The Goose and The Common
Rua Red, Dublin
14th Feb-03rd May 2025
14th Feb-03rd May 2025
Array Collective presents The Goose and the Common, a new exhibition commissioned by Rua Red. Upending the language of protest, surveillance, defence, and displacement, the collective invites the viewer to journey through a series of spaces where organising and collaboration are encouraged. As we find ourselves in this polemic moment of “ussuns” vs “themmuns” it is important that we continue to find our voices and make noise. It’s equally important to recognise those who are restricted from speaking up and how acts of solidarity exist beyond the streets. Visitors to the gallery can make use of the wearable pieces and take a moment of rest, work together in weaving, or sing out in solidarity. The exhibition takes its title from the 18th century poem The Goose and the Common, a reaction to a colonial legislative act that privatized common land.
All photos by Ste Murphy, commissioned by Rua Red
All photos by Ste Murphy, commissioned by Rua Red
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Exhibition Credits
Array would like to thank: Sarah Clancy, for her generous written response to this exhibition; Méabh Meir for her vocal genius; Siobhán Barbour for the abortion activist quilt and Clíodhna Hession for her drawings on the Melted Parents spoons. Special thanks to all the attendees at the Array Collective workshops at Rua Red 23/24, to the Phoenix Collective and all the residents at Tallaght Cross Hotel for inspiring this new work. Thanks to Tomas Maher for the historical tour of Tallaght. And not forgetting Baroness Titti Von Tramp for inspiring our PSNI Land Rover seats through the iconic act of getting on an RUC land rover outside the Kremlin Bar in March 1999!
Protest Karaoke Songbook: Illustrations by Jacky Sheridan, supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Thanks also to all the activists and comrades who shared their protest playlists!Special thanks to all of our team and supporters for their help with the exhibition: Jon Beer; Maoliosa Boyle; Luca Campbell Connolly; Rónán Breathnach-Cashell; Ala Buisir; Ray Cashell; Joyce Dunne; Paul Heary; Phil Hession; Enda Kenny; Johanna Leech; Mo Mansfield; Hugh McCarthy; Zoe Morgan; Patrick O’Connor-Beer; James Ritchie; Liam Wylie and Vicky Moran (RTÉ Archives) and the Play Resource Centre.
Additional technical support: Martin Boyle, Flax Art Studios; and Richard Davis, Creative Technician, Digital Arts Studios.
Archive material is courtesy of Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive and the UTV Partnership Project (PRONI, Northern Ireland Screen and ITV). Copyright ITV and Tourism NI. Explore the collection online at the link below.
Array would like to thank: Sarah Clancy, for her generous written response to this exhibition; Méabh Meir for her vocal genius; Siobhán Barbour for the abortion activist quilt and Clíodhna Hession for her drawings on the Melted Parents spoons. Special thanks to all the attendees at the Array Collective workshops at Rua Red 23/24, to the Phoenix Collective and all the residents at Tallaght Cross Hotel for inspiring this new work. Thanks to Tomas Maher for the historical tour of Tallaght. And not forgetting Baroness Titti Von Tramp for inspiring our PSNI Land Rover seats through the iconic act of getting on an RUC land rover outside the Kremlin Bar in March 1999!
Protest Karaoke Songbook: Illustrations by Jacky Sheridan, supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Thanks also to all the activists and comrades who shared their protest playlists!Special thanks to all of our team and supporters for their help with the exhibition: Jon Beer; Maoliosa Boyle; Luca Campbell Connolly; Rónán Breathnach-Cashell; Ala Buisir; Ray Cashell; Joyce Dunne; Paul Heary; Phil Hession; Enda Kenny; Johanna Leech; Mo Mansfield; Hugh McCarthy; Zoe Morgan; Patrick O’Connor-Beer; James Ritchie; Liam Wylie and Vicky Moran (RTÉ Archives) and the Play Resource Centre.
Additional technical support: Martin Boyle, Flax Art Studios; and Richard Davis, Creative Technician, Digital Arts Studios.
Archive material is courtesy of Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive and the UTV Partnership Project (PRONI, Northern Ireland Screen and ITV). Copyright ITV and Tourism NI. Explore the collection online at the link below.
