The Joinery off-site part 1: Ruth Clinton & Niamh Moriarty at Roscommon Arts

The Joinery off-site part 1: Ruth Clinton & Niamh Moriarty at Roscommon Arts

12th Sep 2013

The show opens on Sept 12th.
Event on Culture Night 20th Sept 5.30pm sharp.
Other event in Oct date tbc.
Runs until Nov 2nd.

In collaboration with the Roscomon Arts Centre and curator Mary Cremin, the Joinery off-site presents a series of projects which includes an exhibition and events by artists Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty, a sound workshop by Ed Devane and an evening of improvised music by some of the Joinery regulars. Events will take place in the Roscommon Arts Centre and King House, Boyle Co. Roscommon.

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Part One: Hill of Bones
Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty: (Roscommon Arts Centre)

The Exhibition Hill of Bones is an exercise in cross-dimensional movement that employs video as a means of attempting the translation of this world onto another wavelength. The artists use the camera to trace passages through space that then become folded into the video image, suggesting perhaps the transference elsewhere of both place and body. With the sincere curiosity of tourists, they investigate Roscommon’s real and apocryphal histories and endeavour to create a reflective response to its landscape. Starting with a retreat to an unassuming crannog, Clinton and Moriarty perform an escape to and from nature. These manmade islands, once used as places of refuge, rebellion and revelry, now lie quiet and still. However, the word ‘crannog’, literally meaning ‘young tree’, describes their potential for reactivation as well as their timeless perpetuity. Two video pieces in the gallery, composed from unfamiliar representations of the island and beyond, will be accompanied on Culture Night by a walking tour of Loughnaneane Park. These works will attempt to connect the gallery and Roscommon town, emphasising the physical and historical depth of place through evocative images and mesmeric sounds.

Culture Night Sept 20th:

This Culture Night, artists Niamh Moriarty and Ruth Clinton invite you to join them on a tour of sights and sounds at Loughnaneane Park in Roscommon town. Over the centuries this landscape has been rearranged, just as certain details of history, folklore and stories can become distorted and confused from the point of view of the person recalling them. A guided walk will explore a series of moments, worlds and trajectories that exist parallel to all instants: past, present and future.
Discover the eerie, lost island! Behold the fascinating, natural sinkhole! Marvel at the mysterious Hill of Bones!

Clinton and Moriarty’s practice encompasses performance, video, sound installation and storytelling. Through fanatic acts of communication and repetition, of resurrection and preservation, they enact humanity’s struggle against overwhelming natural forces and ask how we can look beyond our limited perception of infinity. Collaboration, verging on telepathy, is crucial to this endeavour and often lies at the centre of the work, influencing its form and content. Using their own bodies and their immediate surroundings as a starting point, they convey urgent yet meditative visions of temporality and eternity.

Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty have been working collaboratively since graduating from NCAD in 2010. Recent exhibitions include: The Earth Rings in Your Ears 2013; Hilltown New Music Festival 2013; Pink Moon, Red Rock Beach  2013; ROTATOR, Pallas Projects, 2013; Stoneybatter River Walks, The Joinery, 2012; Darklight Film Festival, 2012; Resort, Donegal, 2012; Prelude to Nothing, The LAB, 2012.

www.ruthclinton.wordpress.com
www.niamhmoriarty.wordpress.com
www.cargocollective.com/ruthandniamh

In collaboration with the Roscomon Arts Centre and curator Mary Cremin, the Joinery off-site presents a series of projects which includes an exhibition and events by artists Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty, a sound workshop by Ed Devane and an evening of improvised music by some of the Joinery regulars. Events will take place in the Roscommon Arts Centre and King House, Boyle Co. Roscommon. _______________________________________ Part One: Hill of Bones Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty: (Roscommon Arts Centre) The Exhibition Hill of Bones is an exercise in cross-dimensional movement that employs video as a means of attempting the translation of this world onto another wavelength. The artists use the camera to trace passages through space that then become folded into the video image, suggesting perhaps the transference elsewhere of both place and body. With the sincere curiosity of tourists, they investigate Roscommon’s real and apocryphal histories and endeavour to create a reflective response to its landscape. Starting with a retreat to an unassuming crannog, Clinton and Moriarty perform an escape to and from nature. These manmade islands, once used as places of refuge, rebellion and revelry, now lie quiet and still. However, the word ‘crannog’, literally meaning ‘young tree’, describes their potential for reactivation as well as their timeless perpetuity. Two video pieces in the gallery, composed from unfamiliar representations of the island and beyond, will be accompanied on Culture Night by a walking tour of Loughnaneane Park. These works will attempt to connect the gallery and Roscommon town, emphasising the physical and historical depth of place through evocative images and mesmeric sounds. Culture Night Sept 20th: This Culture Night, artists Niamh Moriarty and Ruth Clinton invite you to join them on a tour of sights and sounds at Loughnaneane Park in Roscommon town. Over the centuries this landscape has been rearranged, just as certain details of history, folklore and stories can become distorted and confused from the point of view of the person recalling them. A guided walk will explore a series of moments, worlds and trajectories that exist parallel to all instants: past, present and future. Discover the eerie, lost island! Behold the fascinating, natural sinkhole! Marvel at the mysterious Hill of Bones! Clinton and Moriarty’s practice encompasses performance, video, sound installation and storytelling. Through fanatic acts of communication and repetition, of resurrection and preservation, they enact humanity’s struggle against overwhelming natural forces and ask how we can look beyond our limited perception of infinity. Collaboration, verging on telepathy, is crucial to this endeavour and often lies at the centre of the work, influencing its form and content. Using their own bodies and their immediate surroundings as a starting point, they convey urgent yet meditative visions of temporality and eternity. Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty have been working collaboratively since graduating from NCAD in 2010. Recent exhibitions include: The Earth Rings in Your Ears 2013; Hilltown New Music Festival 2013; Pink Moon, Red Rock Beach  2013; ROTATOR, Pallas Projects, 2013; Stoneybatter River Walks, The Joinery, 2012; Darklight Film Festival, 2012; Resort, Donegal, 2012; Prelude to Nothing, The LAB, 2012. "www.ruthclinton.wordpress.com":http://ruthclinton.wordpress.com "www.niamhmoriarty.wordpress.com":http://niamhmoriarty.wordpress.com "www.cargocollective.com/ruthandniamh":http://cargocollective.com/ruthandniamh In collaboration with the Roscomon Arts Centre and curator Mary Cremin, the Joinery off-site presents a series of projects which includes an exhibition and events by artists Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty, a sound workshop by Ed Devane and an evening of improvised music by some of the Joinery regulars. Events will take place in the Roscommon Arts Centre and King House, Boyle Co. Roscommon. _______________________________________ Part One: Hill of Bones Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty: (Roscommon Arts Centre) The Exhibition Hill of Bones is an exercise in cross-dimensional movement that employs video as a means of attempting the translation of this world onto another wavelength. The artists use the camera to trace passages through space that then become folded into the video image, suggesting perhaps the transference elsewhere of both place and body. With the sincere curiosity of tourists, they investigate Roscommon’s real and apocryphal histories and endeavour to create a reflective response to its landscape. Starting with a retreat to an unassuming crannog, Clinton and Moriarty perform an escape to and from nature. These manmade islands, once used as places of refuge, rebellion and revelry, now lie quiet and still. However, the word ‘crannog’, literally meaning ‘young tree’, describes their potential for reactivation as well as their timeless perpetuity. Two video pieces in the gallery, composed from unfamiliar representations of the island and beyond, will be accompanied on Culture Night by a walking tour of Loughnaneane Park. These works will attempt to connect the gallery and Roscommon town, emphasising the physical and historical depth of place through evocative images and mesmeric sounds. Culture Night Sept 20th: This Culture Night, artists Niamh Moriarty and Ruth Clinton invite you to join them on a tour of sights and sounds at Loughnaneane Park in Roscommon town. Over the centuries this landscape has been rearranged, just as certain details of history, folklore and stories can become distorted and confused from the point of view of the person recalling them. A guided walk will explore a series of moments, worlds and trajectories that exist parallel to all instants: past, present and future. Discover the eerie, lost island! Behold the fascinating, natural sinkhole! Marvel at the mysterious Hill of Bones! Clinton and Moriarty’s practice encompasses performance, video, sound installation and storytelling. Through fanatic acts of communication and repetition, of resurrection and preservation, they enact humanity’s struggle against overwhelming natural forces and ask how we can look beyond our limited perception of infinity. Collaboration, verging on telepathy, is crucial to this endeavour and often lies at the centre of the work, influencing its form and content. Using their own bodies and their immediate surroundings as a starting point, they convey urgent yet meditative visions of temporality and eternity. Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty have been working collaboratively since graduating from NCAD in 2010. Recent exhibitions include: The Earth Rings in Your Ears 2013; Hilltown New Music Festival 2013; Pink Moon, Red Rock Beach  2013; ROTATOR, Pallas Projects, 2013; Stoneybatter River Walks, The Joinery, 2012; Darklight Film Festival, 2012; Resort, Donegal, 2012; Prelude to Nothing, The LAB, 2012. "www.ruthclinton.wordpress.com":http://ruthclinton.wordpress.com "www.niamhmoriarty.wordpress.com":http://niamhmoriarty.wordpress.com "www.cargocollective.com/ruthandniamh":http://cargocollective.com/ruthandniamh
In collaboration with the Roscomon Arts Centre and curator Mary Cremin, the Joinery off-site presents a series of projects which includes an exhibition and events by artists Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty, a sound workshop by Ed Devane and an evening of improvised music by some of the Joinery regulars. Events will take place in the Roscommon Arts Centre and King House, Boyle Co. Roscommon. _______________________________________ Part One: Hill of Bones Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty: (Roscommon Arts Centre) The Exhibition Hill of Bones is an exercise in cross-dimensional movement that employs video as a means of attempting the translation of this world onto another wavelength. The artists use the camera to trace passages through space that then become folded into the video image, suggesting perhaps the transference elsewhere of both place and body. With the sincere curiosity of tourists, they investigate Roscommon’s real and apocryphal histories and endeavour to create a reflective response to its landscape. Starting with a retreat to an unassuming crannog, Clinton and Moriarty perform an escape to and from nature. These manmade islands, once used as places of refuge, rebellion and revelry, now lie quiet and still. However, the word ‘crannog’, literally meaning ‘young tree’, describes their potential for reactivation as well as their timeless perpetuity. Two video pieces in the gallery, composed from unfamiliar representations of the island and beyond, will be accompanied on Culture Night by a walking tour of Loughnaneane Park. These works will attempt to connect the gallery and Roscommon town, emphasising the physical and historical depth of place through evocative images and mesmeric sounds. Culture Night Sept 20th: This Culture Night, artists Niamh Moriarty and Ruth Clinton invite you to join them on a tour of sights and sounds at Loughnaneane Park in Roscommon town. Over the centuries this landscape has been rearranged, just as certain details of history, folklore and stories can become distorted and confused from the point of view of the person recalling them. A guided walk will explore a series of moments, worlds and trajectories that exist parallel to all instants: past, present and future. Discover the eerie, lost island! Behold the fascinating, natural sinkhole! Marvel at the mysterious Hill of Bones! Clinton and Moriarty’s practice encompasses performance, video, sound installation and storytelling. Through fanatic acts of communication and repetition, of resurrection and preservation, they enact humanity’s struggle against overwhelming natural forces and ask how we can look beyond our limited perception of infinity. Collaboration, verging on telepathy, is crucial to this endeavour and often lies at the centre of the work, influencing its form and content. Using their own bodies and their immediate surroundings as a starting point, they convey urgent yet meditative visions of temporality and eternity. Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty have been working collaboratively since graduating from NCAD in 2010. Recent exhibitions include: The Earth Rings in Your Ears 2013; Hilltown New Music Festival 2013; Pink Moon, Red Rock Beach  2013; ROTATOR, Pallas Projects, 2013; Stoneybatter River Walks, The Joinery, 2012; Darklight Film Festival, 2012; Resort, Donegal, 2012; Prelude to Nothing, The LAB, 2012. "www.ruthclinton.wordpress.com":http://ruthclinton.wordpress.com "www.niamhmoriarty.wordpress.com":http://niamhmoriarty.wordpress.com "www.cargocollective.com/ruthandniamh":http://cargocollective.com/ruthandniamh In collaboration with the Roscomon Arts Centre and curator Mary Cremin, the Joinery off-site presents a series of projects which includes an exhibition and events by artists Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty, a sound workshop by Ed Devane and an evening of improvised music by some of the Joinery regulars. Events will take place in the Roscommon Arts Centre and King House, Boyle Co. Roscommon. _______________________________________ Part One: Hill of Bones Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty: (Roscommon Arts Centre) The Exhibition Hill of Bones is an exercise in cross-dimensional movement that employs video as a means of attempting the translation of this world onto another wavelength. The artists use the camera to trace passages through space that then become folded into the video image, suggesting perhaps the transference elsewhere of both place and body. With the sincere curiosity of tourists, they investigate Roscommon’s real and apocryphal histories and endeavour to create a reflective response to its landscape. Starting with a retreat to an unassuming crannog, Clinton and Moriarty perform an escape to and from nature. These manmade islands, once used as places of refuge, rebellion and revelry, now lie quiet and still. However, the word ‘crannog’, literally meaning ‘young tree’, describes their potential for reactivation as well as their timeless perpetuity. Two video pieces in the gallery, composed from unfamiliar representations of the island and beyond, will be accompanied on Culture Night by a walking tour of Loughnaneane Park. These works will attempt to connect the gallery and Roscommon town, emphasising the physical and historical depth of place through evocative images and mesmeric sounds. Culture Night Sept 20th: This Culture Night, artists Niamh Moriarty and Ruth Clinton invite you to join them on a tour of sights and sounds at Loughnaneane Park in Roscommon town. Over the centuries this landscape has been rearranged, just as certain details of history, folklore and stories can become distorted and confused from the point of view of the person recalling them. A guided walk will explore a series of moments, worlds and trajectories that exist parallel to all instants: past, present and future. Discover the eerie, lost island! Behold the fascinating, natural sinkhole! Marvel at the mysterious Hill of Bones! Clinton and Moriarty’s practice encompasses performance, video, sound installation and storytelling. Through fanatic acts of communication and repetition, of resurrection and preservation, they enact humanity’s struggle against overwhelming natural forces and ask how we can look beyond our limited perception of infinity. Collaboration, verging on telepathy, is crucial to this endeavour and often lies at the centre of the work, influencing its form and content. Using their own bodies and their immediate surroundings as a starting point, they convey urgent yet meditative visions of temporality and eternity. Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty have been working collaboratively since graduating from NCAD in 2010. Recent exhibitions include: The Earth Rings in Your Ears 2013; Hilltown New Music Festival 2013; Pink Moon, Red Rock Beach  2013; ROTATOR, Pallas Projects, 2013; Stoneybatter River Walks, The Joinery, 2012; Darklight Film Festival, 2012; Resort, Donegal, 2012; Prelude to Nothing, The LAB, 2012. "www.ruthclinton.wordpress.com":http://ruthclinton.wordpress.com "www.niamhmoriarty.wordpress.com":http://niamhmoriarty.wordpress.com "www.cargocollective.com/ruthandniamh":http://cargocollective.com/ruthandniamh In collaboration with the Roscomon Arts Centre and curator Mary Cremin, the Joinery off-site presents a series of projects which includes an exhibition and events by artists Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty, a sound workshop by Ed Devane and an evening of improvised music by some of the Joinery regulars. Events will take place in the Roscommon Arts Centre and King House, Boyle Co. Roscommon. _______________________________________ Part One: Hill of Bones Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty: (Roscommon Arts Centre) The Exhibition Hill of Bones is an exercise in cross-dimensional movement that employs video as a means of attempting the translation of this world onto another wavelength. The artists use the camera to trace passages through space that then become folded into the video image, suggesting perhaps the transference elsewhere of both place and body. With the sincere curiosity of tourists, they investigate Roscommon’s real and apocryphal histories and endeavour to create a reflective response to its landscape. Starting with a retreat to an unassuming crannog, Clinton and Moriarty perform an escape to and from nature. These manmade islands, once used as places of refuge, rebellion and revelry, now lie quiet and still. However, the word ‘crannog’, literally meaning ‘young tree’, describes their potential for reactivation as well as their timeless perpetuity. Two video pieces in the gallery, composed from unfamiliar representations of the island and beyond, will be accompanied on Culture Night by a walking tour of Loughnaneane Park. These works will attempt to connect the gallery and Roscommon town, emphasising the physical and historical depth of place through evocative images and mesmeric sounds. Culture Night Sept 20th: This Culture Night, artists Niamh Moriarty and Ruth Clinton invite you to join them on a tour of sights and sounds at Loughnaneane Park in Roscommon town. Over the centuries this landscape has been rearranged, just as certain details of history, folklore and stories can become distorted and confused from the point of view of the person recalling them. A guided walk will explore a series of moments, worlds and trajectories that exist parallel to all instants: past, present and future. Discover the eerie, lost island! Behold the fascinating, natural sinkhole! Marvel at the mysterious Hill of Bones! Clinton and Moriarty’s practice encompasses performance, video, sound installation and storytelling. Through fanatic acts of communication and repetition, of resurrection and preservation, they enact humanity’s struggle against overwhelming natural forces and ask how we can look beyond our limited perception of infinity. Collaboration, verging on telepathy, is crucial to this endeavour and often lies at the centre of the work, influencing its form and content. Using their own bodies and their immediate surroundings as a starting point, they convey urgent yet meditative visions of temporality and eternity. Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty have been working collaboratively since graduating from NCAD in 2010. Recent exhibitions include: The Earth Rings in Your Ears 2013; Hilltown New Music Festival 2013; Pink Moon, Red Rock Beach  2013; ROTATOR, Pallas Projects, 2013; Stoneybatter River Walks, The Joinery, 2012; Darklight Film Festival, 2012; Resort, Donegal, 2012; Prelude to Nothing, The LAB, 2012. "www.ruthclinton.wordpress.com":http://ruthclinton.wordpress.com "www.niamhmoriarty.wordpress.com":http://niamhmoriarty.wordpress.com "www.cargocollective.com/ruthandniamh":http://cargocollective.com/ruthandniamh