In 2012 Galway University Hospital’s Arts Trust introduced an arts programme aimed at enhancing the patient experience of haemodialysis treatment at Merlin Park Hospital. In doing so, it sought to redress the lack of sustained arts programming for the dialysis context in the West.
The Savage Loves His Native Shore draws from three years of this dialysis arts programme with a special focus on works that explore the landscape of the West of Ireland and its inherent culture and traditions.