My Dear Brother's Tree. Adrian Duncan

My Dear Brother's Tree. Adrian Duncan

20th Jan 2011 - 23rd Jan 2011

6pm-9pm

When I was young, my younger brother and I were given two beech trees. A local man, Paddy Whelan (historian and tree lover), planted them at the back of our house. I helped plant mine, and my brother helped plant his.

Some years later, my mother tied a dog chain around my dear brother’s tree. Many dogs later, the tree out grew the chain thus choking itself to a slow and hysterically gothic death. It was cut down before it fell down.

Inside and outside of The Joinery a tree will be presented, broken up and re-worded. But it is certainly not my dear brother’s tree – that was used as firewood a number of years ago.

This is an outdoor installation at the Joinery. The piece will be lit between 6pm and 9pm each night, from the 20th of January to 23rd.

There will be a very, very short reading taking place at 7.30 pm on Thursday 20 January.

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Adrian Duncan studied and worked as a structural engineer in the UK and Ireland for over a decade before returning to study fine art at IADT. He is currently pursuing the Art in the Contemporary World MA in NCAD. He has exhibited at Trans Colonia, MTSL, Pallas Contemporary Projects, The Joinery, Catalyst and The Lewis Glucksman, UCC. He is assistant editor of Paper Visual Art to which he also contributes.

When I was young, my younger brother and I were given two beech trees. A local man, Paddy Whelan (historian and tree lover), planted them at the back of our house. I helped plant mine, and my brother helped plant his. Some years later, my mother tied a dog chain around my dear brother's tree. Many dogs later, the tree out grew the chain thus choking itself to a slow and hysterically gothic death. It was cut down before it fell down. Inside and outside of The Joinery a tree will be presented, broken up and re-worded. But it is certainly not my dear brother's tree - that was used as firewood a number of years ago. This is an outdoor installation at the Joinery. The piece will be lit between 6pm and 9pm each night, from the 20th of January to 23rd. There will be a very, very short reading taking place at 7.30 pm on Thursday 20 January. - Adrian Duncan studied and worked as a structural engineer in the UK and Ireland for over a decade before returning to study fine art at IADT. He is currently pursuing the Art in the Contemporary World MA in NCAD. He has exhibited at Trans Colonia, MTSL, Pallas Contemporary Projects, The Joinery, Catalyst and The Lewis Glucksman, UCC. He is assistant editor of Paper Visual Art to which he also contributes.When I was young, my younger brother and I were given two beech trees. A local man, Paddy Whelan (historian and tree lover), planted them at the back of our house. I helped plant mine, and my brother helped plant his. Some years later, my mother tied a dog chain around my dear brother's tree. Many dogs later, the tree out grew the chain thus choking itself to a slow and hysterically gothic death. It was cut down before it fell down. Inside and outside of The Joinery a tree will be presented, broken up and re-worded. But it is certainly not my dear brother's tree - that was used as firewood a number of years ago. This is an outdoor installation at the Joinery. The piece will be lit between 6pm and 9pm each night, from the 20th of January to 23rd. There will be a very, very short reading taking place at 7.30 pm on Thursday 20 January. - Adrian Duncan studied and worked as a structural engineer in the UK and Ireland for over a decade before returning to study fine art at IADT. He is currently pursuing the Art in the Contemporary World MA in NCAD. He has exhibited at Trans Colonia, MTSL, Pallas Contemporary Projects, The Joinery, Catalyst and The Lewis Glucksman, UCC. He is assistant editor of Paper Visual Art to which he also contributes.
When I was young, my younger brother and I were given two beech trees. A local man, Paddy Whelan (historian and tree lover), planted them at the back of our house. I helped plant mine, and my brother helped plant his. Some years later, my mother tied a dog chain around my dear brother's tree. Many dogs later, the tree out grew the chain thus choking itself to a slow and hysterically gothic death. It was cut down before it fell down. Inside and outside of The Joinery a tree will be presented, broken up and re-worded. But it is certainly not my dear brother's tree - that was used as firewood a number of years ago. This is an outdoor installation at the Joinery. The piece will be lit between 6pm and 9pm each night, from the 20th of January to 23rd. There will be a very, very short reading taking place at 7.30 pm on Thursday 20 January. - Adrian Duncan studied and worked as a structural engineer in the UK and Ireland for over a decade before returning to study fine art at IADT. He is currently pursuing the Art in the Contemporary World MA in NCAD. He has exhibited at Trans Colonia, MTSL, Pallas Contemporary Projects, The Joinery, Catalyst and The Lewis Glucksman, UCC. He is assistant editor of Paper Visual Art to which he also contributes.When I was young, my younger brother and I were given two beech trees. A local man, Paddy Whelan (historian and tree lover), planted them at the back of our house. I helped plant mine, and my brother helped plant his. Some years later, my mother tied a dog chain around my dear brother's tree. Many dogs later, the tree out grew the chain thus choking itself to a slow and hysterically gothic death. It was cut down before it fell down. Inside and outside of The Joinery a tree will be presented, broken up and re-worded. But it is certainly not my dear brother's tree - that was used as firewood a number of years ago. This is an outdoor installation at the Joinery. The piece will be lit between 6pm and 9pm each night, from the 20th of January to 23rd. There will be a very, very short reading taking place at 7.30 pm on Thursday 20 January. - Adrian Duncan studied and worked as a structural engineer in the UK and Ireland for over a decade before returning to study fine art at IADT. He is currently pursuing the Art in the Contemporary World MA in NCAD. He has exhibited at Trans Colonia, MTSL, Pallas Contemporary Projects, The Joinery, Catalyst and The Lewis Glucksman, UCC. He is assistant editor of Paper Visual Art to which he also contributes.When I was young, my younger brother and I were given two beech trees. A local man, Paddy Whelan (historian and tree lover), planted them at the back of our house. I helped plant mine, and my brother helped plant his. Some years later, my mother tied a dog chain around my dear brother's tree. Many dogs later, the tree out grew the chain thus choking itself to a slow and hysterically gothic death. It was cut down before it fell down. Inside and outside of The Joinery a tree will be presented, broken up and re-worded. But it is certainly not my dear brother's tree - that was used as firewood a number of years ago. This is an outdoor installation at the Joinery. The piece will be lit between 6pm and 9pm each night, from the 20th of January to 23rd. There will be a very, very short reading taking place at 7.30 pm on Thursday 20 January. - Adrian Duncan studied and worked as a structural engineer in the UK and Ireland for over a decade before returning to study fine art at IADT. He is currently pursuing the Art in the Contemporary World MA in NCAD. He has exhibited at Trans Colonia, MTSL, Pallas Contemporary Projects, The Joinery, Catalyst and The Lewis Glucksman, UCC. He is assistant editor of Paper Visual Art to which he also contributes.