The Visitor is a new video installation by Willie Doherty, made specially for The Douglas Hyde Gallery.   The Visitor was shot on location in Belfast in early 2008 and revisits some of Doherty's recurrent themes and preoccupations with place, landscape and memory. The camera moves between the trees of a small forest and scrutinises the surfaces of a block of flats.   The Visitor features an enigmatic figure whose intentions and origins are unclear. The work is driven by a voiceover that speculates about the role and nature of the unnamed visitor. This new installation expands upon the cinematic tropes and narrative conventions that Doherty has deployed in recent works such as Empty, 2006 and Ghost Story, 2007.   Willie Doherty first exhibited at the Douglas Hyde Gallery in 1993. His work has been shown in galleries and museums all over the world. A publication, to be published after the exhibition, will document The Visitor.