Cube stone seats, made out of granite from Wicklow, have
been placed in six national parks as part of a collaboration between artist
Frank Corry and sculptor Richard Healy.
The project has been called “Suí” which means “sit”
"The idea of the Suí project is to place permanent
granite seats in locations within the national parks, with a view to allowing
people to go and spend a few moments immersed in the sights, sounds, and smells
of the various environments.
"It's almost that nobody gives you permission to take a bit of time away to yourself, just to go and sit down in the quietness and calmness for a little while," Corry told RTE.
He added: "The project is very much of its time. Like
everybody else, we've had conversation since Covid, which we might not normally
have had quite so openly. So there is this awareness that you are here now,
here in the moment. And having that time, that pause, is something we can probably
all use a bit more of”.