Sandy Kennedy is an Irish artist. She looks at communicating human fragility to others through sensory experiences and perceptions and develops poetic, open ended works, where a sense of self unfolds in shifting gestures using moving image, text and augmented sound. At its core her work explores dissociation, dreamlike waking states and she uses sound as a visceral sensory perceptive tool. Transitory moments interweave to reveal hidden 'narratives' in a rhapsody of sound and image, moving beyond the sensory to be carried deep in the body.
Her interdisciplinary practice includes painting, drawing, photography, installation but more recently film. A member of Visual Artists Ireland, At Home Studios and Lux Critical Forum Dublin, she studied fine art at Chelsea School of art London and film and sound at The National Film School IADT Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.
Kennedy has been a recipient of Film Bursary, Professional Development, and Agility Awards from the Arts Council of Ireland. Recently she completed At Sea a feature film funded by an Arts Council Film Project Award. Her work is part of the collection of the Arts Council of Ireland.
In 2022 The Incorporeal Body of a Shadow Soul 2021 [made with a Short Grass Film Bursary award from Kildare County Council] was part of 'In the long now', a touring programme curated by www.aemi.ie. This programme of artist films premiered at CIFF, [Cork International Film Festival], November 9th 2021 and in 2022 screened at WORM Rotterdam, Film huis Cavia, Amsterdam, The Model Sligo, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, Visual Carlow, and Galleri Format Malmo Sweden.
Most recently At Sea screened at the Galway Film Fleadh 2024 and was nominated for Peripheral Visions, a European cinema award.
Filmography
At Sea 2023/24 Duration 67:15
The Incorporeal Body Of A Shadow Soul 2021 Duration 12:59
Momento Somnia 2021 Duration 7:30
Night and Dreams. 2019 Duration: 8:32 mins and 5:00 mins.
Allegory 2017 Duration 7:20 mins
Cameo Reel 2016 Duration 1:35 mins
Finding A Voice 2015 Duration 15:00 mins (Radio) Documentary Abstract.
Paradise versus the Paradiso Effect 2015 Duration 15:00 mins Poetic Documentary
Sonnet 2006 Duration 1:00 min Looped
Shadow Dancing 2006 Duration 1:00 min Looped
