A collaboration and walking journey from source to sea. Body of Water traces a walking journey along a 90 km meandering course of the River Lee from its source in the Sheahy mountains in County Cork to the Celtic Sea at the mouth of Cork Harbour.

The river has been shaped by its natural ecological formation. Over the last century both a hydro-electric scheme in the upper river and industrialisation of the lower harbour has dramatically reshaped the form, function and flow of the river.

Through a process of walking, observing, witnessing, sensing, journaling and recording, the work responds to the fluidity and form of a bodily relationship with the river.

A collaboration with movement artist Colleen Bartley. Funded by Cork 2005 Residencies Programme

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