“Sūṗrimṗzišn, Simlṭneyti, Inttwînñ – 1920z ācitect Frīdric Kīzlr’z ācitcčṛl n spêšl inteṛgešnz r ɖ platfwmz fr Ilen Bŕn’z mixt mīdia odisi, fṛm ẇr š xaminz hâ w liv n hâ cd w liv btr. Frezd az endls n srklr qesčns, Bŕn ascs in ẇt we z âr hymaṇti rvild in hâ w liv in ɖ 21st senčri. In a deft sculpčṛl jesčr, Bŕn cntinyz Kīzlr’z qest t rec̣nsîl nêčr n ācitecčr in atmtñ t bild Kīzlr’z unriylîzd lîfprojct – ɖ Endls Hâs.
Yzñ ɖ frstflor gaḷriz v ɖ Limric Siti Gaḷri v Āt, Bŕn yzz Kīzlr’z leġsi t frɖr hr inteṛgešnz v pspšn v spês n its ifct on âr abiḷti t bild n liv. Ʈru sạntific xperimentešn, sculpčr n txt, š gz bynd ɖ ftprint or florplan t pṛpoz oltrṇtv stātñpýnts fṛm ẇč t bild – ẇr ɖ objctv at ɖ âtset z t satisfî ɖ dwelr’z sîci, wɖ mentl, fizicl n sošl srcmstansz az ɖ verı̣blz ɖt dtrmin n šêp livñspês. Ecowñ Mātin Hîḍgr onli f w r cêpbl v dwelñ, onli ɖen cn w bild, Bŕn pṛpozz t liv spês rɖr ɖn lc at it.
Lcñ at mtirı̣lz n tecnoḷji, mtiriaḷti n ptnšl, Bŕn ilaḅrets hr srč bî xaminñ ẇt lîz undr ɖ scin v biyñ in ɖ wrld, recnsîlñ ɖ bilt invîrnmnt wɖ ɖ ilojcl, ɖ imošnl n ɖ constnt flux v lîf livd. Š čalinjz cntmprri wez v siyñ n sjsts siyñ ācitecčr in ẇr n hâ w liv az an xtnšn v ɖ hymn bodi rɖr ɖn an upndñ v it, sjstñ a simṗʈi n alînmnt wɖ ɖ siclicl riɖmz v nêčr, ẇr ōṇmentešn z a nīdls, dstractñ isʈetc dvîs.
RÂMPLAN, mīnñ spêsplan or ɖ yt unriylîzd vižn v a spês or rūm, foloz on fṛm Bŕn’z ŕlı̣r wrc RÂM (2013) ẇč qesčnd ɖ dzîr t iscep an unčenjñ stêt v inrša in ōdr t fri wnslf t liv wɖn ẇt mt b ʈt v az a litṛli ytopı̣n nonspes.
Bîogṛfi: Ilen Bŕn z an ātist bêst in Dublin hu hz xibitd inṭnašnli, includñ most rīsntli in Ny Ywc, Mexico, Hunġri n ɖ YC. Mni mīdia r aplîd in hr practis – Sculpčr, Ftogṛfi, Insṭlešn, Vidio, Film n Lît. Š z an Alŭmnî v Ascītn Cntmprri Āt’s festivl Welcm t ɖ Nêbrhd, n hz xibitd at Limric’s Beltebl Ātșentr kretd bî Mišel Horign. Š z ɖ rsipı̣nt v mni awōdz includñ most rīsntli ɖ Venis Āte Lgūna Sculpčrprîz 2014 fr hr wrc RÂM. Š z reprizntd bî Cevin Cavna Gaḷri, Dublin, n wl undrtec ɖ Ẇitni Indipndnt Studīprôgram, Ny Ywc, in 2014.”
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