The Sherkin Green Rope film captures a sugán rope being made over a year using wild island plants. The process reveals experiences of displacement and a small island community connecting in a time of adversity.

William Bock is an interdisciplinary Irish artist working internationally. Bock’s practice delves into the experiences of living between cultures, landscapes and identities. The Green Rope Project has taken place so far on Sherkin Island, Skibbereen Art Centre, Earth Rising at Museum of Modern Art Dublin, ISE Congress in Marrakech, Arthouse Jersey to name a few. The artist has recently worked on Dinnseanchas, a Hometree Commissioned island wide project working with Upland communities  and is commissioned artist for an Research Ireland funded public art and citizen science ecology project in County Mayo launching in August 2025.