Groundswell was a transatlantic event bridging the distance across international borders. Grounded in the belief that creative community building is an antidote to wide-spread isolation, participants were invited to connect through a simple, synchronized act: lying flat on our backs in a wild space within diverse localities. On October 31st, 2021 at 7am PST/ 10am EST/ 11am AST/ 2pm GMT/ 3pm CET, 72 people across 8 countries in 5 time zones lay down outdoors at the same moment. Each person involved documented their experience, building a photographic archive of this shared experience.

Groundswell Archive (process shot), Photographic Prints, Paper Envelopes, 90 x 206 cm, 2021

Installation View: Groundswell Archive, MTU Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork City, Ireland, 2021

Installation View: Groundswell Archive (detail), MTU Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork City, Ireland, 2021

Installation View: Groundswell Archive (detail), MTU Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork City, Ireland, 2021