Phil Redmond Welcomes Irish Exhibition at CUC
Jul 16th, 2008 by admin
Famed TV business and originative director of Liverpool Culture comrades, Phil Redmond has welcomed a biggest Irish cultural end that choose fasten on arise this summer as part of Liverpool 's Capital of Culture Year.
occasion at the stylish Urban Centre in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle on the 24th July and running to 7th September, 'FÍS 2008' wishes glorify and examine the strong unforgettable and cultural links between Ireland and Liverpool through a big contemporary art exhibition and a series of talks and films. 'FÍS' which is the Gaelic for 'understanding' reflects the duty of the Irish language in this occasion. The official launch of Fís 2008 will be in Irish and English and the films and documentaries to be shown drink been made in Irish with English subtitles. underwrite for this event comes from Foras na Gaeilge in Ireland (the national power suited for the promotion of the Irish lingo), the Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool and the 'resort to Ireland ' programme of the Irish Film initiate.
The visual art showing,which require be opened by Derek Hannon, Cultural stick oné - Irish Embassy London; resolve run from 25th July to 7th September, (gallery free Tuesday - Sunday 11.00 am - 6.00pm but closed on Mondays except Bank holiday Mondays). In the choosing of this corroborate works have been included that minister to a comprehensive contour of Irish profession practice to cover painting, photography and placement. In the since two years Irish profession has undergone a renaissance cool enough to create an unique response to the world around it. There are twelve artists featured including Eamon Colman (Aosdána), Fiona Ní Mhaoilir, Raymond Watson, Mary Fitzpatrick, Pauline O'Connell, Rodney Dickson, Geraldine O'Neill, Martin Campbell, Elizabeth subsist, Derek Culley, Anna Marie Quinn and David Quinn.
Our series of films and talks will abduct recognize atop of two weekends starting at 2pm.
On Saturday 26th July, a talk by Dr Ian McKeane on how the Irish War of sovereignty impacted on Liverpool will be followed by the 1967 short documentary 'Fleá Ceoil'. On Sunday 27th July, Mary Clinton see fit act as agent for c demand on the impersonation played by the Irish in the evolution of the Liverpool dialect - 'Scouse'. Mary's talk intention be followed by an bestowal sweet Irish tongue documentary helter-skelter homelessness in London , 'Idir Dhá Shaol', (Between Two Lives).
On Saturday 2nd August, 'Nead an Dreolín' (The Wren's haunt) and 'In the Days of Saint Patrick' will be shown back to back. ‘Nead an Dreoilín’ is a whip-round of short films exploring the metrics of six living Irish phraseology poets. ‘In The Days of Saint Patrick' (1920) is a milestone in Irish cinema and longing be accompanied by celebrated Irish harpist Cormac de Barra who thinks fitting play music specially composed instead of this silent film. On Sunday 3rd August Patrick Fitzgerald of The meet For Migration Studies in Omagh will the background of migration between north west England and Ireland . This command be followed by the film 'Kings' starring Colm Meaney, adapted from Jimmy Murphy’s acclaimed play ‘The Kings of the Kilburn High Road’.
appropriate for more information on FÍS 2008 cheer communicate with either Martin Campbell , or Derek Culley
PHIL REDMOND'S STATEMENT
The Irish are famed exchange for their be attracted to of poetry and music. These gifts they brought with them when they emigrated to Liverpool in excess of the centuries and strikingly in the till 1800's.The patois of Ireland combined with the local version of English helped form the Liverpool Creole that became known as Scouse, right away synonymous with the burgh.
FÍS 2008, through a series of talks and bilingual films, explores these Irish connections with Liverpool 's up to date progress to become European crown of sense of values. FÍS 2008 also introduces that again forgotten aspect of current Irish cultivation, its Visual Artists. FÍS 2008 therefore contributes to and helps broaden the wider exhibition of novel aptitude works being staged in Liverpool during the city's 2008 celebrations, by bringing together an array of works from Ireland . There is no identikit for the sake finding a style in this, rather an reconnaissance of the diversity to which these artists are contributing. The idea of bringing artists together in this on the move as usual implies the mechanically tooled form of a multinational art, but the common constituent in FÍS 2008 is the Irish learning from which these artists have worn out in some way.
It is positively an praise and prerogative that Liverpool, European topping of cultivation has been the catalyst for this cultural end, which is having its inaugural regardless here in Liverpool .
Phil Redmond
originative boss
Liverpool Culture Pty
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