The Long Field | Leitrim Sculpture Centre

Otherwise known as The Long Field, Ireland's hedgerow systems presently make up 327,258 km of land in Ireland. They are an important part of the cultural landscape and have been sites of resistance and change since human cultivation began.

Christine Mackey, Hedgerow Polaroids, The Long Field, LSC, 2020 — Christine Mackey, Hedgerow Polaroids, *The Long Field*, LSC, 2020

Christine Mackey, Seed Collection I, The Long Field, LSC, 2020 — Christine Mackey, *Seed Collection I*, *The Long Field*, LSC, 2020

Christine Mackey, Seed Collection II, The Long Field, LSC, 2020 — Christine Mackey, *Seed Collection II, The Long Field*, LSC, 2020

Christine Mackey, Distillation Process, The Long Field, LSC, 2020 — Christine Mackey, *Distillation Process, The Long Field*, LSC, 2020

Christine Mackey

Christine Mackey is an independent research-based visual artist developing projects that attend to the complexity of plant matter and environmental issues. In 2018 she was awarded a Fulbright Award pursuing independent research across educational, museum institutions and residency programmes USA. Recent residencies include Grizedale Arts, England and EUCIDA Digital Residency Programme, Latvia, 2019. Completed a solo exhibition Safe Hold at Wexford Arts Centre in 2020 (cut short due to Covid-19). Recent commissioned work for publications include Politics of Food MIT Press Delfina Foundation, 2020; Becoming Botanical Objet-a-Creative Studio, Glasgow, 2019 and Mutating Ecologies in Contemporary Art, MACBA University of Barcelona. Her work is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland Bursary Award . Presented at Art and the Anthropocence, Trinity College, Dublin, 2019. Exhibiting at ArtWorks Visual Carlow and currently on an Exhibition Residency Programme with Leitrim Sculpture Show completing forthcoming solo show

The project was jointly funded by Leitrim County Council.