Article in Totally Dublin “CATHOLIC GLITCH – the passion of St. Blackbird”, 2010

Words – performance artist and writer Emily Aoibheann
Photography – Will Eames
Photo retouching – Stef Morgner

…”The Passion of St. Blackbird is an homage to St. Teresa Of Ávila, my favourite of all female mystics. The performance is an ecstatic and comical interpretation of scripture penned by St. Teresa in the 15th Century. It is a demonstration of Catholic Glitch; the magical mixture of Catholic guilt and kitsch value resulting in urgent and colourful sadomasochism. Christianity’s kinky and erotic history is not known to most people who find that religion impacts on their lives; the image of a devoted wife and mother, whose house hosts iconic images of the handsome Jesus, with his person nailed to the various walls, is more familiar to us.”…