Forerunner

On 28 March 2025 from 4–6pm, Forerunner will lead an informal discussion on their research into the physical fabric of Ormston House. Admission is free and all are welcome.

Forerunner is a collaboration by artists Tom Watt, Tanad Aaron, and Andreas Kindler von Knobloch. In this event, they will discuss their speculative survey into the structural composition of the basement at Ormston House. They will share their visionary plans for the future use of these subterranean spaces.

Forerunner’s exhibitions and works include Let’s Get the Hell Out of Here at The LAB, Dublin, 2024; Granite Leap, the inaugural commission for Kunstverein Aughrim, Wicklow, 2022; and Young Fossil II at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 2022.

About the artists:

Tom Watt is a visual artist based in Moray, Scotland. He holds a BA in Fine Art from the National College of Art and Design (NCAD). Watt’s practice investigates man-made marks on the landscape and new opportunities in their architecture. Commonplace building materials, including wood, metal, and concrete, are employed to offer access to these spaces.

Tanad Aaron is a visual artist living and working in Dublin. He graduated in 2012 from the Sculpture Department in NCAD. He works with a variety of material-specific mediums on research-based, large-scale, and often permanent or semi-permanent works focusing on landscape, built environment, or language.

Andreas Kindler von Knobloch is an artist currently living in Brussels and working in Ireland. He holds BAs from NCAD and University College Dublin and an MFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and Oregon College of Art and Craft. His work focuses on systems of support and participation through the creation of structures, objects, and spaces that question our material and social relations.

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