On The Lookout - Maureen Jordan
An installation of 6 'camo' birdboxes. Sound recordings of the artists reflections on living in Northern Ireland during the 'Troubles'.
Date: Monday 6th - Sunday 12th October
Opening Times: 24/7 (Window installation)
Location: The Stables, Tontine Street CT20 1JT
British soldiers’ presence on the streets of Belfast was often only too evident: armoured vehicles, SLRs, checkpoints, surveillance cameras … and lookout posts.
Most were like ‘Checkpoint Charlie’ or Colditz POW camps. In a middle-class avenue, though there was one which looked more like a pretty cuckoo clock.
That anomaly reflected so many of the contradictions of the ‘Troubles’ and the use of dark humour as a coping mechanism.
It was a bit bizarre to see camouflage uniforms in an urban city. On a bus, I overheard this:
“Would you look at those soldiers”! “What soldiers”?
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http://www.mvjordan.com
@maureen.jordan2009
