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Sarah Long: Aisling Is a Dream review – Ambitious exhibition builds powerful symbolic forms
Sarah Long: Aisling Is a Dream SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin ★★★★☆ I first encountered the work of Sarah Long, whose aesthetic is immediately recognisable, in a group exhibition by the Cork-based collective Backwater Artists in October 2024. She contributed a trio of small, intricate acrylics that depicted vibrantly colourful forest scenes. They were teeming with life, though people and animals were absent: Long's focus was instead on the swarming choreography of foliage and vegetation. The design of each element had an almost labyrinthine quality, produced with painstaking attention to detail. The mixed-media paintings also had an anachronistic spirit: they could have been illustrations from an early-20th-century children's book. Consequently, Long's lively but mute worlds were coated with layers of nostalgia, along with the senses of loss and bygone love that accompany its evocation. This new exhibition retains some of those elements, but mutated, reinvented, employing them in ambitious, radically new contexts: the artist's naturalist tendencies are now brought to bear in the construction of powerful symbolic forms. Aisling Is a Dream: Do This in Parody of Me, by Sarah Long The show's title references the aisling poetic genre, in which Ireland is personified as a woman, appearing in a poet's dream to comment on the country's dire political and social circumstances. The Irish philosopher and mystic John Moriarty referred to aislings as dream visions that were popular with 'people who, religiously, politically and economically, had been dispossessed'. Aogán Ó Rathaille, a 17th-century bard credited as the father of the genre, is referenced in the show notes, as are modern poets such as Eavan Boland , WB Yeats and Seamus Heaney , all of whom Long draws on to weave her visual narratives. READ MORE Central to the exhibition's symbolism is the fern, a plant whose reproductive nature and ancient origins make it a richly allegorical motif. Unlike plants that rely on fertilisation and pollination, ferns are able to create offspring asexually, proliferating via spores and rhizomes that result in cellular clones. Many species of fern are native to Ireland, and the plant appears throughout Long's paintings in a blend of quasi-religious iconography, personal memory and feminist representational forms. [ Gabriel Buttigieg: Sheela/Sansun(a) – Bridging Islands review: A cross-cultural reflection on motherhood Opens in new window ] Take her work I Thought Her the Queen of the Land. This impressive large-scale canvas revolves around a single vertical fern; it is flanked by a pair of yellow triangles and capped by a crown that is, in turn, lit by a golden halo. On either side of the central panel is a nebula of pulsing reds, purples and yellows that look like flickering tea lights or roses waving in the wind. The whole composition rests on a foundation of pink shapes that are reminiscent of a stone wall or of the interlocking vascular cells within leaf tissue. The work's title is painted into the canvas, along with a patchwork of sentences that cannot be deciphered easily – the artist published her novella w/W in 2024, and there are traces of writing throughout the exhibition, providing another stratum of meaning in these semantically charged paintings. Aisling Is a Dream continues at SO Fine Art Editions , Dublin, until Saturday, June 28th
USA Today
21-03-2025
- USA Today
'I need to be home': Stranded Heathrow passengers separated from loved ones
'I need to be home': Stranded Heathrow passengers separated from loved ones LONDON – Thousands of travelers stranded by a huge fire near London's Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, scrambled to find ways to get home and reunite with their families on Friday as they faced what could be days of disruptions. Heathrow was shut as around 70 firefighters sought to put down the blaze at a nearby electrical substation in the west of London that knocked out power at the airport as well as the area's back-up power system. Airlines advised passengers not to travel to the airport, and Britain's energy minister Ed Miliband warned it would take time to recover from the "catastrophic" fire. Waiting at central London's Paddington station, which normally offers express train service to Heathrow, U.S. traveller Tyler Prieb contacted airlines Friday morning, hoping to find a new flight back to his home in Nashville, Tennessee. "I'm sure everybody is going to need a new flight somewhere, somehow. So I'm just trying to get ahead of that the best I can," said Prieb, 36, who was in London for work and to see friends. "Hopefully, it will just take me an extra day to get back to my wife and my daughter. And they are probably wishing I would be home already," he said. More: Heathrow Airport in London closed after electrical substation fire cuts power In the meantime, Prieb said he had asked OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT for ways to pass the time. "I thought maybe I'd go explore another city somewhere," he said. Heathrow was due to handle 1,351 flights during the day, flying up to 291,000 passengers. A Heathrow spokesperson told Reuters in an email that there was no clarity on when power would be restored, and they expected significant disruption over the coming days. John Moriarty, another U.S. traveller, listened attentively to his phone's speaker, hoping to get through to his airline's customer service helpline. The 75-year-old said he was anxious to return to Boston to see his daughter, who had travelled from New York to visit him. "All the lines are busy, so I might be here another day. Not the worst thing in the world. (London) is my favourite city, but I need to be home," 75-year-old John Moriarty said. Travel experts said the disruption would extend far beyond Heathrow, and global flight schedules will be affected more broadly, as many aircraft will now be out of position. More: Global flight turmoil as London's Heathrow closed by huge fire Mahmoud Ali, 40, an employee of Domino's Pizza in London, had been due to fly to his native Pakistan to be with his wife and children, who he has not seen since last summer. "They are waiting for me. I'm trying to call the airline and Heathrow (to find out) what time the situation will be resolved," he said. The fire has also forced the rerouting of incoming flights, leaving passengers unsure of where they will land. Some flights from the United States were turning around mid-air and returning to their point of departure. However U.S. flights overall did not to appear to be significantly impacted Friday morning, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware, which reported over 900 delays and fewer than 150 cancellations across the entire country as of 9 a.m. ET. Adrian Spender, who works at British retailer Tesco, said in a post on X that he was on an Airbus A380 that had been headed for Heathrow. "#Heathrow no idea where we are going yet. Currently over Austria," he wrote. Travelers scheduled to fly into, out of or through Heathrow are urged to check with their airline. Airlines like American, Delta, JetBlue, United, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are offering to rebooked impacted customers without penalty. (This story has been updated with new information.) Reporting by Catarina Demony; Writing by Alvise Armellini; Editing by Joe Bavier. Contributing: Eve Chen, USA TODAY
Arab News
21-03-2025
- Arab News
‘I need to be home': Pakistanis among stranded Heathrow passengers separated from loved ones
LONDON: Thousands of travelers stranded by a huge fire near London's Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, scrambled to find ways to get home and reunite with their families on Friday as they faced what could be days of disruptions. Heathrow was shut as around 70 firefighters sought to put down the blaze at a nearby electrical substation in the west of London that knocked out power at the airport as well as the area's back-up power system. Airlines advised passengers not to travel to the airport, and Britain's energy minister Ed Miliband warned it would take time to recover from the 'catastrophic' fire. Waiting at central London's Paddington station, which normally offers express train service to Heathrow, US traveler Tyler Prieb contacted airlines Friday morning, hoping to find a new flight back to his home in Nashville, Tennessee. 'I'm sure everybody is going to need a new flight somewhere, somehow. So I'm just trying to get ahead of that the best I can,' said Prieb, 36, who was in London for work and to see friends. 'Hopefully, it will just take me an extra day to get back to my wife and my daughter. And they are probably wishing I would be home already,' he said. In the meantime, Prieb said he had asked OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT for ways to pass the time. 'I thought maybe I'd go explore another city somewhere,' he said. Heathrow was due to handle 1,351 flights during the day, flying up to 291,000 passengers. A Heathrow spokesperson told Reuters in an email that there was no clarity on when power would be restored, and they expected significant disruption over the coming days. John Moriarty, another US traveler, listened attentively to his phone's speaker, hoping to get through to his airline's customer service helpline. The 75-year-old said he was anxious to return to Boston to see his daughter, who had traveled from New York to visit him. 'All the lines are busy, so I might be here another day. Not the worst thing in the world. (London) is my favorite city, but I need to be home,' 75-year-old John Moriarty said. Travel experts said the disruption would extend far beyond Heathrow, and global flight schedules will be affected more broadly, as many aircraft will now be out of position. Mahmoud Ali, 40, an employee of Domino's Pizza in London, had been due to fly to his native Pakistan to be with his wife and children, who he has not seen since last summer. 'They are waiting for me. I'm trying to call the airline and Heathrow (to find out) what time the situation will be resolved,' he said. The fire has also forced the rerouting of incoming flights, leaving passengers unsure of where they will land. Some flights from the United States were turning around mid-air and returning to their point of departure. Adrian Spender, who works at British retailer Tesco, said in a post on X that he was on an Airbus A380 that had been headed for Heathrow. '#Heathrow no idea where we are going yet. Currently over Austria,' he wrote.
Zawya
21-03-2025
- Zawya
'I need to be home': stranded Heathrow passengers separated from loved ones
Thousands of travellers stranded by a huge fire near London's Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, scrambled to find ways to get home and reunite with their families on Friday as they faced what could be days of disruptions. Heathrow was shut as around 70 firefighters sought to put down the blaze at a nearby electrical substation in the west of London that knocked out power at the airport as well as the area's back-up power system. Airlines advised passengers not to travel to the airport, and Britain's energy minister Ed Miliband warned it would take time to recover from the "catastrophic" fire. Waiting at central London's Paddington station, which normally offers express train service to Heathrow, U.S. traveller Tyler Prieb contacted airlines Friday morning, hoping to find a new flight back to his home in Nashville, Tennessee. "I'm sure everybody is going to need a new flight somewhere, somehow. So I'm just trying to get ahead of that the best I can," said Prieb, 36, who was in London for work and to see friends. "Hopefully, it will just take me an extra day to get back to my wife and my daughter. And they are probably wishing I would be home already," he said. In the meantime, Prieb said he had asked OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT for ways to pass the time. "I thought maybe I'd go explore another city somewhere," he said. Heathrow was due to handle 1,351 flights during the day, flying up to 291,000 passengers. A Heathrow spokesperson told Reuters in an email that there was no clarity on when power would be restored, and they expected significant disruption over the coming days. John Moriarty, another U.S. traveller, listened attentively to his phone's speaker, hoping to get through to his airline's customer service helpline. The 75-year-old said he was anxious to return to Boston to see his daughter, who had travelled from New York to visit him. "All the lines are busy, so I might be here another day. Not the worst thing in the world. (London) is my favourite city, but I need to be home," 75-year-old John Moriarty said. Travel experts said the disruption would extend far beyond Heathrow, and global flight schedules will be affected more broadly, as many aircraft will now be out of position. Mahmoud Ali, 40, an employee of Domino's Pizza in London, had been due to fly to his native Pakistan to be with his wife and children, who he has not seen since last summer. "They are waiting for me. I'm trying to call the airline and Heathrow (to find out) what time the situation will be resolved," he said. The fire has also forced the rerouting of incoming flights, leaving passengers unsure of where they will land. Some flights from the United States were turning around mid-air and returning to their point of departure. Adrian Spender, who works at British retailer Tesco, said in a post on X that he was on an Airbus A380 that had been headed for Heathrow. "#Heathrow no idea where we are going yet. Currently over Austria," he wrote.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Yahoo
'I need to be home': stranded Heathrow passengers separated from loved ones
By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of travellers stranded by a huge fire near London's Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, scrambled to find ways to get home and reunite with their families on Friday as they faced what could be days of disruptions. Heathrow was shut as around 70 firefighters sought to put down the blaze at a nearby electrical substation in the west of London that knocked out power at the airport as well as the area's back-up power system. Airlines advised passengers not to travel to the airport, and Britain's energy minister Ed Miliband warned it would take time to recover from the "catastrophic" fire. Waiting at central London's Paddington station, which normally offers express train service to Heathrow, U.S. traveller Tyler Prieb contacted airlines Friday morning, hoping to find a new flight back to his home in Nashville, Tennessee. "I'm sure everybody is going to need a new flight somewhere, somehow. So I'm just trying to get ahead of that the best I can," said Prieb, 36, who was in London for work and to see friends. "Hopefully, it will just take me an extra day to get back to my wife and my daughter. And they are probably wishing I would be home already," he said. In the meantime, Prieb said he had asked OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT for ways to pass the time. "I thought maybe I'd go explore another city somewhere," he said. Heathrow was due to handle 1,351 flights during the day, flying up to 291,000 passengers. A Heathrow spokesperson told Reuters in an email that there was no clarity on when power would be restored, and they expected significant disruption over the coming days. John Moriarty, another U.S. traveller, listened attentively to his phone's speaker, hoping to get through to his airline's customer service helpline. The 75-year-old said he was anxious to return to Boston to see his daughter, who had travelled from New York to visit him. "All the lines are busy, so I might be here another day. Not the worst thing in the world. (London) is my favourite city, but I need to be home," 75-year-old John Moriarty said. Travel experts said the disruption would extend far beyond Heathrow, and global flight schedules will be affected more broadly, as many aircraft will now be out of position. Mahmoud Ali, 40, an employee of Domino's Pizza in London, had been due to fly to his native Pakistan to be with his wife and children, who he has not seen since last summer. "They are waiting for me. I'm trying to call the airline and Heathrow (to find out) what time the situation will be resolved," he said. The fire has also forced the rerouting of incoming flights, leaving passengers unsure of where they will land. Some flights from the United States were turning around mid-air and returning to their point of departure. Adrian Spender, who works at British retailer Tesco, said in a post on X that he was on an Airbus A380 that had been headed for Heathrow. "#Heathrow no idea where we are going yet. Currently over Austria," he wrote.
