A philosophy of art inspired by an oyster
Curated by Sarah Iremonger, the exhibition features Mick O’Shea, Helen Horgan, Maximilian Le Cain and Iremonger. The exhibition was inspired by a philosophy reading group attended by the artists in The Guesthouse, in Cork.
“It wasn’t pure philosophy,” says Iremonger. “We did it in an art context and we listened to lectures and watched videos. There was a circulation of a series of lectures by Hubert Dreyfus, on Heidegger. I downloaded them and put them on my iPod and would listen to them when I was walking. He was discussing this idea, that if you didn’t know what was going on in the world, then it would be like the world view of an oyster.
