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Seandálaíocht (Archaeology) is a highly personal exploration of the paradox of a language only spoken by one person. How can you communicate when your language has died before you? A woman is left among the relics of her community, with nothing but half-forgotten memories, broken records and films. Her only company is her shadow. The meaning of her language is disappearing, leaving just the music of the words. She uses these last remnants of sound and film to multiply her image into a substitute community for herself. The choreography plays with the intricate stepping patterns and handholds of céilí dancing.
The archaeology of the title refers to the last speaker’s role as both relic and researcher. The remains of her former community is in her words, like ruined cottages in a field, as she tries to retain their meaning.