The Map and The Mantle
Alice Maher and Rachel Fallon
1 February — 12 April 2025
‘Mapping the Folds’ by El Reid-Buckley is published on the occasion of the exhibition titled The Map and The Mantle by Alice Maher and Rachel Fallon at The Dock, 1 February-12 April 2025.
El Reid-Buckley is an interdisciplinary writer, researcher and creative facilitator from Limerick City. They hold a PhD in Sociology from the University of Limerick, and use their formal academic training to inform their creative and community practices. In doing so, they often work in traditionally non-complementary modes, and put 'oppositional' texts, theories and techniques in conversation with each other to seek out the productivity and pleasure that comes with tensions. Much of their work is socially-engaged and collaborative, and involves working with artists across Ireland and the wider world. Their creative writing has been published by Poetry Ireland, Project Arts Centre, Outburst Arts, Ormston House, Almanac: A Journal of Trans Poetics, and more. You can follow them on Instagram: @mothermarx.
"Through the lens of Mary Magdalene, Maher and Fallon explore different processes and techniques—including stitching, embroidery, and appliqué—to create a new, nuanced world that allows audiences to bear witness to the breadth and weight of history."
