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Elayne Adamczyk Harrington
Trudy Feighery
Eimear Dolan
Does Cancel Culture Kill Free Speech?
The ideology behind our work is to explore and interpret the Cancel Culture movement. We ask the question Does Cancel Culture Kill Free Speech? We look at the fear that people have of expressing their opinions, how opportunity for debate and integrity is crushed, and their thoughts homogenised. Through the lense of spoken, written and visual text, imagery and material we delve into the model of being CANCELLED…
Through investigation of cancel culture stories, articles and instances we focus on the impact of such cancelling to the cancelee. Who holds the power in this online shaming? Is it activism or harassment, guilty without trial? Hidden in plain sight, the online persona of trolls, slacktivists and ‘do-gooders’. Is open debate a thing of the past? Does the fear of judgement impede young people’s voices?
We engaged with Carl Óg, a young poet from Dublin whom we asked to create a written piece about Cancel Culture. His inspirational prose and insight as a young man helped us focus our efforts to create our work; adapting, redacting, obstructing and ultimately showcasing a series of works on paper which float in the gallery space alongside our research enquiries on the wall. Accompanying this work is the audio production of Carl Óg performing his poem.
We aim to lead viewers through our artistic process of investigation and research and to present our response and creative journey which led us to the final work on display.
The values we hold and our practices as Artists and Designers instill our approach to educational philosophy. By facilitating debate and fostering curiosity we want to create an opportunity for free speech amongst students.
We’d like to say a special thanks to Carl Óg for writing Cancel Culture and being a part of this project with us.
Hannah Doyle is a multidisciplinary creative from Dublin. Having received her BA in Fine Art at Dun Laoghaire IADT she went on to complete a MA in Professional Design Practice at DIT Bolton Street in 2009. Her varied career in artistic practice, web design, interactive design, project management and product design led her to pursuing a Professional Master in Art and Design Education at NCAD. Providing a nurturing environment where every voice can be heard and building confidence in learners own opinions is central to Hannah’s educational philosophy.
Elayne Adamczyk Harrington is a Sculpture & Expanded Practice and Critical Cultures graduate of Fine Art in the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland. She served the third year of her International BA Degree (Erasmus) in the University of Arts in Poznań, Poland. She is now a second year graduate of Professional Master in Education at the same institution in the School of Education. Also known as Temper-Mental MissElayneous, Elayne is an accomplished performer in the Irish Hiphop and poetry world. She is an Access student who came from homelessness into third level education at NCAD in 2015.
Trudy Feighery is a Dublin based designer and artist who specializes in printed textiles, and is the business owner of the interiors and fashion brand Tru Tru Stories. Trudy is a graduate of NCAD and London College of Fashion and she is currently training for a Professional Masters in Education at NCAD. Trudy designs for fashion and interiors and her work focuses on colour, print and pattern.
Eimear is a Textile & Interior designer, with a BA in Textile Surface Design. After graduating from NCAD in 2017, having specialised in both weaving and screenprinting.Eimear worked in the aviation – transport and private residential interiors sector. Eimear is now completing a Professional Masters in Education with the intent to engage in gallery/museum education upon completion in 2021.