International Literature Festival Dublin 2019

Festival Commission

SLOW READ HERE

Colin Priest

17th – 26th May 2019

Connecting architecture and literature, artist and architect Colin Priest has installed a city-
wide site-specific intervention titled SLOW READ HERE. Conceived as a contemporary
rustication, a type of architectural finishing commonly found across Dublin’s older buildings
will ‘slow’ the reading of space. Starting at the Irish Architecture Foundation and ending at
the Irish Architectural Archive the work found on windows, hoardings and objects, set to
gently encourage new street-level stories and a fresh perspective to the city’s new, old and
fragile architectures. Colin has exhibited across the UK and internationally with works that
incorporate intervention, writing and performance associated with spatial production and
experience of built histories.

#slowreadhere

WALKING GUIDE
Approximately 2.5hrs

1. Irish Architecture Foundation, 15 Bachelors Walk, North City, Dublin 1

2. Townsend Street (on corner to Lombard St E)
3. Amiens Street (near Buckingham Street Lower)
4. St Mary’s Place N (near The Black Church, St Mary’s)
5. Parnell Street (near Jury’s Inn)
6. Church Street (near Hammond Lane)
7. Grattan Bridge, Capel St Bridge, Temple Bar, Dublin
8. Dublin Castle (on Ship Street Little)
9. St Patrick’s Park (25/26th May 2019), Bull Alley St, Wood Quay, Dublin

Longer Walk Destinations

9a. Dolphin’s Barn Street (near South Circular Road)
9b. Cork Street (near Southside Angling)

10. Peter Street (near Kevin Street Garda Station)

11. Portobello (near Portobello College)
12. Irish Architectural Archive, 45 Merrion Square E, Dublin 2