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Floats in the Aether: Amanda Coogan at the National Gallery of Ireland

On the centenary of the parliamentary vote for women in Ireland, and the election of Constance Markievicz as the first woman to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, artist Amanda Coogan was invited to create a new artwork at the National Gallery of Ireland.

Floats in the Aether is an ambitious, large-scale performance comprising a series of events involving over 100 women and girls of different backgrounds and social contexts. In each event, Coogan leads a silent, slow-moving, choreographed procession through the historic rooms of the National Gallery.

This video shows just some of those performances over the past few months. This artwork is presented to complement the National Gallery of Ireland exhibition 'Markievicz: Portraits and Propaganda'.

Credits
Artist: Amanda Coogan
Video: Laura Sheeran
Supported by ESB and the Houses of the Oireachtas, Vótáil 100 programme.