Square Moon on Isle of Inishfree

You would be forgiven for presuming these images are photoshopped, however rest assured, this is an actual installation carried out for the Square Moon Phase 2 project on the famous Isle of Inishfree on Lough Gill, County Sligo
The Square Moon artwork was commissioned by Yeats2015 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of WB Yeats and is part of a series of Year long events across Ireland and beyond. The international competition to design an art or architectural work for the island was won by a Korean/ UK team and the studio was asked to interpret their design into a lightweight version that could be installed and operated with ease for use on particular dates such as the current full moon phase.
Our sincere thanks to all the team at Sligo IT including Michael Rolston, the team at Rathedmond Engineering and all the many suppliers who helped along the way. It was a very complex artwork to design and organise however the many logistical factors were also designed into the structure to make installation and removal an easy process
Project Clients: Sligo IT with Hazelwood Demesne Ltd, Yeats 2015, Western Development Commission (WDC) and The Model, Sligo

You can see more information at the following web sites
Yeats 2015
Yeats Society
and on Facebook ‘Yeats2015’
Liminal Spaces, the amazing exhibition of all the entries to the competition continues at the Model until the 23rd of December 2015
The Model  Twitter: @modelsligo