Bog Cottage

Bog Cottage

Bog Cottage is an artist collective originally conceived as a formalised response to art-making in the west of Ireland. Born from a yearning for queer community and spaces, Bog Cottage first started as friends hanging out making clay, friends doing DIY and opening a queer cafe. Bog Cottage is a response to the question of where do we go for a drink? Where do we go to make out and dance? Where do the queers go? 

Faery Fort, 2023

An installation and a place of respite to be enveloped by its softness and protection. A mobile with ceramic charms encircles the room, a curtain of flora dangling in the air. Inside this charmed territory tufted rugs snake along the floor; chains of wool inviting your touch. Two benches are at the heart of the room - an invitation to rest, and invitation to take time. The faery fortress is a space to meet, to sit, a reprieve from life outside the curtains.

Includes a sound piece by Renn Miano, entitled Red Lentil and poetry by Ainslie Templeton.

Image: Bog Cottage, Lovers, 2023; image courtesy of the artist.

Gallery: Outset Gallery, The Cornstore, Middle St, Galway
Dates: 4-19 November | Mon-Tues 12-5pm | Wed-Sat 10-5pm | Sun 12-5.30pm
Tickets: Free

Access: Outset Gallery can be accessed step-free via the Cornstore entrance. The door is narrow and cannot accommodate all assistive devices. The gallery is divided by a number of steps, leading to the remainder of the installation. There is seating provided. 

Three accessible parking spots located on Saint Augustine St opposite the TULCA Gallery. TULCA Gallery has accessible toilet facilities, which can be found nearby on Saint Augustine St.