UPCOMING EXHIBITION
Anne Cleary & Denis Connolly
MOVING DUBLIN
Opening
Thursday April 23
5pm - PUBLIC TALK with Helen Carey, Mockingbird Arts.
5.45-8pm - BOOK LAUNCH and EXHIBITION PREVIEW
The exhibition runs from
April 24- June 15 2009
Thursday 11 am-8pm
Fri/Sat 11 am-4pm
or by appointment 00 353 1 4024188
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MOVING DUBLIN is commissioned under
South Dublin County Council's
IN CONTEXT 3
Per Cent for Art Programme.
UPCOMING EXHIBITION
Anne Cleary & Denis Connolly MOVING DUBLIN
Still from Moving Dublin
MOVING DUBLIN is the premiere of a major new work; at once a filmic essay
about contemporary Dublin, and a collection of photographs,
essays and video works beautifully produced in a new hard
cover edition.
For two years Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly moved around
Dublin in every way possible : by car, taxi, bus, train, tram, bicycle and
on foot. They met scores of Dubliners, and recorded dozens of personal
accounts of moving through the city. They amassed a treasure trove of
documents: video, photographs, interviews, sounds, stories. The result
is Moving Dublin; a road movie, a picture book, and many other
things. Above all Moving Dublin is a homage to the city that Lady
Morgan once called her dear dirty Dublin.”
“A million everyday journeys course through the veins of Dublin,
giving it life (or poisoning it?). These journeys range in scale and
rhythm from the incessant flow of motorway traffic through the familiar
trundling of a local bus journey right down to an early morning stroll
around the block with the dog. This profusion of intersecting paths
gives the place its form, carving roads, highways and public spaces. The
impact of these journeys transforms lives, changes the face of the city,
and resonates on a planetary level." Cleary/Connolly April 2009
Still from Moving Dublin
Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly both studied architecture
in Dublin in the 1980s, before moving to Paris in 1990. After
a lengthy collaboration with the French urban theorist
Bernard Huet in the early 1990s, they developed a long-lasting
interest in the filmed city. From 1999 to 2005 they produced a
large-scale multimedia project, The Boulevard, inspired by the
urban environment in which they live. Their work has been
exhibited worldwide and has received several international
awards. In 2006 they created a series of interactive video works,
for Limerick City Gallery of Art. This project evolved into
Pourquoi pas Toi?, a major solo exhibition at the Centre Pompidou
in Paris in 2008. They were awarded a two year residency by
South Dublin County in December 2006, through which Moving
Dublin was produced.
Still from Moving Dublin
For further information go to Cleary Connolly Website or visit Broadcast's Website
