A part of the Local Artists Network, we are pleased to be showing the brilliant works of Mollie Mia Murphy at various locations throughout the festival.

Tonóg Chladaigh explores regionally extinct Irish water species through a post-internet lens during a time of climate crisis. This public intervention explores Ireland's diminishing coastal wildlife through sculptural glitches into the digital realm.

At each glitch, participants will find 3D-rendered recreations of regionally extinct water plants in the form of hybridised organic and digital 3D-printed sculptures. Among the lost species that inspired these works is the sea stock or Tonóg Chladaigh.

Playing with the tension between reality and myth in Irish folklore, her practice presents digital portals that pour into our reality in the form of 3D printed installation. Her work seeks to create an ambiguous hybridised digital and organic landscape in both physical and cyber space.

Mollie Mia Murphy is a Berlin-based Irish visual artist working across 3D-rendered video, live interactive visuals, and 3D-printed installations. Her work explores the long-term effects of historical colonialism on Ireland’s ecological and economic landscape through technology.

Murphy recontextuallises historical archives using contemporary media through re-imagining in-depth collaborations with The National History Museum, The National Folklore Collection and The National Botanic Gardens.

Playing with the tension between reality and myth in Irish folklore, her practice presents digital portals that pour into our reality in the form of 3D printed installation. Her work seeks to create an ambiguous hybridised digital and organic landscape in both physical and cyber space.

Recent works include Thank God We’re Surrounded by Water by Ciúnas, at The Dublin Fringe Festival 2025 and Synthetic Artefacts in The Complex. In 2025, she made her international debut in group shows at The Green Hill Gallery and New Fears Gallery.

Image credit: Mollie Mia Murphy