The National College
Fine Art Staff
Leah Hilliard, BA, MSc
Co-ordinator, MA Virtual Realities
Leah Hilliard works in digital media and performance. Her performance work ranges from spoken word through to performance to camera. She has represented Ireland at performance festivals nationally and internationally.
Currently the co-ordinator for the MA in Virtual Realties in the National College of Art and design, Leah took up the post in NCAD after completing the MSc in Multimedia Systems in Trinity College Dublin. Previous to her return to college she was the Artistic programme co-ordinator of Arthouse Multimedia Centre for the Arts, Temple Bar Dublin. She continues to work as an independent curator and exhibition advisor.
Embracing Failure (top,right)
It's not the word's you say,
But the ear that hears them
It's not the eyes that see
But the mind that interprets
Installation shot
Rummage
Emma McCanney and Leah Hilliard
Interactive installation (middle, right)
Cake Decorations , a bicycle tubing, half used tubes of goo, clothes,tablets, magazines and cosmetics.The kind of stuff that provides ample opportunity for rummaging.Using an almost monkey like ability to climb into cupboards we became apart of the contents which hold such fascination.
A typical early morning rummaging session while everyone sleeps begins with a light snack of red, Smartie shaped iron tablets.Quickly followed by a chocolate laxative or two. By rummaging we are searching for nothing in particular but are constantly entertained and amused by the theings we come across.
