During this artist’s talk in the Renault 4, Ruth and Niamh present their research on W.B Yeats, and its development into a new body of work, A Collection of Disarticulated Bones. This long-term research project examines how decisions relating to preservation and presentation can shape national and individual identities, in the context of imperialism, late capitalism, rising ethno-nationalism and polarised public debate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Niamh and Ruth talk about, ‘Yeats' legacy in Sligo, and more broadly in Ireland: the things we choose to remember, and the things we choose to forget. As well as our thoughts around bones, relics, souvenirs, trade routes, pilgrimages and tourist sites. Here is a photo attached of the young navy sailors (among them Ruth's great uncle) bringing home someone's bones from France.’