Barbara Diener: Fruits of Spike Island residency on show in West Cork

Diener is part of a group exhibition at Uillinn in Skibbereen, and has also been exploring her own family history, including her father's time with the German army during WWII 

Barbara Diener spent last summer on Spike Island, dipping into the former prison's fascinating history. 

Spike Island in Cork harbour has been many things: a monastic settlement, a military fortress, a prison, and latterly, a museum and tourist facility. Over the past few years, it has also been the site of a unique artist’s residency, a collaboration between Spike Island Museum, Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh and Cork-based Sample Studios.

Barbara Diener is one of the eight artists who have participated to date, and work she produced on the residency last summer is now showing as part of the Persistence of Memory group exhibition running at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen until March 21.