Glenn Loughran is an artist, educator, and researcher based in Dublin, Ireland. For over two decades, he has led durational, socially engaged art projects in collaboration with diverse communities. Rooted in local contexts, these initiatives promote contributory research through event-based practices. Notable projects include What is an Island? (2018–2021), After the Future… of Work (2017–2019), and The HedgeSchool Project (2006–2012). Artefacts from these projects were showcased in his solo exhibition, Night Study, at Uillinn Arts Centre in 2025. Spanning 2008 to 2025, this exhibition also featured a newly commissioned site-specific installation, Night Study, created especially for Uillinn. The installation employed a movable lighting system to navigate the gallery and explore the history and politics of study in an era of inattention. Glenn has presented his work at the Creative Time Summit, the Venice Biennale, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the ELIA Biennale. His recent publications include What is an Island? Towards a Patchwork Pedagogy for a World Archipelago (2024, Create) and Events of Art and Education in Post-Climate Times, co-authored with Prof. Carl Anders Stäfström (2025, Routledge).
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January – December 2026
Practice: Multidisciplinary Practice / Socially Engaged Practice / Sculpture / Visual Arts / Critical Writing
Research Focus
Glenn’s research during this time is situated within the broader IMMA thematic: Technologies of Peace, which will culminate in a large-scale, 3-year exhibition, beginning in September 2026. Within this framework Glenn is exploring the history and politics of integrated schooling through the lens of educational technologies. Specific to this research is the first integrated school in N. Ireland, Lagan College, which was set up in the Ardnavally Scout Hall in South Belfast in 1981. Taking the scout hall as the original site of the integrated schooling in N. Ireland, this project will weave film, photography, interviews and objects into an artistic installation.
More about the Dwell Here Residency
Dwell Here offers participants a simple proposition: to commit to this time and place while thinking deeply about its urgencies. Together we are curious to learn what can be activated or challenged through the process of dwelling. IMMA encourages reflection across the following themes to consider geographical, historical, political and cultural concepts of Ireland as a starting point to expand and connect international contexts through similarities and differences:
Technologies of Peace – to consider commemorative landscapes and memories of peace (as a dream, movement, or value) while generating perspectives on sustainable coexistence.
The Irish Paradigm – Welcomes artistic research that creates intimacy and connections, while celebrating the perceived agility and freedoms of operating on the periphery. As a small island on the edge of Europe, Ireland often has a challenging relationship with ‘the centre’.
The Museum as a Site of Vibration – consider how the museum and site can create new vibrations and rhythms within the built legacy of empire. How can museums make visible cultural shifts, including erased, censored or marginalised histories, as well as sustainability, planetary care, sharing and hospitality.