Willie is a visiting professor at Ulster University. He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1994 and 2003 and has exhibited at Biennales and Museums globally. His research explores borders, both real and imagined, and the relationship between landscape and memory. Visit here for more on Willie’s art practice and academic profile.
Some of Northern Ireland’s leading performance artists since the 1970s discuss the role of the artist in conflicted public spaces, navigating subjects including violence against women, political conflict, clerical sexual abuse and our relationship with power.
A Derryman and a Syrian asylum seeker spend a day working on a bog with a complicated journey across the Irish border.
Watch the conversation with Paul Moore and filmmaker Ara Devine.
Continuing the critical conversations around child sexual abuse in Australia in the wake of the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (RCICSA, 2013-17).
UC acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where the Bruce campus is situated.
We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region.
We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.
difficult conversations is supported by the UK/Australia Season Patrons Board,
the British Council, and the Australian Government as part of the UK/Australia Season.
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