‘Land of Lonely’ explores an imaginary place where one tries to understand what it means tobe lonely. It is a multifaceted series, a hybrid between photography and painting whichencompasses performance, film, sound and a technique I’ve developed entitled acetonemanipulation.Land of Lonely is an introspective analysis of female queer aloneness whilst living in a citysurrounded by people but isolated amid the crowd. This series unmasks my deepest feelingsof desolation, anxiety, tiredness, existentialism and loss.The soundtrack is a collaboration with my brother Thomas, an Irish session musician. Thiscomposition incorporates a blend of my vocals, piano and synthesizers which reverberateslowly in tune with the melody of bird songs from the original footage. It is a reflective echoof the thoughts that live inside my head.The location for this body of work is the field behind my childhood home. A place whichgrounds me, but, at the same time, creates a painful, self-imposed isolation. Pushing my bodyto its physical limits in the cold, my senses were slow, hurt and overwhelmed. Yet, in thisexperience, I found serenity and learned the art of being alone.
