We are delighted to have commissioned artist Sarah Bracken to create an animated artwork for our young audiences. 'Spectrum' can currently be seen in The Ark’s Longroom throughout our current exhibition Once Upon a Picture.
The Ark is delighted to unveil a newly commissioned animated artwork by artist Sarah Bracken called Spectrum. The artwork can currently be seen in The Ark’s Longroom throughout our current exhibition Once Upon a Picture.
At the heart of the piece is a stop-animation piece exploring themes of friendship, colour and girl power in a beautifully imaginative world where people travel in cupcake cars and live in colourful mushrooms! The animation itself is housed in a really cute birdhouse theatre (complete with popcorn! It has been lovely to watch children take it in turns to peer into the tiny venue to watch the three minute animation.
Take a look at a clip from Spectrum to get a flavour of the animation – be warned, the clip does finish on a cliff-hanger! 
We are also lucky enough to be able to show another piece of Sarah’s artwork – Threshold is another animation which is housed inside a letter box so you have to watch through the flap. This piece is from an interactive project called ‘Letterbox Dublin’ which has been featured in many publications and on Sky Atlantic Show 'Urban Secrets'.
You can see both these pieces at The Ark until Sat 2nd May as part of our free exhibition Once Upon a Picture. Find out opening times here.
About the artist:
Sarah Bracken is an artist and designer based in Dublin. She founded her publishing company Baby BEEF independent art press in 2006 and has exhibited her artist books and zines around the world. She runs a small craft business called Rosie's Rags, where she sell embroidery kits online and to selected boutiques.
In 2011 she founded the Dublin Zine Fair to support, promote and celebrate DIY publishing, independent press, artist books and zines. It runs annually in August. In her art practice, she works project to project, in print, animation, drawing, interactive art installations and embroidery. Find out more at www.brackensarah.com