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Digital Artist Residency Screenings

Jesse Jones will present a double bill screening of ‘The Spectre and the Sphere’ 2008 and a new work, ‘The Predicament of Man’ 2010, completed whilst on the Digital Artist Residency in RUA RED

The Spectre and the Sphere evokes the spectres of ideology and amplifies residual voices that haunt the cultural vessels of history. It examines how the spaces of our popular imagining such as the theatre and the cinema are also containers of historical and political impulses. The Spectre and the Sphere conjures up a particular moment in the early twentieth century through the use of cultural artifacts, imagining the various historical potentialities of the time, and how these residues may be present in our construction of the future. Ireland/16mm/2008/Jesse Jones

The Predicament of Man uses footage shot in an opal mine in Cobber Pedy, Australia, inter cut with over a thousand still images that appear momentarily on screen. Jones subliminally contrasts the desolate landscape with flashes of often recognisable 20/21st century icons and events. It creates an uneasy and foreboding slippage in time that hints at an apocalyptic future. Jones’ prophetic tone addresses the nature of humanity and the imminent future we face. Ireland/16mm/2010/Jesse Jones

Jesse will follow the screening with a short introduction to her current project In These Troubled Times which will be completed during her residency.

You are invited to join us for refreshments in RUA RED 24 after the screenings.

Date: Wednesday 19th Jan
Time:          8pm
Admission: Free but ticketed