Ireland Troubles, Northern Ireland Conflict

The Linen Memorial

The Linen Memorial is a Northern Ireland conflict memorial dedicated to those who live with ongoing trauma and grief.

This Troubles Memorial was unveiled on The Private Day of Reflection, 2007 in Northern Ireland on the summer solstice 21st June at a centre for peace and reconciliation: The Corrymeela Community, Ballycastle, Northern Ireland.

The Troubles Northern Ireland memorial is a non-heirarchical list of hand-sewn names, from the years of The Troubles.

Art may contribute to healing the wounds of The Troubles, the Northern Ireland conflict.

Northern Ireland has long been famous for its export of Irish Linen, especially embroidered and designed handkerchiefs, along with Northern Ireland flax farming and linen manufacturing or linen production, especially in the industrial city of Edwardian Belfast.

This is a non-traditional monument. It is mobile and can travel to places where there is grief and division. The artist and her project act as witness to the on-going need for mourning from grief and trauma, seek a quiet space for healing, and perhaps, also, for reconciliation and forgiveness (or � a parity-of-esteem-for-difference�).

For more information, please contact the artist by filling in the contact form at this site: www.speakercontemporaryart.com/contact.php

Linen Memorial - Northern Ireland Troubles, Ireland Conflict

Funding

VISUAL ARTIST FUNDING: CANADA COUNCIL of the ARTS January 2001

CENTRE FOR IMAGE, PERFORMANCE AND TEXT, University of Wollongong 2002

CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSION, Canberra, ACT 2004

CORRYMEELA 2007 and 2008

COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL, BELFAST 2008

New Venues Jan and Feb 2016: Derry and Omagh Public Libraries, Northern Ireland

The Linen Memorial