A Cartography Of The Middle Of Nowhere
Léann Herlihy

A cartography of the middle of nowhere is a map which attempts to (de-)centre ~ the middle of nowhere~ navigating through cognitive terrain, Herlihy uses anecdotal references to highlight how ~the middle of nowhere~ becomes a subjective area of geographic desire wherein each individual’s map is informed by autobiographic, mythologic and embodied performances of the self.

Don’t be fooled by the publication’s size! Unfolding out into a large-scale map, the publication packs a punch with its speculative text, pragmatic diagrams and an exercise for the reader inside!

Léann Herlihy is a Live Action Artist based in Dublin, Ireland. Léann’s concerns are their practice, for it is what they are concerned with that seeps into their body of work; whereon ‘body of work’ draws on the ephemeral experience of the body. Perhaps that’s their biggest apprehension right now. As a performance artist, should their body be the one taking up room in a society which is depriving marginalised communities of space? How do they then make work which collectively holds space for those who have been deprived of it? As a white queer individual, they are faced with the reality of navigating their practice while inclusively amplifying the voices of those who have been peripheral.

Project Arts Centre is a multidisciplinary arts centre based in Temple Bar, Dublin, which hosts visual arts, theatre, dance, music, and performance.