Rachel Joynt was commissioned by leading horse-trainer Dermot Weld to make this sculpture for the new Veterinary Medicine building. The quote beside the piece ‘Omne vivum ex ovo’ means all things come from the egg. Sperm like shapes cover the surface of the egg and include depictions of bulls, rats and hamsters as well as man. The sculpture is decorated with small holes, which create a planetarium-like effect when viewed from the pointed end.
Rachel Joynt (born 1966 in County Kerry) is an Irish sculptor who has created some prominent Irish public art. She graduated from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin in 1989 with a degree in sculpture.
Her father, Dick Joynt, was also a sculptor. Rachel Joynt is preoccupied by ideas of place, history and nature, and her work often examines the past as a substrate of the present. Her commissions include People’s Island (1988) in which brass footprints and bird feet criss-cross a well-traversed pedestrian island near Dublin’s O’Connell Bridge. She collaborated with Remco de Fouw to make Perpetual Motion (1995), a large sphere with road markings which stands on the Naas dual carriageway. This has been described by Public Art Ireland as ‘probably Ireland’s best known sculpture’ and was featured, as a visual shorthand for leaving Dublin, in The Apology, a Guinness advert. Joynt also made the 900 underlit glass cobblestones which were installed in early 2005 along the edge of Dublin’s River Liffey; many of these cobblestones contain bronze or silver fish.
PRESS RELEASE:
‘NOAH’S EGG’, a giant cast-bronze egg sculpture, was unveiled on Tuesday 8 June 2004 by leading trainer, Dermot Weld at the UCD Veterinary School in Belfield. The sculpture was a gift from Dermot Weld to the UCD Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
Noah’s Egg represents the beginnings and potential of life, and symbolises both the field of veterinary medicine and the scholarly pursuits and ambitions of the Veterinary students and staff.
Noah’s Egg, which was created by Rachel Joynt, is an interactive sculpture. It is decorated with small holes, which create a planetarium-like effect when viewed from the pointed end. The Egg’s ochre, shell-like surface is richly textured with sperm-like shapes of various creatures including man, bull, rabbit, guinea pig, rat, mouse and hamster. At night, Noah’s Egg will be illuminated by a warm red glow like an incubator light. Noah’s Egg sits outside the UCD Veterinary Faculty’s new state-of-the-art premises at Belfield.
At the unveiling ceremony Dr Hugh Brady, President of UCD said, “It is our ambition that the UCD Veterinary School be recognised as an international leader in veterinary education, research and clinical service. We are delighted that a graduate of the faculty, Dermot Weld, has generously donated this magnificent sculpture to UCD as a symbol of this ambition.”
UCD’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine moved to its new purpose-built facility at Belfield in 2002. The new building provides students with an ideal environment to undertake their studies in Veterinary Medicine, with laboratories suited to the pursuit of innovative research and a superbly planned veterinary hospital to observe and practice veterinary medicine first hand. The Veterinary School is adjacent to the Faculties of Agriculture and Science and the Conway Institute for Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, which ensures that the School is well positioned to participate in the exciting developments in the life sciences at UCD.
A VISIT TO THE TU DUBLIN CAMPUS – I USED A SONY VG10E AND A 70-200MM LENS
I am trying to decide what equipment to bring with me when I visit Belfast at the end of March so I am experimenting with different combinations.
Earlier in the week I used my Sony A7RIV for video and was very disappointed with the sound quality because of wind noise … the video recordings were effectively unusable. I then examined the possibility of purchasing a Sony ECM-B1M digital microphone but discovered that it will not be possible to get one before April or even May.
I have a VG10E camcorder which I purchased just before Christmas 2010. This particular unit accepts Sony E-Mount lens but for some weird reason it only produced JPEG stills but the big problem for me is that there is no way of geotagging the captured images. Anyway, today I decided experiment using a Sonf FE 70-200MM F2.8 GM lens.
To be honest I have always liked the VG10E and it did come with an excellent lens which was the reason why I purchased the camera in the first place. Later I sold the lens for more than I paid for the total package. The unit has two major advantages in that the batteries last for hours and the files are very small.
G Master design combines extraordinary sharpness and smooth bokeh, Constant F2.8 max aperture maintain exposure and depth of field. Weight 1480 g (without tripod mount)
Class-leading min. focus distance of 37.8” / 0. 25x max. mag, Dual floating focus system for high AF speed and precision, XA, ED/Super ED elements and Nano AR Coating for superb resolution
Aspherical elements & 11-blade circular aperture for gorgeous bike, Min. focus breathing and par focal design ideal for video, Direct coupled mechanical focus system for precise manual focus
Rigid construction with constant lens length during focusing and zooming, High performance Optical Steady Shot Image stabilization, Dust and moisture resistant for robust reliability
Nano AR coating suppresses reflections, flare and ghosting, XA (extreme spherical) element with 0.01 micron surface precision
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