Artist Rita Duffy began The Raft Project at the height of what she described as the “complete and absolute apocalyptic confusion” of Brexit last March. Freighted with symbolismThe Raft Project is freighted with symbolism. The work is meant to suggest that there are bigger things in the world than Brexit. “There is a consciousness that we are living in a world going further and further towards the edge of extinction and we are obsessing about nationality when we should be doing directly the opposite,” she said. That’s the only thing that’s going to save us.”The Raft Project will also be installed in several prominent city locations in London and Paris once it leaves Trinity on February 19th.

Source: The Irish Times January 31, 2020 18:45 UTC