Mary Ward's Amazing World of Wonder
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MARY WARD
NATURALIST
MICROSCOPIST
ENTOMOLOGIST
ILLUSTRATOR
AUTHOR


Caroline Conwat artist
Zoetrope animation of ferns
​An immersive video projection and soundscape, drawing on the Victorian  tradition of Science as Performance,adapted from Mary Ward's book "A World of Wonders as Revealed by the Microscope"  published in 1858.

Mary Ward's Amazing World of Wonder highlights the flora and fauna of the Irish Peatlands, women in science, the historical context and, through the associated talks and workshops,  environmental  and conservation issues inherent with the bog and insect populations.
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  community
schools
festivals.

  Tina Claffey and Caroline Conway
Mapped video projection Birr Castle
Mary Ward projection at Birr Castle
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