2009
Andrew Dodds
Dodds produced and operated ASK FM, a pirate radio station broadcasting from a secret venue in the town. It featured recordings and interviews with local musicians and individuals who are involved in local community structures such as Askeaton Civic Trust and local Credit Union. The artwork resonated the potential talents, ambitions and micro-politics of the town, allowing participants not just a platform but also a form of gentle subjectivity and subtle validation for their activities.
Joe Duggan
Duggan made two new artworks in Askeaton, entitled Skyscraper and Gold Boulder.
Much speculative discussion revolved around these artworks as a model for a future
building development and plaza withpublic sculpture, located somewhere around Askeaton.
Magdelena Jitrik
An abstract painting was made while in residence in Askeaton, and was accompanied by a
video detailing the making of the painting, with a soundtrack of music composed by the artist.
One afternoon, the completed painting appeared in Askeaton's ruined Franciscan Abbey,
a moment captured in Jitrik's video.
Louise Manifold
Manifold produced a video based around stories, myths and recollections around
Askeaton of ghost horses and carriages haunting families on lonely country roads.
Berndnaut Smilde
Smilde, in his initial research on Askeaton, looked up Askeaton in Google street maps and was directed to Askeaton, Wisconsin, USA. He then transposed the first building he saw in the American Askeaton to Ireland, with a life size
photo of a barn installed on the way into the town. The artist hopes that when Google come to photograph the
original town, this image will be picked up, and the building will simultaneously exist in both Askeatons.
