The 8th August 2008 marks the end of the three year land art piece entitled ‘666 777 888’ by the artist Stephen Rennicks. You can view a video which will give you a flavour of what it is all about at link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEZRcKVYKkYTo go deeper go here.
http://www.freewebs.com/666777888After that the next step would be to experience it for yourself. Directions are on the website, it will be open to view for all time but if anyone wants to join the artist for a tour in the near future you can email him privately.
http://www.freewebs.com/stephenrennicksAll along the project took and used existing megalithic stone structures as starting points and inspiration. There are now three sites, representing past, present and future in the landscape in a direct north/south running line.The first to be completed encompasses the present and is physically represented by an already existing ancient site of stone mounds of which an additional one was erected by the artist on 6th June 2006. This is located at Kilronan, over looking the town of Keadue in Co. Roscommon. Stone does not betray its age in this context so the ‘new’ mound could therefore have been built today or at anytime in the past. This places the structure as close as humanely possible in the circumstances to the eternal now of the present.The second site which represents the past is located to the south at the hill of Sheemore in Co. Leitrim, itself the site of a megalithic cairn. The white cross which is famously illuminated at night was placed on top of this cairn in 1950. It was illuminated red for one night only by the artist on 7th July 2007. Now firmly an event and memory of the past for those who saw it. The third and final part of this trilogy is the location and laying of foundation stones for a viewing point over looking the past and present sites. Located at the final turn in the roadway leading to the Wind Farm at Kilronan, where an ideal expanse naturally exists for the erection of this further stone mound. The final size and scale of which will be determined by the public, who it is hoped by the artist, if they deem it worthwhile, will collectively and anonymously build it over time by stone, rock or one pebble at a time. Regardless of this outcome, by using your imagination from this point you can glimpse perhaps a millisecond or more into your future and in so doing gain a perspective of another kind. From there, with the aid of these physical time markers, you should be able to experience an objective view of your place in the thread of time. What you see there may shock or simply confirm what you already know. The purpose of the artist is only to aid people in this matter.
