Mugwort, Wormwood, and how little we know about the end of the world
Channel: Shane Finan
Date: 2016-05-06

Documentation of the interactive light artwork 'Mugwort, Wormwood, and how little we know about the end of the world'. This work was staged at Wormwood Gate, Dublin, at 22:23 (IRL) on 25th April 2016, exactly 30 years after the Chernobyl disaster.

It was built to commemorate the end of the world, as a reminder and a positive look at the future by bringing people together.

More information on the project:
www.shanefinanart.org

http://shanefinan.org/visual_art_pages/the_wormwood_coincidence.html

Video by Orla McNelis: https://vimeo.com/orlamcnelis

Chernobyl disaster footage and audio from www.archive.org; recording of Leonidis asteroids audio from European Space Agency www.esa.int

many thanks to: Gary McDermott, Linda Foy, Glenn Strong, David Collier and Susanna Caprara for the initial proposal - next time!; to Donal Gunne and Martin (& Audrey) Fitzmaurice; to Stephen McKenna for last-minute holding the ladder; to Amy Bunce for the her time constantly used and mind constantly pilfered; and to all who attended on the night