I am Elena Gallagher (she/they), an interdisciplinary artist based in Dublin, Ireland. My practice explores the concept of space and the ways in which individuals perceive, navigate, and engage with their environment. Walking is central to my process, serving as both a method of research and a means of documenting the landscapes I encounter. Materiality plays a pivotal role in this inquiry: I gather found objects, photographs, audio, video, and drawing-based responses to build complex, multi-sensory archives of place. These materials are then translated into layered installations that resist idealized or static representations of landscape, offering instead porous, provisional mappings of experience. By disrupting dominant spatial narratives, my work cultivates alternative modes of engagement, foregrounding presence, attention, and interaction. My work seeks to challenge and expand spatial perception, prompting viewers to reconsider their relationship with the environments they inhabit. Through this nuanced investigation into space, materiality, and the hidden structures that shape human experience, I aim to offer new ways of understanding our connection to place and the profound impact of simply paying attention to where we are.
