Memory Lane is a guided artistic experience through five backstage dressing rooms of the Cork Opera House, each transformed into an individual artistic environment. The project explores memory and retrospect as a framework for reflecting on experiences of growing up. Artists are invited to interpret personal memories such as childhood, adolescence, or significant formative moments, either literally or through abstraction and ambiguity. While each room functions as a standalone work, the collective experience forms a cohesive journey through shared themes of remembrance, reflection.
Memory Lane is a guided artistic experience through five backstage dressing rooms of the Cork Opera House, each transformed into an individual artistic environment. The project explores memory and retrospect as a framework for reflecting on experiences of growing up. Artists are invited to interpret personal memories such as childhood, adolescence, or significant formative moments, either literally or through abstraction and ambiguity. While each room functions as a standalone work, the collective experience forms a cohesive journey through shared themes of remembrance, reflection.
Ailbhe Reilly-Tuite
Danny Foley
Murrough O'Donovan
Pádraic Barrett
Ailbhe Reilly-Tuite
Ailbhe Reilly-Tuite is an artist and organiser based in Cork. They graduated from BA Fine Art in CCAD in 2024, and exhibited widely across Cork during 2025. Ailbhe’s work explores imaginary realms through interactive installations. With drawing as their primary medium, Ailbhe’s work also encompasses painting, animation, sculpture and sound art. Their current body of work is gradually expanding on themes laid out in their exhibition Dreamscape, which focuses on archetypal cycles of death and rebirth within internal imaginary worlds.
Ailbhe Reilly-Tuite is an artist and organiser based in Cork. They graduated from BA Fine Art in CCAD in 2024, and exhibited widely across Cork during 2025. Ailbhe’s work explores imaginary realms through interactive installations. With drawing as their primary medium, Ailbhe’s work also encompasses painting, animation, sculpture and sound art. Their current body of work is gradually expanding on themes laid out in their exhibition Dreamscape, which focuses on archetypal cycles of death and rebirth within internal imaginary worlds.
Ailbhe Reilly-Tuite is an artist and organiser based in Cork. They graduated from BA Fine Art in CCAD in 2024, and exhibited widely across Cork during 2025. Ailbhe’s work explores imaginary realms through interactive installations. With drawing as their primary medium, Ailbhe’s work also encompasses painting, animation, sculpture and sound art. Their current body of work is gradually expanding on themes laid out in their exhibition Dreamscape, which focuses on archetypal cycles of death and rebirth within internal imaginary worlds.
Danny Foley
Danny Foley is a visual artist whose work navigates the shifting boundaries between the human and the More-Than-Human World. Working across drawing, painting, animation, and installation, he explores the self and otherness through the lens of the shapeshifter. In Foley’s practice, shapeshifting is not merely a subject, but a method: a way of working that embraces transformation, chance, and the unknown. Drawing from archival footage of his infancy, where he is seen playing with his shadow as a double or animal other, his work considers the self as unfixed, formed by ongoing encounters with the other—both human and non-human.
These themes now echo in his large-scale works and stop-motion animations. Using numerous approaches, he renders forms shaped by personal, mythic, and ecological entanglements. Each work is a threshold or a mirror, emerging intuitively through the act of mark-making, erasure, and discovery. His animations unfold as metamorphic journeys across varying terrains—where creatures transform, mirroring changes in state and being. By reconnecting with the embodied gestures of his childhood, Foley’s work contemplates ideas of ecological consciousness, the multiplicities of being and seeks to disrupt human-centred hierarchies through the perspective of the self or other as shapeshifter.
Danny Foley is a visual artist whose work navigates the shifting boundaries between the human and the More-Than-Human World. Working across drawing, painting, animation, and installation, he explores the self and otherness through the lens of the shapeshifter. In Foley’s practice, shapeshifting is not merely a subject, but a method: a way of working that embraces transformation, chance, and the unknown. Drawing from archival footage of his infancy, where he is seen playing with his shadow as a double or animal other, his work considers the self as unfixed, formed by ongoing encounters with the other—both human and non-human.
These themes now echo in his large-scale works and stop-motion animations. Using numerous approaches, he renders forms shaped by personal, mythic, and ecological entanglements. Each work is a threshold or a mirror, emerging intuitively through the act of mark-making, erasure, and discovery. His animations unfold as metamorphic journeys across varying terrains—where creatures transform, mirroring changes in state and being. By reconnecting with the embodied gestures of his childhood, Foley’s work contemplates ideas of ecological consciousness, the multiplicities of being and seeks to disrupt human-centred hierarchies through the perspective of the self or other as shapeshifter.
Danny Foley is a visual artist whose work navigates the shifting boundaries between the human and the More-Than-Human World. Working across drawing, painting, animation, and installation, he explores the self and otherness through the lens of the shapeshifter. In Foley’s practice, shapeshifting is not merely a subject, but a method: a way of working that embraces transformation, chance, and the unknown. Drawing from archival footage of his infancy, where he is seen playing with his shadow as a double or animal other, his work considers the self as unfixed, formed by ongoing encounters with the other—both human and non-human.
These themes now echo in his large-scale works and stop-motion animations. Using numerous approaches, he renders forms shaped by personal, mythic, and ecological entanglements. Each work is a threshold or a mirror, emerging intuitively through the act of mark-making, erasure, and discovery. His animations unfold as metamorphic journeys across varying terrains—where creatures transform, mirroring changes in state and being. By reconnecting with the embodied gestures of his childhood, Foley’s work contemplates ideas of ecological consciousness, the multiplicities of being and seeks to disrupt human-centred hierarchies through the perspective of the self or other as shapeshifter.
Murrough O’Donovan
Murrough O’Donovan
Murrough O’Donovan is an emerging Irish artist based in West Cork, Ireland. He has a multidisciplinary practice with a focus on exploring ecological issues, how we conceptualise land, ritual practice and mythological archetypes through sculpture and installation. He had his first solo exhibition Reach out, pull Me closer in Backwater Artist’s Studio 12 gallery in 2025. Notable recent awards include the Arts Council Agility Award, RDS Dean Group Shortlist and Crea Open Special Mention for Research. Upcoming exhibitions include Navigating the Forest at the RDS for the Finding Common Ground Festival and an installation for Retrospect Arts Festival at the Cork Opera House.
Murrough O’Donovan is an emerging Irish artist based in West Cork, Ireland. He has a multidisciplinary practice with a focus on exploring ecological issues, how we conceptualise land, ritual practice and mythological archetypes through sculpture and installation. He had his first solo exhibition Reach out, pull Me closer in Backwater Artist’s Studio 12 gallery in 2025. Notable recent awards include the Arts Council Agility Award, RDS Dean Group Shortlist and Crea Open Special Mention for Research. Upcoming exhibitions include Navigating the Forest at the RDS for the Finding Common Ground Festival and an installation for Retrospect Arts Festival at the Cork Opera House.
Murrough O’Donovan is an emerging Irish artist based in West Cork, Ireland. He has a multidisciplinary practice with a focus on exploring ecological issues, how we conceptualise land, ritual practice and mythological archetypes through sculpture and installation. He had his first solo exhibition Reach out, pull Me closer in Backwater Artist’s Studio 12 gallery in 2025. Notable recent awards include the Arts Council Agility Award, RDS Dean Group Shortlist and Crea Open Special Mention for Research. Upcoming exhibitions include Navigating the Forest at the RDS for the Finding Common Ground Festival and an installation for Retrospect Arts Festival at the Cork Opera House.
Pádraic Barrett
Pádraic Barrett is an interdisciplinary Irish artist who works across performance, film, and installation to explore contemporary issues such as techno-capitalism, surveillance, and human agency. Originally from Kerry and based in Cork, he holds an MA in Art and Process (2021) and a BA in Fine Art (2019) from the Crawford College of Art and Design. His practice integrates sculptural installations, performance-based media, and collaborative methodologies to critically engage with societal structures.
Barrett’s work has been exhibited internationally, with recent solo shows including Machination at the Municipal Corporation of Culture of San Joaquin in Santiago, Chile (2023) and The Engineering of Consent II at The Marina Warehouse in Cork (2021). His recent projects include ⌥ertigo, A Crescendo (2025), funded by the Arts Council of Ireland Project Award, and Error: /Undefined (2023), presented as part of Pallas Projects’ Artist-Initiated Projects. Barrett is also a founding member of inter_site, an artist collective focused on siteresponsive and collaborative practice. He has exhibited widely across Ireland, the UK, Germany, and Portugal in both solo and group exhibitions.
A recipient of multiple awards from the Arts Council of Ireland and Cork City Council, Barrett has participated in international residencies at GlogauAIR in Berlin and PADA Studios in Lisbon. His work has been featured in public art festivals and gallery settings, gaining recognition for its innovative use of space and narrative. In addition, Barrett shares his insights through visiting lectures at institutions like the Crawford College of Art and Design, engaging students in dialogue about art’s role in sociopolitical critique.
Pádraic Barrett is an interdisciplinary Irish artist who works across performance, film, and installation to explore contemporary issues such as techno-capitalism, surveillance, and human agency. Originally from Kerry and based in Cork, he holds an MA in Art and Process (2021) and a BA in Fine Art (2019) from the Crawford College of Art and Design. His practice integrates sculptural installations, performance-based media, and collaborative methodologies to critically engage with societal structures.
Barrett’s work has been exhibited internationally, with recent solo shows including Machination at the Municipal Corporation of Culture of San Joaquin in Santiago, Chile (2023) and The Engineering of Consent II at The Marina Warehouse in Cork (2021). His recent projects include ⌥ertigo, A Crescendo (2025), funded by the Arts Council of Ireland Project Award, and Error: /Undefined (2023), presented as part of Pallas Projects’ Artist-Initiated Projects. Barrett is also a founding member of inter_site, an artist collective focused on siteresponsive and collaborative practice. He has exhibited widely across Ireland, the UK, Germany, and Portugal in both solo and group exhibitions.
A recipient of multiple awards from the Arts Council of Ireland and Cork City Council, Barrett has participated in international residencies at GlogauAIR in Berlin and PADA Studios in Lisbon. His work has been featured in public art festivals and gallery settings, gaining recognition for its innovative use of space and narrative. In addition, Barrett shares his insights through visiting lectures at institutions like the Crawford College of Art and Design, engaging students in dialogue about art’s role in sociopolitical critique.
Pádraic Barrett is an interdisciplinary Irish artist who works across performance, film, and installation to explore contemporary issues such as techno-capitalism, surveillance, and human agency. Originally from Kerry and based in Cork, he holds an MA in Art and Process (2021) and a BA in Fine Art (2019) from the Crawford College of Art and Design. His practice integrates sculptural installations, performance-based media, and collaborative methodologies to critically engage with societal structures.
Barrett’s work has been exhibited internationally, with recent solo shows including Machination at the Municipal Corporation of Culture of San Joaquin in Santiago, Chile (2023) and The Engineering of Consent II at The Marina Warehouse in Cork (2021). His recent projects include ⌥ertigo, A Crescendo (2025), funded by the Arts Council of Ireland Project Award, and Error: /Undefined (2023), presented as part of Pallas Projects’ Artist-Initiated Projects. Barrett is also a founding member of inter_site, an artist collective focused on siteresponsive and collaborative practice. He has exhibited widely across Ireland, the UK, Germany, and Portugal in both solo and group exhibitions.
A recipient of multiple awards from the Arts Council of Ireland and Cork City Council, Barrett has participated in international residencies at GlogauAIR in Berlin and PADA Studios in Lisbon. His work has been featured in public art festivals and gallery settings, gaining recognition for its innovative use of space and narrative. In addition, Barrett shares his insights through visiting lectures at institutions like the Crawford College of Art and Design, engaging students in dialogue about art’s role in sociopolitical critique.
