Projects
MA
MA
This project, titled MA, is derived from the ancient Japanese concept meaning “the space between things.” It explores the space between immersive technologies and my artistic practice, a space that currently holds both unresolved tension and significant potential.
MA is a research-led project exploring the space between immersive technologies and artistic practice. Drawing on the Japanese concept of “the space between things,” the project investigates how tools such as augmented and immersive media can be integrated into large-scale, community-led street art. Rooted in Northern Ireland’s cultural landscape, MA seeks to amplify the voices and experiences of the post-Good Friday Agreement generation through new forms of storytelling.
Through a combination of research, collaboration, and experimentation, the project will engage with industry experts, visit innovative studios, and develop proof-of-concept artworks. This process will explore how immersive technologies can deepen audience engagement, enhance accessibility, and create more layered, multi-sensory public art experiences. Ultimately, MA aims to expand the possibilities of socially engaged practice by bridging physical and digital spaces.
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£5,000
Meet the Artist
Joe Caslin
Artist
he/him
Joe Caslin is an Irish street artist, academic and activist. Best known for his beautifully rendered pencil drawings, which manifest as towering pieces of street art. His highly accessible work engages directly with social issues on an unavoidable scale. Caslin is known to tackle pressing and often challenging themes head-on, including suicide, drug addiction, marriage equality, stigma, immigration, consent, sectarian division, disability and gender based violence. The monochrome drawings Caslin creates live with us and against many of us for some time before washing away. They hold a mirror up to the kind of society that we are, whilst asking us individually what kind of society we want to be a part of.
