‘Lonnaigh do Sholas’ ‘Shine Your Light’ by Solasine
About Solasine
Solasine is a Dublin based artist collective who specialise in interactive and digital experiences. Fusing together over 30 years of knowledge in productions ranging from the event and film industry to architecture and advertising.
Director and Lead Animator, Joey Baker is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer, builder and animator based in Dublin Ireland. His work converges traditional art techniques with the avant garde of technological advancements, here Joey’s work takes on different forms such as architectural design, augmented reality, 3d modelling, video mapping, murals, paintings and sculptures.
Conan Wynne is a Dublin born artist who studied sculpture in NCAD and Advanced Animation in the Digital Skills Academy. He has taught music production at IADT and spent 10 years working in graphic design and video editing. As a visual artist Conan has forged a path integrating technology into his work utilising advances in 360 audio and 360 video, lasers, 3D animation, XY plotters and CNC machines.
Narration is by Gerry Wynne and Nial Woods is the violinist.
About ‘Lonnaigh do Sholas’ ‘Shine Your Light’
This piece tells a story that mirrors Ireland’s enduring journey toward liberation through a condensed reflection on Irish history, from Neolithic age myths and ancient folklore through to the struggle for independence, and into the modern era.
It celebrates the courage of the human spirit and the power of embracing one’s inner beauty. Ireland’s seasonal legends remind us that time and circumstance are ever-changing, shaped by colonisation, conflict, love, and loss the true constant lies in self-empowerment and self-love.
This evolves into guardianship for the natural world, inspiring a collective liberation that carries into a future shaped by creativity, innovation, and pride in both self and community.
The work pays homage to the 1916 Easter Rising, featuring narration inspired by James Connolly. The accompanying music uses the Morse code rhythm transmitted for The Wireless School of Telegraphy on O’Connell Street. This was Ireland’s first radio broadcast and proclaimed the Irish Republic to the world.