Ancestors

Following the success of Underwave, sculptor Bettina Seitz collaborated with videographers Fionn Rogers and Peter Martin to create Ancestors; a sculptural installation of ghost-like, life-size figures representing the former inhabitants of an uninhabited island off the Sligo coast. Inspired by their daily lives and custodial role on the island, this site-responsive installation explores how our ancestors lived in close contact with the natural world. It is also an enquiry into the continuity between our distant ancestors and us, and whether we can find our place as part of an interconnected natural world again.