Deirdre O’Mahony will discuss her recent public art projects which examine the complicated relationship between land, food production, farming, landscape and ecological sustainability in Ireland. Deirdre O’Mahony is a visual artist whose practice is informed by a deep interest in rural sustainability, farming, food security and rural/urban relationships. For more than two decades she has investigated the political ecology of rural places through public engagement, archival and moving image installation, critical writing and cultural production.