The patient will see you now was an interactive installation and one-to-one performance work. This solo exhibition took place at A4 Sounds Studios in December 2020. Focusing on the inadequacies and farcical nature of accessing healthcare in Ireland, the work questions and exposes bureaucracies that oppress those who fall outside certain definitions of ‘normal,’ ‘valuable’, and ‘productive’.

From A4 Sounds’ website:

Áine’s work experiments with form, and focuses on connection, conversation, and care. Their long term ambitions include demanding adequate access to theatre and the arts for disabled communities through the creation of large scale, ambitious work as well as the continuation of community building projects like Chronic Chats; a creative and social group for chronically ill people which grew from their research as part of her artist residency. Áine was the recipient of our We Only Want the Earth’s Project Award in partnership with Fire Station Artists’ Studio, Dublin Central Housing Action and consulting artist Kerry Guinan. Kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.

Artist
Áine O’Hara

A4 Curatorial Team
Evelyn Broderick
Síobhán Clancy
Lisa Crowne
Andrew Edgar
Dónal Holland

Production Team
Alec Moore | Filming & Editing
Kate-Bowe O’Brien | Photography
Frank Prendergast | Fabrication