After the Image: Intuitive Collage Workshop

In an age of infinite scrolling and endless image production, what happens when we stop consuming images and begin entering into conversation with them? 

Responding to Afterimage: Photography in the Digital Age, this workshop explores analogue collage as a practice of slow looking, personal reflection and creative inquiry. 

Working with found photographs, participants will cut, rearrange and recontextualise existing images. Rather than beginning with a fixed idea, you will be encouraged to follow your instincts and discover meaning through the process of selecting, placing and layering imagery. As unexpected themes, memories and associations begin to emerge, collage invites a different question: not simply “What do I want to make?” but “What is trying to reveal itself?” 

Working by hand offers a way to interrupt the speed at which we usually encounter images. The tactile process of cutting and composing creates space to notice the photographs before us, as well as our own patterns, instincts and ways of seeing. 

Through a series of guided prompts, participants will explore symbolism, composition and visual storytelling while creating an original collage to take home. 

The workshop will consider collage as both an artistic practice and a method of inquiry: a way of thinking with images and uncovering meaning through making. 

No previous artistic experience is necessary. All materials will be provided. Participants are also welcome to bring copies of personal photographs or printed imagery to incorporate into their collage.

Tickets €10

About Niamh Barry

Niamh Barry is an RYT 500-hour accredited yoga teacher with a background in dance and creative movement. She has trained extensively in Ireland, the United States and Canada, and has been teaching yoga classes, mindfulness workshops and creative retreats for the past seven years.

Her teaching encourages students to become curious about their own bodies and to explore the wider impact that movement, breath and mindfulness can have in everyday life.

This event is in support of the Night-Time Economy After Hours at the Museum scheme and Dublin by Dusk.
Dublin by Dusk is a new city-wide initiative that invites you to experience Dublin city as it stays open late on the last Thursday of every month.

Image credit: Alan Phelan, dot head, 2020. Image courtesy of the artist and Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.