Third Forum: what is to be done?
Four visual artists, Anne Cleary, Denis Connolly, Michelle Brown and Anthony Haughey, will join together this January to discuss the development of an exhibition marking the Centenary of the 1913 Dublin Lockout.
This forum, entitled ‘what is to be done?’, will be the third and last in a series curated by Helen Carey of Mockingbird Arts. The aim of the series has been to explore possibilities for a historical commemoration of the 1913 Dublin Lockout, widely recognised as the most significant industrial dispute in Irish history. (The Dublin Lockout occurred from 26 August until mid January 1914, when approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers clashed).
In these times of uncertainty, the revolutionary phrase ‘what is to be done?’ asks what Visual Art can contribute as we use the past to illuminate the future:
- Artists Denis Connolly and Anne Cleary look at Modern Dublin in their film LUAS CAROL, the story of the tributaries into Dublin in the armature of the LUAS
- Artist Michelle Browne examines the people and their engagement with the City
- Artist Anthony Haughey thinks about the icon that is Liberty Hall, with its future holding transformation and change, overlooking the city of Dublin.
The findings of all three Fora will be recorded and analysed to develop the exhibition.
Third Forum: ‘what is to be done‘ will take place on Saturday 9 January 2010 at 11am
Intervention and discussion will be welcomed. Admission is free.
Further details about the day can be obtained from:
Helen Carey | Mockingbird Arts | 01 872 7999 | 086 3847022 |
Previous Fora
First Forum: Art, the State and the Citizen (May 2009) looked at the number of differing ways that Artists intervene in the City and make their work reflect the State they live in. It also investigated the Artist’s approach to historical artifacts, as well as funding and questions of responsibility. It became clear that there were many understandings of what exhibition can be, and that imagination would be important in its development.
Second Forum: still at Play (September 2009) examined the history of Protest alongside the work of Artists who have examined this protest, anger and change as it unfolds. What became clear in this forum was that History can have many stories and many endings, and that we must continue to examine our histories – and our presents – in the name of fairness and public harmony.
The Forum is supported by the Arts Council, SIPTU, the Abbey Theatre, DIT, GradCam, Friends of the Rotunda and Mockingbird Arts.