Re/cusp

Re/cusp features a short performance film with experimental audio in which Martin uses the land and direct surroundings to explore the uncontrollable, cyclical obstacles of an ongoing medical condition. The work juxtaposes corporeal endurance alongside reflections upon nature’s unpredictable elements. With a breeze resonating through windchimes handmade from foraged driftwood, and patterns created by the relationship between sand with water, Martin considers ceaseless movement and uncertainty. 

This new body of work has been supported by the Support for the Individual Artist Programme, 2024, which is funded by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. 

To coincide with Northern Ireland Mental Health Arts Festival (9-20 May), Molly will be doing a talk which elaborates on the themes of her work and ties in with this year’s festival focus on ‘catharsis’. Molly’s work, situated at a flashpoint between the body and landscape explores a way of expressing the mind-body disconnection and un/lived experiences she experiences as someone with epilepsy. This talk will address the mirroring that she finds in natural phenomena which informs her performative and cathartic work. 

About the artist

Molly Martin (she/her) is a visual artist based in Belfast. Her practice combines a mix of photography, video, audio and performance, often exploring themes of the body and environment. She is a graduate of Belfast School of Art and Design with a first- class Honours Degree in Photography with Video and distinction in International Study from the prestigious Moholy Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest. Recent exhibitions include: Towards New Worlds, MIMA (2024-2025) A BIGGER PICTURE, Belfast International Photo Festival (2022). She has also participated in the Belfast International Festival of Performance Art (2022), and her photography published in Source Magazine. In 2023, Molly was the first recipient of the New Video Award for her work ‘Misshapen States’, sponsored by Hamilton Architects, at the 141st RUA Annual Exhibition. 

PS² is supported by Belfast City Council and The National Lottery through Arts Council of Northern Ireland and project funding from Belfast City Council.