Chapter Gallery: Screenprint workshop

This billboard shows an aerial view of Bray Head, County Wicklow, Ireland. A gorse fire has revealed letters in the landscape spelling EIRE, with the first letter barely visible. EIRE is an anglicised misspelling of Éire, the Irish word for Ireland, and the official Irish language name for the country since 1937. 

Exploring the love and grief for a land entangled in colonial legacies, revolution, rebellion and undelivered promise.

Made in response to the fire that took place at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, West London in 2017 — a tragedy in which 72 people died — to create a lasting legacy, McQueen filmed the tower before it was covered in hoarding.