Pic: Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin and Ronchini Gallery, London
LIMERICK has a film premier for Culture Night at an unusual venue that works hard for this September 16 carnival, Contact Studios.
Located to the rear of St Joseph’s Hospital on Mulgrave Street, these 14 professional artists’ studios wi the first local screening of Venice Biennale artist Seán Lynch’s ‘Campaign to Change the National Monuments Act 2016’.
Friday 16 from 5pm to 9pm is also our chance to explore how Contact Artists “create and shape ideas and artwork, while having a chat and some refreshments in a truly welcoming and enlightening environment”.
Carl Doran, head of Contact Studios (almost 20 years in operation), issues the call to view Lynch’s novel work that platformed at the RHA in Dublin. It “investigates the legal status of metal detectors in Ireland.
“Following national controversy around the finding of the Derrynaflan Hoard, a medieval treasure trove uncovered in the 1980s, the State hastily placed a blanket ban on the public use of all devices used to search for archaeological objects.
“This legislation effectively destroyed the fledgling Irish metal detectorist community of Ireland”.
From Moyvane in Kerry, Séan Lynch is a gifted, canny storyteller who crafts in sculptural, cartoon and screen platforms the milestones to Ireland’s popular and rural cultures. He is master of the quirky and often hilarious narrative that is rooted in what is real.
Expect mischief to his advocacy “for a change in these authoritarian laws” affecting “ideas of nationhood’ and “individual freedom” expressed in this film.
Made with Lynch’s collaborator Gina Moxley who is better known for theatre production, and featuring Carl Doran’s acting debut. Cripes.
