Prof. Jane Cassidy Presents "The Thin Veil" at Pallas Projects, Co. Kerry

This past September, Pallas Projects/Studios presented Jane Cassidy—The Thin Veil—the second exhibition of their 2020/21 Artist-Initiated Projects program.

Professor Cassidy describes The Thin Veil as “an audiovisual installation that tries to capture the otherworldliness of the sea, the sand and the stars.” The film and sound were recorded while on residency at the Cill Rialaig Project in Co. Kerry. The residency is based on the side of a mountain, surrounded by the ocean, on what feels like the edge of the world. Jane says, “My friend told me as we explored a fort hidden on the side of Bolus Head that it brought to mind a Caol Áit, a narrow passage between this world and another, and I felt it.”

The film's slow and magnetic rhythm mimics deep breathing, lighting the room up and bringing it down to darkness. This installation presents a mesmerizing earthly cosmos through the infinite complexities of sand and water, where looking to the minute in the sea draws attention to the immensity of looking up to the stars. In conjunction with the exhibition, Cassidy facilitated a deep breathing workshop with a trained practitioner to develop ideas explored in the installation.

Jane Cassidy is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator from Galway, Ireland. Trained in music and visual art, Jane earned a Masters in Music and Media Technologies from TCD in 2008 and an MFA in Digital Art from Tulane University in New Orleans in 2014. Jane’s main interests lie in immersive audio-visual environments, visual music, and synesthesia. Cassidy has had solo shows at the Mobile Museum of Art, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, the University of New Orleans, and the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Exhibitions include the European Media Art Festival, Germany, the New Orleans Film Festival, Punto Y Raya Festival, Spain, Currents New Media Festival, New Mexico, Galway International Arts Festival, live visuals for Animal Collective and Nanu Nanu, as well as group shows internationally. Currently, Jane is the Assistant Professor of Digital Media at Boston College. www.janecassidy.net