International Journal of Education & the Arts

Seeing is always mediated, and this work addresses this idea. These images are views of the sky in Vancouver British Columbia seen through, and with power lines. I have always been interested in looking up at the sky, something I learnt to do when I moved to Dublin, Ireland to attend art college. Before then, I never felt I had to look for, or up at the sky; it was always there, uninterrupted. Since moving to Vancouver in January 2007 I have noticed that oftentimes my view of the sky is interrupted and mediated by powerlines - lines that run parallel, crossover and under, join, come together, veer apart, and go in different directions establishing connections and alliances, creating boundaries and enclosures. While the powerlines interrupt how I see the sky, they too become subjects of interest - ceilings of lines to be looked at, observed, understood and imagined anew.

Donal O Donoghue is a graduate of the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland. He is an Assistant Professor and Chair of Art Education at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada.

	Looking Away Recent works by Donal O Donoghue Seeing is always mediated, and this work addresses this idea. These images are views of the sky in Vancouver British Columbia seen through, and with power lines. I have always been interested in looking up at the sky, something I learnt to do when I moved to Dublin, Ireland to attend art college. Before then, I never felt I had to look for, or up at the sky; it was always there, uninterrupted. Since moving to Vancouver in January 2007 I have noticed that oftentimes my view of the sky is interrupted and mediated by powerlines - lines that run parallel, crossover and under, join, come together, veer apart, and go in different directions establishing connections and alliances, creating boundaries and enclosures. While the powerlines interrupt how I see the sky, they too become subjects of interest - ceilings of lines to be looked at, observed, understood and imagined anew. Donal O Donoghue is a graduate of the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland. He is an Assistant Professor and Chair of Art Education at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada.