O’Doherty/Ireland's One Here Now; The Ogham Cycle is a nine-part series of spectacular, floor-to-ceiling wall paintings at Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh, Cork that encapsulates his career-long concerns with migration, language and identity. Liz Roche was commissioned to respond to this work as part of the One Here Now Brian O'Doherty/Patrick Ireland Project at Sirius Arts Centre Cobh that ran throughout 2018 to celebrate their restoration.

Pilgrimage brought audiences through the gallery spaces at Sirius Arts Centre ending the piece surrounded by the vibrant colours and shapes of the wall paintings. The dance was a structured improvisation for three dancers based on the abstract notion of 'one', 'here' and 'now', that connected with the numerical patterns present in Ogham writing. With the sea ever present throughout, the dance and the score also explored ideas around migration and landscape, as Cobh was the departure point for O'Doherty himself when he left Ireland for America in the 1950's.

In 2015 Liz Roche had the opportunity to see the work of visual artist and art critic Brian O'Doherty/ Patrick Ireland at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. This was the first time Liz had seen his work in the flesh and she was struck by the mix of perfection and playfulness in his Rope Drawings but also the importance placed on the viewer who is empowered to receive the work in a very personal way. To Roche, O'Doherty/Ireland's work felt densely layered and connected and she was curious to find out more. Liz struck up a correspondence with O'Doherty in 2015 which grew gradually into a dialogue about the work. The creative process was also supported by art critic-historian Dr. Brenda Moore-McCann and
art historian, curator and critical writer Catherine Marshall. Pilgrimage and I/Thou were made possible through One Here Now Brian O'Doherty/Patrick Ireland Project 2018 with Sirius Arts Centre and Cork Midsummer Festival, a commission by Cork Opera House and support from Arts Council Open Call Funding.