Éaḃa Maher
**Do it Anyway** confronts the aversion to activities that make us feel exposed. Through video, sound and projection Maher creates an immersive installation that tackles feelings of shame and vulnerability, and how these affect ones capacity to move freely.
A video work, filmed on site, is central to the installation. In **Say Moving is Easy** Maher's performance invites the viewer to mirror their movements as they demonstrate actions that are, at times, perceived as unusual, unprofessional or inappropriate. In a series of gestures that nod to theater and improv, Maher interacts with a chair and dances. In this space, fear of perception and rejection does not limit the body, and unbound by these constructs, it moves.
Inspired by electronic club music, the original audio piece **How to Cartwheel** accompanies the installation, encouraging the viewer to participate in movement.
In **Feeling Better**, a confessional piece of text is projected on the curtains around the video work, creating a sense of voyeurism between the author and the reader. The author’s vulnerability is exploited, and demonstrates to the audience the freedom in letting go of self imposed constraints. **Do it Anyway** insists that there are no rules, any attempt at expression is correct.
Through a research process that involves engaging in conversations, Maher creates opportunities for discussions about shame, vulnerability, fulfilment and pleasure in a culture of productivity.
Through methods that involve vulnerability and movement, Maher highlights the absurd and arbitrary nature of constraints of expression. Their exploration of the limits of these cultural norms culminates in outcome that ranges from text pieces to performance to camera and soundscapes. Maher has exhibited in **Mud Between the Toes**, Pallas Projects/Studios (2025), **BALLY**, Stratford Lodge Hall (2025), **Cultúr**, The Soundhouse (2024) and **Fractal**, Powerscourt Townhouse Dublin (2024).
