Michael John Whelan
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Echoes of evaporation
and submergence

1991
And they did live by watchfires
Nocturne
Untitled
Darkness had no need
These last breaths
The time of cruel wonders
was not yet over

In the black dark for good
Carapace
That we were to wait
Like force and matter
Lupus
20 Vertices, 30 Edges
and 160 Diagonals

Dune
Transit of Venus
Over the echoing gateway
Stars/Star
Shadowplay
Archway (diptych)
The illumination of Lupus
2014
framed chromogenic print
41.5 x 60cm
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Taking as a starting point the location of the death of the last Irish wolf in 1786, three photographic positions are presented, made in and around the mountain.

A high-powered laser projects the constellation Lupus (The Wolf) into the sky directly above the mountain where the last Irish wolf was killed in 1786. As this constellation only exists naturally in the southern hemisphere, its presence is astronomically impossible and highlights a temporary and unsustainable placement of the wolf form above the surrounding landscape where nature and urban development collided.