Served
Operating under the collaborative moniker of served this project between artists A.Mac Giolla Bhríde and Katie Watchorn is an artwork rooted in sculpture and performance, using food as a medium for climate action and community connection.
Centred on a community garden in South County Dublin, it will explore biodiversity, sustainability, and collective memory through shared sensory experiences. The culmination will be a performative tasting event: an immersive meal shaped by the garden’s yields and participants’ stories. Presented theatrically—with attention to atmosphere, storytelling, and participation—the meal reframes food not simply as sustenance but as an imaginative, communal act of climate engagement.
Artist Biographies
A.Mac Giolla Bhríde:
A.Mac Giolla Bhríde is an artist working in the field of sculpture. Their work makes manifest considerations of site and the gendered body via staged sculptural arrangements. Recent solo presentations include: Double Jetted, Zyrland Zoiropa, Berlin; son of, Void Art Centre, Derry; objects as buoys in the life acted, The Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny; deep feels and fever dreams at Kunstverein Aughrim; and point of fold, mother’s tankstation. Mac Giolla Bhríde recently completed an MFA at the low-residency programme at Bard College, New York, and was a Fulbright Awardee in 2024. They are represented by mother’s tankstation Dublin | London and funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and Donegal County Council.
Katie Watchorn
Katie Watchorn predominantly works with sculpture. Recent solo presentations include dry brimmings at mother’s tankstation, Dublin, (2024) Commuter, Shimmer, Rotterdam, (2024) Offspring Underbelly at De Ateliers, Amsterdam (2024) Get Away From It All, Leitrim Sculpture Centre (2022) and Zero Grazing, Studio Pavilion, Glasgow International (2021). She is the recipient of a number of Arts Council Bursaries, including the Next Generation Award 2017, supporting emerging artists of promise at a pivotal stage in their career. She was a resident at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in 2019 as part of their 1000 programming and a resident at Fire Station Artist’s Studios, Dublin 2019-2022. She recently finished a residency at De Ateliers in Amsterdam, 2023-2024.