Conn McCarrick
Away with the Fairies
'Away with the Fairies’ is an ongoing body of work about queer cruising spots in Dublin. The series was made in response to a number of high-profile cases in Irish society and in the midst of Dublin City Council’s attempts to sanitise these controversial areas. ‘Away with the Fairies’ asks questions about what it means to be queer in contemporary Ireland. The project documents LGBTQ+ men in several different cruising spots around the city. The work brings light to personal and private moments that have historically been kept in the shadows of Irish life. Through a queer lens, it explores themes of desire, deviance and the body. The work is a hybrid of documentary, fine art and photojournalism. The series challenges the viewer to consider their relationship with people and places. For some, these sites are important places of radical self-expression and community building – while for others, they are just an abandoned park or playground. ‘Away with the Fairies’ is all shot on black and white, medium format film.
Gareth Byrne • Simona Castelli • Niall Cullinane • Conn McCarrick • Eugene McVeigh •
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