About
Situated: Artists is a publishing and research project by Gavin Kenny, Josh Stanley, and Federica Crescenzi that seeks to map out and document artists across Ireland whose practices are connected to the land and their environment.
Through a series of studio visits, filmed interviews, and photographic documentation, the project will produce both a book and a web archive that together form a portrait of contemporary artistic practice in Ireland. The project is primarily aimed at artists, curators, and arts organisations, while also engaging a broader public audience through its publication and dissemination.
The project is grounded in the belief that the studio is not simply a site of production, but a spatial, social, and ecological context that shapes artistic thinking and creativity. By situating artists within their working environments, rural, urban and coastal, the project aims to explore how land informs process and the narratives that emerge as a result.
The publication will be produced with the support of Travelling Light, an organisation focused on art documentation, film, and publication design, which supports artists and institutions through multimedia production and creative publishing. Travelling Light’s interdisciplinary approach to combining video, photography, and publication design within artistic production.
Situated: Artists shifts the focus from the finished artworks to the conditions of making: the studio environment as landscape, the artist as its inhabitants, and practice as a form of ecological and social engagement.
Situated: Artists is both a documentation project and a cultural intervention that seeks to map how artists live and work within the Irish landscape. Through the combined format of a book and an archive, the project will record artistic practice deeply rooted in place.
Federica Crescenzi is a Project Manager and Production Coordinator based in Dublin, with experience working across diverse international cultural contexts. Driven by a commitment to cultural programming, she engages deeply with artistic processes, publications, and interdisciplinary creative environments.
Federica has extensive experience in cultural programming and the organisation of international independent press fairs, particularly as a team member of the long-running Miss Read annual art book fair in Berlin. She is currently organising the second edition of the Dublin Small Press Fair and working as a Production Coordinator for an artwork presentation at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh. Her practice is focused on video and photography presentations, alongside a growing interest in art book publishing.
In her production work, Federica is currently curating a series of cultural events (Casa Projects) in Dublin, further expanding her engagement with contemporary art and public programming.
PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR
Video Artist
Josh Stanley is a video artist focused on capturing experiences as they’re felt, not just how they look. Working across experiential industries, his work is driven by energy, atmosphere, and the small moments that bring everything to life.
Blending storytelling with a strong visual and sonic sensibility, he is particularly interested in the relationship between colour and sound, and how these elements work together to shape emotion, memory, and mood. His editing based on rhythm allows pace and tone to unfold the narrative naturally.
He holds a postgraduate qualification in Music and Media Technologies from Trinity College Dublin, a programme that explores the intersection of engineering, music, and new media, blending creative practice with technical innovation to push the boundaries of sound and visual expression.
He is also an experienced webmaster and digital strategist, bringing together a deep understanding of online platforms, user experience, and performance-driven content to his projects.
Photographer
Gavin Joseph Kenny is a photographer based in Dublin, working across portraiture & landscape, exploring the relationship between people and the environments they inhabit.
His practice is centred on the connection between people and place, observing how surroundings shape identity, culture, and atmosphere.
His projects Bláthanna Fiáine (Wildflowers, 2024 - present) and Nothing in Particular (2023 - present) are motivated by the connection between human presence, nature & environment. He often approaches his practice as a documentarian, seeking to reveal something honest within his encounters, quiet reflections of culture, presence and belonging.
Gavin has also been selected to exhibit a photograph at this year’s RHA 196th Annual Exhibition, opening in May 2026 in Dublin.