IPUT, Tropical Fruit Warehouse, Dublin, Ireland [2021]
'Where Glass Meets Water' is a digital installation that launches in November 2021 at the Tropical Fruit Warehouse, a development by IPUT Real Estate overlooking the River Liffey at the Samuel Beckett bridge. 'Where Glass Meets Water' explores Dublin’s collective imagination and substance through a mythological lens, linking the rich history of the Liffey with Dublin’s revived docklands.
In Finnegan’s Wake Anna Livia Plurabelle is the personification of the Liffey. Her face, along with the Atlantis are embedded on the structure of the original Tropical Fruit Warehouse, overlooking the river. This mythological figure served as the starting point for the inspiration behind ‘Where Glass Meets Water’.
Combining IPUT’s research on placemaking and Algorithm’s experience in immersive art makes it possible to create cultural platforms that look towards the future. The Quays are an incredibly culturally and historically significant area in Dublin. Tropical Fruit Warehouse is located on Sir Rogerson’s Quay and will be home to a large scale installation from Algorithm from November 2021. Anna Livia Plurabelle, a major figure in Joyce’s last work, Finnegan’s wake. Her face, along with the Atlantis, is embedded on the structure of the original Tropical Fruit Warehouse, overlooking the Liffey. “
The collaboration between IPUT and Algorithm is part of an initiative to establish new ways of exhibiting artworks in large scale outdoor installations. The artwork is made up of four distinct sections, each one exploring a different strand of the Tropical Fruit Warehouse’s story and set to the enduring rhythm of the city, rising and falling with the tides.
For more info, please visit iput.com/living-canvas
IPUT, Tropical Fruit Warehouse, Dublin, Ireland [2021]
'Where Glass Meets Water' is a digital installation that launches in November 2021 at the Tropical Fruit Warehouse, a development by IPUT Real Estate overlooking the River Liffey at the Samuel Beckett bridge. 'Where Glass Meets Water' explores Dublin’s collective imagination and substance through a mythological lens, linking the rich history of the Liffey with Dublin’s revived docklands.
In Finnegan’s Wake Anna Livia Plurabelle is the personification of the Liffey. Her face, along with the Atlantis are embedded on the structure of the original Tropical Fruit Warehouse, overlooking the river. This mythological figure served as the starting point for the inspiration behind ‘Where Glass Meets Water’.
Combining IPUT’s research on placemaking and Algorithm’s experience in immersive art makes it possible to create cultural platforms that look towards the future. The Quays are an incredibly culturally and historically significant area in Dublin. Tropical Fruit Warehouse is located on Sir Rogerson’s Quay and will be home to a large scale installation from Algorithm from November 2021. Anna Livia Plurabelle, a major figure in Joyce’s last work, Finnegan’s wake. Her face, along with the Atlantis, is embedded on the structure of the original Tropical Fruit Warehouse, overlooking the Liffey. “
The collaboration between IPUT and Algorithm is part of an initiative to establish new ways of exhibiting artworks in large scale outdoor installations. The artwork is made up of four distinct sections, each one exploring a different strand of the Tropical Fruit Warehouse’s story and set to the enduring rhythm of the city, rising and falling with the tides.
For more info, please visit iput.com/living-canvas
