Eamon McGrath
a subsidized flat in a Belfast housing estate
Eamon McGrath is a 62-year-old telegraph pole climber working around the edges of Belfast. His life is a daily climb, in more ways than one, balancing his modest income and expenses meticulously, stacking decades of receipts in shoeboxes like a paper fortress. Each night, he senses every shift of his blanket's weight as he dreams of slips and falls, not only from poles but through the gaps in his careful plans.
About
Obsession
The weight shifts of his blanket
Voice
Winter air, rope's tautness, past's whispers
Artistic Medium
Assemblage of decaying receipts and line markers
Technique
Layering and weathering
Influences
Chill wind on telegraph poles, old utility bills, Belfast's grey skies
Materials
Old receipts, telegraph line markers, weathered paper, rusted wire
Scale
The size of a single telegraph pole
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