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We Are The Makers is a new audio documentary series focusing on the work of contemporary Irish artists and their practice. Built around extensive interviews with some of Ireland’s most eminent artists, these quarterly transmissions will be part portrait, part diary, travelogue and soundscape. With the makers as our guide, these are deep-dives into back catalogues and entire bodies of work. Dispatches from the eye of the hurricane and heart of the matter. Written and presented by Dónal Dineen. Produced and edited by Ian Cudmore. Original music by Ultan O’Brien. Commissioned by Solas Nua, based in Washington, D.C., bringing contemporary Irish art to U.S. audiences. http://www.solasnua.org/ Kindly supported by Culture Ireland. https://www.cultureireland.ie/
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Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Episode Four features a new collaboration from two Limerick artists, rapper and poet Denise Chaila and filmmaker Brian Cross (B+). Their piece, Energy: A Visual Mixtape is a short film like no other, at just 15 minutes long, it contains a multitude.
The film eulogizes local Limerick spaces including Ardnacrusha Power Station, Mount Trenchard House and People’s Park, montaging archival and contemporary footage to form visual couplets that marry diasporic histories, racial discrimination and political ideologies, magic and music.
The full episode streams on Saturday December 11th.
For this episode Dónal Dineen travels to Limerick and spends two days with the artists as they prepare to show the film to a hometown audience at the Belltable theatre for the first time, before installing it for exhibition at Ormston House gallery. Denise and B+ share their thoughts on the experience of making work together and explain exactly how that came about.
We discover how their respective practices resulted in connecting Irish and African histories and get an insight into some of the critical information they discovered during their combined research. We also get a valuable insight into the collaborative process which in this case spans disciplines and generations.
https://www.solasnua.org/events/we-are-makers-episode-four-denise-chaila-and-brian-cross-b
https://ormstonhouse.com/programme/energy-a-visual-mixtape/
We Are The Makers is written and presented by Irish broadcaster Dónal Dineen and produced by Ian Cudmore. Original music by Ultan O’Brien.
Commissioned by Solas Nua in Washington, D.C., bringing contemporary Irish art to U.S. audiences.
Kindly supported by Culture Ireland.
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