(de)fragment: Gallery Tour & Conversation

(de)fragmentation is an experimental group show featuring mixed-media female artists, running in Gallery 2 of QSS from March 13 to April 10, 2025. Curated by Meadhbh McIlgorm, the exhibition explores the review and reuse of the varied “stuff” accumulated throughout an artist’s practice. Artists are invited to reexamine and reinterpret past trials, tests, and studies, presenting them in a new context that aligns with the theme of (de)fragmentation.

Join artists Meadhbh McIlgorm (project curator) and special guest Lian Bell for an alternative gallery walking tour, followed by a generative conversation delving more deeply into the exhibition’s themes and the materials, process and stories within the work.

The concept of defragmentation—originally associated with organizing digital files to free up memory and improve processing—serves as a metaphor here. In the face of the climate emergency, this theme encourages artists to prioritize revisiting and reusing existing materials over creating new ones, making mindful use of available resources.

Exhibiting artists: Alacoque Davey, Anushiya Sundaralingam, Cathy Scullion
Clare French, Gail Ritchie, Grace McMurray, Kate O'Neill, Meadhbh McIlgorm, Sharon Kelly, Vasiliki Stasinaki

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