Displacement
In this work, Shelley Corcoran explores, through video, projection and photography, the psychiatric mechanism of displacement and how it can be both adaptive and undesirable.
Shelley examines how, when displacement is used to the extreme through fantasy and neurotic behaviour, the fine line between the rational and the irrational is blurred. Are we all capable, when faced with an out of the ordinary situation of resorting to displacement in the extreme?
Shelley Corcoran, a native of Co. Longford received a distinction in her photography degree from IADT. Shelley’s works have always focused on identity and the inner workings of the self. Through her work she wishes to explore social and physiological characteristics that are not always obvious and recognised in our day to day lives but that affect us whether we are aware of them or not. Shelley has taken part many group shows both at home and abroad such as Open ev+a 2007, Curator Klaus Ottmann (Germany / USA)Co Limerick, Ireland , 411 Galleries, China, 2005 and 2008, ISM Community INSTANT GRATIFICATION Hibbleton Gallery, California 2009 and Station Gallery, Santa Monica, USA, 2010 and a solo show in The Joinery, Arbour Hill, Dublin. Shelley lived abroad for many years before returning to Ireland and believes living and working in different cultures has greatly influenced her work.
