Ektos: An Exhibition by Philip Arneill, (Ballina Arts Centre), Runs 21st January 2pm until 25th February 5pm - Visit North Mayo

Ektos (‘outside’ in Greek) is the root of ‘ectoplasm’, the physical substance left behind by ghosts. Even before Covid-19, Ireland faced an unprecedented crisis with over 10,000 registered homeless…

…Encapsulating both visibility and invisibility, they provide ghostly, constant reminders of a problem in plain sight, unsolved and insufficiently addressed. A literal outer skin, discarded by those living as outsiders within.