Peaceline Pasture (from the Peacelines Series IV)
Frankie Quinn (b.1966)
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
My work over the past 25 years documenting the walls stems from my own experiences of living beside a peace wall.
For decades, communities living alongside each other have existed literally cheek by jowl with these 'Cordon Sanitaire's', yet, are worlds apart for multiple reasons. The work is not focused on representing one community over another, it holds both in equal regard.
The work does recognise how much these separations have become normalised within our communities. So, whilst communities are living with them, they are also, to a certain degree, embracing them. I want to pose the question about the role of these interfaces existing in our communities and the long-term prospects of their removal.
For decades, communities living alongside each other have existed literally cheek by jowl with these 'Cordon Sanitaire's', yet, are worlds apart for multiple reasons. The work is not focused on representing one community over another, it holds both in equal regard.
The work does recognise how much these separations have become normalised within our communities. So, whilst communities are living with them, they are also, to a certain degree, embracing them. I want to pose the question about the role of these interfaces existing in our communities and the long-term prospects of their removal.
Text source: the artist
