Periscope, 2016.

It’s time to take a long hard look at ourselves. Using the technology of a periscope to engage the visitor in self re-appraisal in the context of social equality and freedom striven for in 1916. Utilising high-density drainage piping, mirrors, plywood and found materials the apparatus was fixed to a supporting column at the base of the Museum Galleries at the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, Turlough Park, Co. Mayo. 2016.

Periscope, situated beneath the museum galleries.

Periscope, viewfinder

Periscope

Periscope prisms

Periscope installation

Periscope installation

Periscope under construction

Periscope under construction

Periscope under construction

All images © Aidan Crotty