{"id":8170,"date":"2022-05-04T14:33:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=8170"},"modified":"2022-06-29T09:23:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T09:23:33","slug":"aoife-hester-wicklow-wanderings","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/exhibitions\/aoife-hester-wicklow-wanderings\/","title":{"rendered":"Aoife Hester | Wicklow Wanderings: Lockdown Landscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Opening Reception: Sunday, 26<sup>th<\/sup> June, 3 \u2013 5pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This exhibition was formed as a direct result of the circumstances created from Covid 19 and spending large amounts of time exploring my 5k radius. I have always appreciated Bray and I would have often taken photos within the area over the years. However, when I found myself embracing the slower pace of life from around March of 2020, I started to really take more photos while I was out for my walks.<\/p>\n<p>I started to notice and appreciate scenes that were always on my doorstep, but possibly taken for granted or overlooked. I took a lot of sunrise photos on the beach and I gained a huge appreciation for the stunning landscape at Killruddery and Belmont Demense. This exhibition focuses on a good aspect of the restricted movements, for me personally. Bray is very diverse and I found myself often thinking that no two mornings were ever the same down the beach as I was capturing the sunrise.<\/p>\n<p>Since the restrictions have eased off and we have been allowed to move about more freely, I have really enjoyed exploring the county of Wicklow, photographing areas that I always knew were there but rarely took the time to properly appreciate. Before the pandemic hit, I think I was of the mindset that you needed to travel further afield to take satisfying photos. However, now I don&#8217;t feel the need to travel far at all, to take a photo that I&#8217;m happy with.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahphotos.ie\">www.ahphotos.ie<\/a> or follow me on Instagram for more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ahphotos_ie\/\">@ahphotos_ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mec-booking-button mec-bg-color\" href=\"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/product-category\/aoife-hester-wicklow-wanderings-lockdown-landscapes\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">View All Pieces<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"640\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 640px; border: none; max-width: 100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"xr-spatial-tracking; gyroscope; accelerometer\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/kuula.co\/share\/collection\/7v1Xv?logo=1&#038;info=1&#038;fs=1&#038;vr=0&#038;zoom=1&#038;sd=1&#038;autorotate=0.12&#038;autop=25&#038;thumbs=1&#038;inst=0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This exhibition was formed as a direct result of the circumstances created from Covid 19 and spending large amounts of time exploring my 5k radius. I have always appreciated Bray and I would have often taken photos within the area over the years. However, when I found myself embracing the slower pace of life from around March of 2020, I started to really take more photos while I was out for my walks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[199],"mec_category":[13],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/8170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8170"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=8170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}