Matter and Infinity is a solo show in the 126 Gallery on April 10 to April 24 by Dani Gill, exploring memory, water, lineage, the real and the ephemeral. Working with water, text, and sculpture, the work explores what it means to exist in and between universal planes, the fractured nature of memory, and how we understand our physical state.
Matter derives from; timber, wood for building, the woody part of a tree; materia, derivative of mater 'mother, source, origin of (material and abstract ) things'; three states of matter: solid; liquid and gas; and a fourth kind of matter - plasma, the most abundant form of ordinary matter in the universe.
Infinity derives from; early French infinité, derived from Latin infinitus 'having no limit', from in- 'not' and finitus, past participle of finire, 'to limit, bring to an end', from finis 'end, limit'; Anaximander, pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, ‘apeiron’, which means unbounded, indefinite; and from mathematician John Wallis, 1655: three main types of infinity may be distinguished - the mathematical, the physical, and the metaphysical.
Dani Gill is a writer, maker, and producer based in the west of Ireland. Her written work includes poetry collections After Love (2017, Salmon Poetry ) and Lessons in Kindness (2023, Salmon Poetry ). After Love was made into a short film and a full stage show that premiered at Galway International Arts Festival in 2021.
Dani served as Director of Cúirt International Festival of Literature (2010-2016 ), Ennis Book Club Festival (2020-2022 ) and has held production and creative roles in theatre, film, circus and public art. Dani is the Performing Arts Curator for the Bealtaine Festival, Director of the site-specific landscape art initiative The Lighthouse Project and Co-Director of Match in the Dark. Her LGBTQ+ advocacy project, Raise Your Spear, begins this year leading groups and individuals to make spears and take part in workshops focused on identity and ally-ship.
Dani has trained as a wood turner and welder. She enjoys working with metal and creating work that is interactive and invites audience participation. Matter and Infinity is her first solo show.
The show will be running from April 10 to April 24 in the 126 Artist Run Gallery.
