Daniel Heer is currently in residence at Sirius Arts Centre. A visual artist working at the moment as a designer, Daniel is also the author of documentaries and videos, examining national and cultural stereotypes. Daniel was born in Lucerne Switzerland in 1977. He lives and works in Berlin.
This is Daniel's second residency at Sirius he is currently continuing on work looking traditions of lacemaking and design. Daniel will be in residency until 24 May.
Sarah Iremonger, Artist in Residence Co-ordinator took a few moments out to get more information about Danie and his asperations for his residency.
Sarah - Can you tell us a bit about what you're working on currently?
Daniel - My current work at the Sirius is called SIGNALS, and is influenced by the rise and the fall of the tide. The idea behind this work is to explore the restoration of Sirius Arts Centre and to use my residency as an opportunity to create a construction artwork "kunst am bau - Project" looking at the idea of restoration in a heritage buiding.
Signals is designed to be integrated with the renovation of the skylights in the Centre Gallery and the architecture of the building. Black louvered blinds are proposed to cover the 2 sky-lights , blocking out and revealing the day light. The blinds would open and close slowly at intervals of every 6 hours. I would invision their movements to be synchronized with the rhythm of the sea.The louvered blinds would be used as a navigation between the sea and the sky.
SI - What other projects are you working on at the moment?
DH - I just finished a limited edition of leather-bags and am working on a new collection of these bags.
SI - What do you hope to achieve at Sirius and where will it take you?
DH - The Sirius Arts Centre is for me a kind of retreat after being in Dublin. I compare the urban experience of the Temple Bar Studios in Dublin with the quiet of the apartment studio at the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh. In both places you can easily become inspired and stimulated because these places bring you to yourself in different ways.
