View Online: Take a deep breath now by Mary-Ruth Walsh

Mary-Ruth Walsh’s film, Take a deep breath now, which is included in the Phoenix Rising exhibition, can now also be viewed online at https://vimeo.com/120976392.

Mary-Ruth Walsh, still from Take a deep breath now, 2014. © the artist

The film takes inspiration from the botanist cum city planner Patrick Geddes. Mary-Ruth Walsh writes: “His use of numerous lenses, the microscope and camera obscura contributed to a rich textural view of a city and a multilayered way of seeing cities and planning.” Take a deep breath now is dedicated to Norah Geddes, Patrick’s daughter, who in Dublin’s inner city “changed derelict slum sites into playgrounds through skill and tenacity.”