Few things haunt us as deeply as the injustices of the past. As Michael Levan notes, trauma remains etched "unexorcisably in the places of its perpetration, in the bodies of those affected, in the eyes of the witnesses, and in the politics of memory". 

My practice revolves around place and the narratives and histories imbued therein. 

While exploring the remains of this asylum, I was struck by the intensity and resonance within the walls of the building. 

In this body of work, I have transposed a series of images taken at the asylum onto a Victorian Stereoscopic viewer. The stereoscopic viewer, augmented by the layers of glass images, portrays a three-dimensional illusion of the old asylum's interior. Through this optical interplay, the viewer can peer through these twin lenses and view the site through a kind of 3D prism which presents both the architectural history and the confinement experienced by the individuals deemed mentally or physically unwell. 'Ireland’s remarkable asylum system was primarily a social creation rather than a medical one'.

I am drawn to the belief that places retain the residual energies of those who once inhabited them.

The deliberate choice to portray an old asylum through this Victorian-inspired medium allows the material itself to become part of the message, inviting the viewer to reflect on themes of confinement, marginalisation, and the human condition.

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