Taking place in the context of 41st EVA International, Deep Time was initiated by artist and writer Bridget O’Gorman who gathered a research group of five practitioners, including D Mortimer, Deirdre O’Mahony, Libita Sibungu, Onyeka Igwe and Taey Iohe. Responding to ongoing interest in sustaining an art practice in a disabled body, slowness, alongside an overt acknowledgment of support and interdependency–in human, non-human and often unseen contexts–forms an integral foundation of Deep Time.

The research group met across four online meetings throughout 2025, where they were invited to make provocations pertaining to access in the arts. In March 2025 they gathered in person for a slow retreat in Common Knowledge, Co. Clare, where the group shared readings, screenings and exercises in an attempt to unearth broader insights around the often overlooked elements which sustain us through creative processes. Through intuitive knowledge exchange and feeling their way through the concept of ‘Crip Time’, the group prioritised access, support and comfort.

In response, each participant was invited to make an offering which reflects their engagement with Deep Time. This has manifested through micro-commissions across numerous mediums featured on the Deep Time website, alongside a podcast series and new writing by Bridget O’Gorman.

The Deep Time website was launched alongside a collective reading event as part of the 41st EVA International. It will continue to exist beyond EVA International through printed material and public programmes hosted by institutions throughout Ireland into 2026. As Deep Time wells and recedes its way towards public encounter, the activities are continuously negotiated, evolutionary, and scalable prioritising an ethos of access intimacy at its heart.

Deep Time (2025) was commissioned by EVA International as part of the 41st EVA International Platform Commissions, selected by Iarlaith Ní Fheorais and Roy Claire Potter. Deep Time is supported by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the creative supports initiative field:arts.