Artist

Cathal Curtin

Title of Exhibition: Scales of Energy

Project/Exhibition Statement:

‘This project derives from a study of the possible physical consequences of supplying energy needs from Ireland’s un-harnessed wave-power. The project is a rhetorical, salutary proposition, a manifesto and an embodiment of the scale of generation required, to supplant our oil dependence and feed our centralizing grid. The research into current and future power needs and the potential provided by wave-power is diligently explored. The result is a visionary, speculative proposal, sublimating the periodic power provided by the waves into a fantastic infrastructure formed of dilated pumped storage vessels, resting on stone pylons extracted from the bedrock.’ Marcus Donaghy - Donaghy + Dimond Architects

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Biography

Cathal Curtin studied architecture at Queens University Belfast, graduating in 2004 and University College Dublin, graduating in 2008 where he was the schools nomination for the RIBA Presidents Medals in that year.