Installation (2012); Leave it on, is about the cycle of forced emigration that continues to happen within Irish culture. The credit crunch happened in 2008 and some of the hard-hitting elements were happening by 2012, so at the time of filming, there were very few opportunities for young people so they were going on mass to Australia, Canada and the US. This is not a project that sees emigration as a negative, the reason it happens is because something has stifled our ability to hold on to our youth and opportunities are elsewhere. It is more about the loneliness young people suffer due to the lack of opportunity and the cycle that repeats in the country of origin, in this case, Ireland. 

It is a simple piece of a Zoom/Skype call video of a young woman in her early twenties. She has emigrated to Australia and she would fall asleep in front of the Zoom call as her parents would make breakfast back at home in Ireland. And this act was to cure her homesickness. I got to show this around a few places also but I remember in Avenue Road Gallery I built an installation that resembled a single bed and I projected the image onto it.

It was exhibited in the Avenue Road gallery and at the ‘Ten Days In Dublin’ and ‘Galway Fringe’ Festivals. SD Video, 2:13 minutes (looped).