A Woman Walks Alone at Night, With a Camera – a photographic series by Ruby Wallis
We are delighted to showcase a series of photographs by artist Ruby Wallis. This is part of the “Library Interventions” project. This project brings visual art and the ideas behind it to the library, with a list of books that aim to expand our thinking about the artwork.
About the Artwork
This work taken from the series of photographs: A Woman Walks Alone At Night, With a Camera (ongoing). The project centres around the experience of walking at night as a woman. The artist walks through urban spaces as an imaginative explorer wandering the city according to her desire in order to reclaim it. Working with photography allows her to visualise her encounter with the non-human world of plant life and the immersive nocturnal world she encounters. She used the snapshot and flash in these images, as a reflection on the need to move quickly for safety.
Book list:
As part of this project, the artist has made a recommended reading list to accompany this work. These books are available for borrowing at the library
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Street Haunting: A London Adventure by Virginia Woolf
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Flaneuse Women Walk the City by Lauren Elkin
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Pond by Claire Louise Bennett
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The Wild Places by Robert McFarlane
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A field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit
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Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art by Lauren Elkin
About the Artist
Ruby Wallis is a visual artist who lectures in The Burren College of Art. She studied painting at Atlantic Technical University Galway and went on to study for a PhD in Fine Art Media at the National College of Art and Design Dublin. She works primarily through photography and video. In 2022 she published the photobook A Woman Walks Alone at Night, with a Camera in collaboration with writer Phillina Sun. Since then, artwork from the project have been shown in The Hugh Lane Gallery, Lismore Castle Arts, Galway Arts Centre for Galway International Arts Festival. Her practice is supported by Arts Council Ireland.
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