Unworlding (2026) Galway ArtS cENTRE

Solo exhibition by curated by Megs Morley Galway Arts Centre, Ireland 15 May - 28 June 2026

UnWorlding explores wildness, the untamed, the feral and the unruly, not as chaos but as a force that resists control. Bringing together film, photography and sculptural installations incorporating readymade objects, the exhibition gathers figures and sites where this wildness persists: in landscapes shaped by colonial violence, in the unruly terrains of queer desire, and in forms of life that exceed the boundaries imposed by the human.

Presented across the two floors of Galway Arts Centre, the exhibition traces a constellation of figures and sites where this wildness takes form. The wolf appears as a spectral presence, a reminder of what colonial violence sought to eradicate. The cruising ground emerges as a landscape of unruly desire. The dance floor becomes a space of ecstatic collective unmaking. A medieval saint blurs the boundaries between sacred and profane, while monstrous forms resist easy recognition altogether.

At the centre of the exhibition is a new 16mm film, Landscapes of Shame. The film traces the extinction of the Irish grey wolf through the violent landscape transformations of British colonisation and the cultural logics that accompanied it. Moving between folklore, personal memory and archival histories, the work reflects on how the eradication of the wolf continues to echo through Ireland’s ecological, cultural and queer histories.

Funded by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

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