Mise Le Meas

Mise Le Meas is a new exhibition of letters, drawings, films and objects that presents work by young people who have left Dublin behind to find work or another life. Looking at their lives through architecture, they ask what factors have driven people away, what our young population have lost by leaving, what have we lost by losing them, and what about Dublin still haunts them?

Curated and produced by three architects who have also recently left Dublin for work, the exhibition is shaped by their own deep connection to the situation it aims to explore. Elsewhere, a new film which accompanies the exhibition, explores emigration through personal reflections gathered in a series of interviews filmed across Dublin, London and New York. It is a moving and powerful piece of work, for which IAF provides space and opportunity to discuss the emigration of young people through an architectural lens.

What is it that people are leaving behind? What is it that they hope to return to? Is return even something that this generation really considers? The exhibition does not claim to offer answers to the lists of problems young people face in Irish society. Instead, it gives space to the questions that often linger within the minds of those young people who have made the choice to leave.

Over the shoulder shot of a young woman and young man looking at drawings and writings mounted on a black wall.

The IAF is pleased to support Dawna to make this work critical to any discussion of Future Heritage. We champion their timely critique of this topic and draw strength from their intelligent, urgent purpose. The IAF is delighted to present this exhibition, which was proposed by Dawna as part of the Open To All call for ideas, now run annually as part of Open House Dublin.

Credits:

Exhibition curated and produced by Dawna: architects Aoife Casey, Paul Stewart, and Stephen Landy. With work by Kevin Donnelly, Liam Egan, David Hurley, Emily Jones, Petra Keane, Nessa Molumby, Emily Naughton, Luke O’Brien, Sophie Reid, and Killian White.

Elsewhere credits:

A film by Stephen Landy, made as part of the collective Dawna. Interviewees: Nessa Molumby, Bella Hughes, Séamus Small, Nicola Kenny, Katherine Landy, Killian White, Sam Kenny, Loris Nikolov, Aoife Casey, and Paul Stewart.

A man wearing a blue top and black trousers stands at a writing desk and chair. On the wall above the desk is a string with pieces of paper hanging from it - notes and drawings by visitors. The exhibition text, titled Mise Le Meas, is on the wall to the right of the desk.

Exhibit A

Mise Le Meas is one of three exhibitions presented by the IAF this autumn that act as evidence towards countering negative and untrue narratives about our built world. To Not Design Is To Cost The Earth argues the absolute value of design when it comes to building a better, fairer world. HouseEurope! presents evidence of the wanton, unnecessary demolition of buildings in Europe when cities and those that live in them badly need more space for housing.

The exhibitions are available to view from 4 October to 30 November at IAF House at Charlemont Square, Dublin.

Accessibility Information

IAF House is a temporary-use space and does not have direct access to toilet and washroom facilities inside the space. Participants and visitors have full use of toilets, including an accessible toilet, located in a separate adjoining building approximately 100 metres away. The space and doorways open wide, and the venue does not have any steps or stairs.

Please contact us at info@iaf.ie if you have any access requirements.

You can listen to the Audio Guide on your phone during your visit or anywhere with an internet connection. The Guide is an audio recording of all the text on the exhibition panels in IAF House this autumn.

Sensory Space

IAF House offers a sensory room, a quiet, calming space designed for visitors who may feel overstimulated or overwhelmed.

Exhibition photos by Ste Murray. Sensory space photo by IAF.