“My work explores themes of protection and defence in domestic and maternal realms – the protection of a mother for her child, for her mental health, of identity and place. My research findings lead, not to answers but to the formulation of more questions. The work I make is an attempt to pin these questions down so that the viewer has the possibility to form their own answer through interaction with each piece. The conflicts and ambivalence of the questions inform the choice of material and technique for each work. The methods of making are crucial to revealing new ideas and resolving thought processes intrinsic to the initial starting point of the piece.”
The Mythologies of Masks series
This series of works asks questions regarding identity and expectations, two areas that are often very difficult for mothers (in particular new mothers) to negotiate. Who am I and what is expected of me?
Protective Wards of Unknown Potential
These pieces belong to the amulet works and deal with matters of protection and defence against outside influences. The questions are about fear, powerlessness, spirituality or lack of and superstition connected with being a mother.
Dark Matter
Its All In The Mind is a 24 hour performance piece that looks at ideas of female economics, subsistence, independence of mind and it’s cost.
Weapons of Maternal Destruction
Spoke and Rupture – things done and undone; in what moment does protection or defence turn upon itself and what are the consequences?
more about Rachel…
Rachel Fallon is based in Wicklow, Ireland. Her background in film and cirque nouveau has informed her sculptural and performance installations and her interest in the dynamics of shared creation. In 2011 she was selected for an Artist Practice mentorship programme which led to the formation of the The Tellurometer Project, an artist led group that investigates modes of communication and dialogue as a means of initiating creative work. Fallon has been the recipient of numerous awards for her individual practice including Iron-R2(2014) & Iron-R(2012) National Sculpture Factory (CIT Research Fund), Artlinks Emerging Artists’ Bursary(2012) and the Artist Research Group funded by Wicklow County Council and the Arts Council(2012) as well as residencies and project research grants for her collaborative practices.
She is also member of RAFT, a collective involved in socially engaged practice, collaborative and gallery works in a range of methodologies. Her individual practice, with its’ domestic and maternal thematic, has led to projects with U.K. groups Desperate Artwives and MeWe.
Fallon is a founding member of Outpost Studios; an independent artist run studios in Bray, Ireland.
