Performance at The University of Ulster, Belfast with Sinéad Keogh
Remembrance was part of BIFPA 15 The Belfast International Festival of Performance Art, organised by Brian Connelly. The work, made with Sinéad Keogh recalls the events that took place in the Kincora Boys’ Home in Belfast, Northern Ireland that was the scene of serious organised child sexual abuse, causing a scandal and attempted cover-up in 1980, with credible allegations of state collusion. It is still the subject of legal proceedings as of 2015.
Remembrance (2013)
Performance at the Broadcast Gallery, Dublin with Sinéad Keogh
A two hour performance by Pauline Cummins with Sinéad Keogh at the Broadcast Gallery Dublin. Remembrance explores the topic of child abuse from the perspective of a past and future self as a person who survived abuse. Cummins designed the piece which had many detailed symbolic elements such as the constant agressive brushing of our hair and brushing large piles of blonde dead hair we placed in the centre of the dark morgue we performed in in front of a gold light. The use of the hair brush as a means of self harm was prevalent throughout the piece, as was the use of the scissors by scratching the walls and cutting extracts of Rosmary which is traditionally used for its healing properties that was lowerd on pulleys around the room. This exhibition was part of It has no name curated by Liz Burns. Other artists included Sandra Johnston, Frances Mezzetti and Dominic Thorpe.
