The Saérlaith Project Jools Gilson
04/08/2026 - 21/09/2026
Musgrave Gallery
FREE
Photo credit: Still from The Saérlaith Project
Installation project made in collaboration with Veronica Santorum and Benjamin Burns
Tuesday 4 August to Monday 21 September
OPENING TIMES
Monday 7 September | 10am - 3pm
Tuesday 8 - Friday 11 September | 10am - 5pm
Saturday 12 September | 10am - 4pm
Sunday 13 - Monday 14 September | CLOSED
Tuesday 15 - Thursday 17 September | 4pm - 7pm
Friday 18 September | 5pm - 7pm
Saturday 19 September | 10am - 4pm
Sunday 20 September | CLOSED
Monday 21 September | 10am - 3pm
CULTURE NIGHT 18 SEPTEMBER 2026: OPEN 5PM - 7PM
The Saérlaith Project is a new installation by Jools Gilson made in collaboration with visual artist Veronica Santorum and Sound Artist / Videographer Benjamin Burns.
Somewhere, there in the deep dark, I am wondering. I wonder with all this movement from before and from now and from what will come.
Rooms of whispering sphagnum moss, haunting dance films and 7th century bogstories. The Saérlaith Project digs deep into embodied audio with an art installation buried in Cloonshannagh Bog, Co. Roscommon. Bowls of sphagnum moss whisper, choreography collaborates with moths in short dance films, something moves beneath a haunted map; a real 7th Century female bog body has things to say.
Based on research conducted as part of an Arts Council Dance Bursary in 2023. Made with research support from Engineers Brendan O’Flynn and Colum Crowe (Tyndall Institute) and Dance Artist Justine Cooper. Funded by Insight (Research Ireland), The Arts Council, UCC and Fulbright Ireland.
