.
The uniqueness and charm of this island, apart from its apparent bareness and lack of trees, are the countless dry stone walls that enclose fertile terrains of varying sizes. Each of these stone walls has its own visual signature, which Irish painter Sean Scully has beautifully captured in photographs in his book ‘Walls of Aran’ (ISBN: 9780500545133).
During our daily wanderings in changeable weather, we noticed not only the stone walls mentioned above, but also fascinating plays of light on the ground. The sunlight casts the silhouettes of the walls onto the asphalt, the rain changes its surface, and the clouds put an end to the momentary appearance.
We grouped our selection from the numerous photos of this phenomenon into four blocks, which we compiled according to atmospheric aspects.
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