About Us

The Domestic Godless are a collective of three artists (Mick O'Shea, Irene Murphy and Stephen Brandes) who explore food - it's cultural values, it's taste and it's presentation - as material for artistic endeavor and experimentation.

The Domestic Godless came into existence with a cooking performance at the opening of the exhibition Artists/Groups at Project Arts Centre, Dublin in 2003. We have since realized up to 3 projects a year, each requiring formidable amounts of research and preparation. We continue to develop ideas and recipes which employ food as a medium through which to convey empathy, absurdism, misbehaviour, aesthetic unorthodoxy and other qualities that distinguish art from craft, and food from mere sustenance.

Whilst cooking and the public presentatation of original dishes have been central to our practice, we do not stick to a manifesto and keep our repertoire unpredictable. Our aim is not merely to shock our audiences but lead them through a carefully orchestrated range of cerebral, visual and gustatory experiences.

Never mind the salad...

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