12/3/26—28/3/26
Fiona Marron—The centrality of bodies
Opening:
6–8pm Thursday 12th March
Exhibition runs:
Friday 13th–Saturday 28th March
Pallas Projects are pleased to present Fiona Marron—The centrality of bodies, the second exhibition of our 2026 Artist-Initiated Projects programme.
Building on Marron’s long standing engagement with communications and internet infrastructure, this exhibition brings together new artworks that collectively address the material, social and relational underpinnings of such systems. ‘The centrality of bodies’ combines moving-image, photographic, print and sculptural elements in an installation that builds a conceptual interplay between artefacts and individuals, occupying diverse nodes in a shared history. Exploring the making and unmaking of worlds, events unfold across time, measured against life phases and technological lifespans. A dispersal of illumination, cognition, energy and attention weave their way into the narrative, in a contemporary moment where we grapple with generational identities and legacies, be that personally or societally.
From the grinding gears of a near-century old green machine, with its faithful operators manufacturing a subsea fibre optic cable for a modern day offshore energy farm - to the recovery and recycling of a decommissioned cable, once the subject of fanfare when it ushered in a new era of communication back in 1988: the first ever subsea fibre optic cable to span the Atlantic …. Long since dark on the ocean floor, but lifted back to daylight at least, by a dedicated crew on their newly designed vessel. The labour of their efforts acknowledged.
And in each one - inverted interactions of technologies old and new.
Depths and shallows. Thresholds crossed. Leaps of faith and anchors of trust.
Events
School workshop: The street beneath our feet
This workshop is intended for children aged 4-8.
If you are interested in bringing your class to attend, please contact us at outreach@pallasprojects.org!
“When you’re walking along the city streets there’s always so much to see and hear. Cars and buses roar past and beep loudly. People chatter and shout to each other as they go to work and do their shopping. The shop windows are colourful and bright. But do you ever stop and look down? What’s going on deep in the ground under your feet? Shall we take a peak?”*
Inspired by the children’s book ‘The Street beneath your feet’*, this workshop will take children on an imaginative journey where they can construct, participate in and occupy a world of their own making.
In the context of Fiona Marron’s exhibition which explores various physical elements of communications and internet infrastructure, the artist has devised a workshop for early years / primary school children that focuses on exploring in simple terms the networks that occupy the street beneath our feet. It aims to reveal and bring to a young audience, a view and understanding of a technology that surrounds and implicates most people in modern society, but of which most don’t get a chance to see in depth.An interactive workshop based on simple acts of looking, construction, teamwork and imagination.
Biography:
Fiona Marron is a visual artist based in Co. Monaghan. Her research-based practice predominantly manifests as moving-image installation for exhibition, while her wider process often combines print, text, drawing and sculptural methods. Stemming from an interest in human behaviour, her work traverses interconnected social systems within various contexts of trade, industry and labour environments - with projects regularly unearthing the material and social infrastructures that underpin them.
Previous solo exhibitions have been at Artbox, Dublin (2016); Flat Time House, London (2015); RUA RED South Dublin Arts Centre (2013); The Joinery, Dublin (2010 & 2011) and FOUR, Dublin (2009). Her work has been presented in several group exhibitions and film screenings across Ireland, along with international venues including CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo of Torino, Italy. She has been awarded numerous residencies including the inaugural artist-in-residence program at the Irish Architectural Archive (2019), Askeaton Contemporary Arts (2016), UCD Art-in-Science (2015) and most recently at Cow House Studios, Wexford (2025). Her work has featured in publications including Art Monthly, MAP and Paper Visual Art. She holds a BA in Fine Art from DIT (2009) & an MA in Visual Arts Practices from IADT (2013). Her practice has been supported by Arts Council Bursary Awards (2017 & 2020) and Agility Awards (2021 & 2024).
Artist-Initiated Projects at Pallas Projects/Studios is an open-submission, annual gallery programme of 8 x 3-week exhibitions taking place from January - December 2026. This unique programme of funded, artist-initiated projects selected via open call is highly accessible to artists, with a focus on early career, emerging artists and recent graduates. Projects are supplemented with artists' talks, texts, workshops or performances, and gallery visits by colleges and local schools.