Ababukeli bakaBernadette Imizobo kaKiely ihlala icinga ukuba ziyi-acrylic kwilaphu. Enyanisweni, uqaba ngeoli. U-Kiely ngumzobi we-oyile okhukula indawo yakhe ngolwelo, egalela umoya omhlophe ukuze adibane kwiiseyile ezibekwe phantsi. Kodwa naye usebenzisa amanzi, ewatshiza ngokuthe ngqo kwizinto ezenziwe ngeoyile athe maxa wambi wongeza ilahle, i-pastel, netshokhwe. Ukuba imiphezulu yemizobo yakhe ikhangeleka inamanzi kungenxa yokuba ihamba ngenkqubo yokumanzisa, ukufunxwa, kunye nokomisa; uluhlu lwezenzo ezivumela i-pigment ukuba yahlukane, inqunyanyiswe, ishukume, kwaye ihambe ngeendlela ezihlala zingalindelekanga - nje ngeendawo ezinamanzi azipeyintayo. Umxhuzulane kunye nokuguquka kwamanzi kudlala indima, nto leyo ethetha ukuba indlela eyenziwe ngayo ihambelana kakuhle nombandela wakhe. Umboniso wakhe wamva nje kwiLavit Gallery eCork ubonise imizobo yemilambo kunye nezikhukula.
UKiely wakhulela ecaleni koMlambo iSuir. Ukuqubha, ukuloba, izikhukula, kunye nendalo eguqukayo, ehlala ikhona yamanzi ibalulekile kwingqondo yakhe kunye nendawo. Kwistudiyo sakhe esisecaleni kwekhaya lakhe e-Thomastown, kwi-County Kilkenny, upeyinta ubude boMlambo iNore obunokubonwa kumnyango wakhe wangaphambili. Kodwa kwakhona ufumana umxholo onamanzi kuhambo lwakhe, nakwimifanekiso efunyenwe kwi-intanethi nakwezinye iindawo. Edlula kuloliwe ozele zizikhukula, wathatha iifoto zamasimi azele yiShannon ngeefestile. Olu luhlu lwemifanekiso lukhokelele kwiiseyile ezivule lo mboniso: Ukuwela (uMlambo iShannon kuMkhukula) i, ii, iii (2016). Le mizobo ijinga kunye njenge triptych esebenzayo kodwa inokuthengwa ngokwahlukeneyo. UKiely akazange abacingele njengomsebenzi omnye ngelo xesha. Bexhonywe ngolu hlobo, babonisa isikhumbuzo sebali labo lemvelaphi, belinganisa uthotho lweefestile zikaloliwe apho umhlaba okhukulisekileyo wabonwa khona. Iziqwenga ezimenyezelayo zengca eluhlaza ziphuma kwezi ndawo zimfiliba, ezikufutshane ne-monochrome ezinemvakalelo ye-sepia. Umhlaba ufana nomgxobhozo kakhulu njengethafa lezandyondyo, kunye nentekelelo yokuhlala kwabantu eluphahleni lwezindlu kunye ne-spire esabelana ngomgca osindileyo kunye nemifanekiso yemithi. Umbuzo uKiely awubuzayo apha, kwaye yonke indawo kulo mboniso, luhlobo oluthile yintoni elandelayo? Kuthekani ngexesha laxa amanzi engawuthonga emva komkhukula? Kuthiweni ke ngoko?
Izihloko zemizobo yakhe ngamanye amaxesha zibonisa oko kuphelelwa lithemba okugqithisileyo esinamagama amatsha afana nawo Eco-ixhala, uloyiko lwehlabathi, okanye i-solastalgia -igama eliye laqulunqwa sisithandi sobulumko sokusingqongileyo uGlenn Albrecht ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-2000 kunye nendibaniselwano yentuthuzelo, ukuphanziswa kunye nokukhumbula izinto ezisisiseko. Ekuqaleni ijolise ekuchazeni uhlobo lokukhumbula ikhaya, oluvakalelwayo ngelixa usesekhaya ngenxa yokuba imeko-bume eguqukayo ayisaniki ntuthuzelo okanye intuthuzelo, iye yakhethwa ngokubanzi ukubonisa uxinzelelo olukhoyo olubangelwa kukutshintsha kwemozulu. UAlbrecht naye waqamba eli gama iterrafurie, ukuchaza umsindo oviwa ngabo izenzo zabo zinegalelo ekutshatyalalisweni kwendalo. Akukho iterrafurie emsebenzini Kiely, kodwa kukho uhlobo i-solastalgia kwaye kunye naloo nto iza nemvakalelo yothando mhlawumbi echasene ne-intuitive.
Imizobo enesihloko Umbala wexhala (amasimi aphuphumayo) (2016-17), Umzabalazo ongenathemba kunye neMicimbi (2020) UMkhukula oMbi - yintoni esetyenziswayo (yintoni) ijografi ngoku (2021), okanye i-canvas enika umboniso isihloko sayo, ingabonisa ngokwahlukileyo ukuphelelwa lithemba, kodwa lo mzimba womsebenzi umalunga nokubonwa kunye neemvakalelo. Imalunga nokuqaphela utshintsho kunye nokulubamba.
Umsebenzi wevidiyo ka-Kiely ka-2023, Umbhalo useludongeni, ibonisa amandla angayekiyo amanzi amaninzi xa eshukuma. Upeyinta amanzi apho angafanelekanga ukuba abekho, njengaku Akupakwa (2022), apho umlambo uye wavuleka kwaye wangena ngesango labahambi ngeenyawo. Iintsimbi eziphakamileyo zocingo ziyigridi engasebenziyo apho amanzi ahamba khona ngokuthanda. Uphawu lwe-No Parking alunamsebenzi. Kwi Umlambo uLee – (uCork) (2022-3) izitulo zecafé zipakishwe kwisitalato esinezikhukhula. Indoda ima, ibonakala kuphela ukusuka entanyeni ukuhla, ukuya kuthi ga kwiimpumlo zayo emanzini, izandla ezipokothweni, njengoko imifanekiso emthunzi ishukuma ngeevesti ze-hi-vis ngasemva ngenxa yokuphazamiseka rhoqo okuxhalabisayo kodwa okusekwethutyana ngoku.
Imizobo emibini ye-monotype pastel eyenziwe ngo-2013 kwaye isekwe kwiimephu ezindala, Luxanduva lwezikhukula – iKings River i, ii, yalatha kwiindlela amanzi ebesoloko elubumba ngazo ulwalamano lwethu nomhlaba kunye nendlela esihamba ngayo. Iphefumlelwe yimifanekiso evela ePakistan naseBangladesh, uKiely wapeyintwa Gcina into oyifunayo (2017), apho ibhinqa liphethe ibhokhwe njengoko lihamba emanzini ukuya esinqeni. Sisikhumbuzo sokuba le yingxaki yehlabathi lonke, hayi enye ebonakalayo kumnyango wakhe wangaphambili. Iifom kwiseyile yakhe encinci Iibhanti zesanti (2023) jonga ekuqaleni ukuze ufane nomzobo, ugobe emnyango kwaye ugqunywe kwingxowa yokulala. Yenye into ephazamisa ingqondo; isikhumbuzo sokuba le mizobo isikhalo esicothayo sokuvula amehlo ethu kwaye sinikele ingqalelo ngoku.
UCristin Leach ngumgxeki wobugcisa, umbhali kunye nomsasazi ose-Cork.
