dychymyg dychymyg: tree alphabet

solo exhibition
dychymyg dychymyg: tree alphabet
STATION Naarm/Melbourne
3 April – 1 May 2021

photography
Jessica Maurer
This work was created with the assistance of a Clothing Store Artist Studio Residency at Carriageworks, Sydney.
Clare Milledge’s practice is grounded in a method of fieldwork that puts into relation seemingly disparate pieces of research to bring attention to particular patterns and touchpoints. Dychymyg Dychymyg: Tree Alphabet expands on Milledge's ongoing research into mythology, secret knowledge, storytelling and ecology.
Drawn to the mysticism that overshadows the Early Medieval alphabet Ogham (also known as the Tree Alphabet), Milledge investigates its relationship to Irish poetic mythology and ‘Story Archaeology’. Introduced by storyteller Chris Thompson and academic Isolde Carmody, ‘Story Archaeology’ can be understood as the process by which stories are uncovered through a form of ‘archaeological dig’.

L – R from top
dychymyg dychymyg: tree alphabet, installation view, Clare Milledge, Kennings, 2021, Sruth, 2021, Three shouts on a hill, 2021, STATION, Naarm/Melbourne
dychymyg dychymyg: tree alphabet, installation view, Clare Milledge, 2021, Ríaghaild, 2021, STATION, Naarm/Melbourne
dychymyg dychymyg: tree alphabet, installation view, Clare Milledge, Gamal mac Figail & Camald mac Ríaghaild, 2021,  Elatha and Érui, 2021, STATION, Naarm/Melbourne
dychymyg dychymyg: tree alphabet, installation view, Clare Milledge, 20212021, STATION, Naarm/Melbourne

Gamal mac Figail & Camald mac Ríaghaild 
oil on recycled toughened, glass bronze close-readers 
34.2 x 34.2 cm

Kennings 
oil on recycled toughened, glass bronze close-readers
34.5 x 34.5 cm

Sruth (panel 1)
oil on recycled toughened, glass bronze close-readers
diptych (overall) 110.0 x 221.5 cm
each panel 110.0 x 110.0 cm

Sruth (panel 2)
oil on recycled toughened, glass bronze close-readers
diptych (overall) 110.0 x 221.5 cm
each panel 110.0 x 110.0 cm

Three shouts on a hill
oil on recycled toughened, glass bronze close-readers triptych (overall) 45.0 x 144.0 cm
each panel 45.0 x 46.5 cm

Elatha and Érui (panel 1)
oil on toughened glass, bronze close-readers
diptych (overall) 110 x 221.5 cm 
each panel 110 x 110 cm
Elatha and Érui (panel 2)
oil on toughened glass, bronze close-readers
diptych (overall) 110 x 221.5 cm 
each panel 110 x 110 cm