Photography by Daniel Holfeld.
29 September 2020 marked the 50th anniversary of the main move by University College Dublin from Earlsfort Terrace to Belfield, with University administration, and the faculties of arts, social sciences, law and commerce joining science on the new campus.
The Belfield 50 Project was a celebration of the generations of students and staff who breathed life into the campus over the past five decades. Conveying Space was a commissioned exhibition that captured the atmospheric qualities of the architecture on Belfield campus. It emphasised the interaction between structure and natural light.
Daniel Holfeld’s photographs helped us to rediscover fleeting moments of visual access, manifested in tightly cropped details. Conveying Space has received international awards from the PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Awards, The International Photography Awards and the MonoVisions Black and White Photography Awards. Conveying Space forms a component of the Belfield 50 programme led by Professor Orla Feely, Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact, and directed by Eilis O’Brien, Director of Communication and Marketing.
This exhibition was made up of twenty images captured of the UCD Belfield campus during the quiet pandemic months of June and July 2020. These images were displayed throughout MoLI and depict some of the most iconic architectural features of the Belfield campus.
The installment of these images in MoLI, which is based in Newman House, the original site of UCD, served as an homage and tribute to the history of the college, as well as to its present state, by bringing together the two main sites of this enduring educational institution. After the end of the exhibition in MoLI, the images were moved to the Belfield campus, where they are still on display today.
