Selected Stories Part One: Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance

Selected Stories Part One: Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance

08th Sep 2011 - 18th Sep 2011

Opens Thursday 8 Sept 6-8pm
Public talk Thursday 15 Sept
Open daily 12-6pm.

Press Release:

Colin Crotty, Vanya Lambrecht-Ward and Justin Larkin
Three Farmers on their Way to a Dance (Selected Stories Programme Part One)

The ‘appropriated’ image is imbued with associations of the photograph, the archive, truth, the real and often nostalgia. When an artist appropriates an image, the ‘final result’ may or may not have anything to do with the original narrative context of the image, the intent of its creator, or the ways in which it was experienced by its original audience. Is the viewer being asked to dismiss its original meaning entirely and if so must they ignore what could be argued as some of the properties that define the medium of the image – such as it’s inescapable connection directly to the subject, to its maker, and to the viewer? Is the meaning of a photograph, its efficacy as an image, and its value as an object, always dependent on the contexts within which we ‘read’ it?

Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance takes both the title of a 1914 August Sander photograph and a Richard Powers novel of the same name as its starting point. The photograph, which was taken on the brink of World War I, depicts three young men in rural Germany on their way to a dance. The novel follows the fictional fates of these men in war time, as well as a number of other characters including the narrator – who is obsessed with ideals surrounding technology and photography. The novel looks at the disparity between historical record and personal experience, at the technological advancements that contributed to the substantial loss of life in World War I with those that provided art for the masses – in the form of photography.

Through exhibition, text and discussion, this project will question the photograph’s referencial power, its underlying ambiguity as an artifact and means of representation. Further to this it will explore the tension between text and image (not always the photographic image) and the relationship of image to object. All three artists in some way address the image through other mediums – print, drawing, sculpture and paint, at times addressing the image directly through painterly or sculptural concerns. The work will pose a number of questions relating to these concerns, including whether or not it is relevant to talk about translation or migration from one medium to another?

Opens Thursday 8 September, 6-8pm
Public discussion Thursday 15 September 7pm

Curated by Miranda Driscoll.

Three farmers on Their Way to a Dance is part of the Selected Stories Programme curated by the Joinery and supported by the Arts Council.

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The Selected Stories Project is a five-part project curated by the Joinery from this September to January of next year. The project will be made up of five individual shows and will include talks and screenings, bringing together a range of artists, curators and writers whose work engages with, and challenges perceptions of ‘the real’. The project will culminate in a publication of essays, writings and interviews by invited writers Rebecca O’Dwyer and Sean O’Sullivan.

Press Release: Colin Crotty, Vanya Lambrecht-Ward and Justin Larkin Three Farmers on their Way to a Dance (Selected Stories Programme Part One) The 'appropriated' image is imbued with associations of the photograph, the archive, truth, the real and often nostalgia. When an artist appropriates an image, the 'final result' may or may not have anything to do with the original narrative context of the image, the intent of its creator, or the ways in which it was experienced by its original audience. Is the viewer being asked to dismiss its original meaning entirely and if so must they ignore what could be argued as some of the properties that define the medium of the image – such as it's inescapable connection directly to the subject, to its maker, and to the viewer? Is the meaning of a photograph, its efficacy as an image, and its value as an object, always dependent on the contexts within which we 'read' it? Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance takes both the title of a 1914 August Sander photograph and a Richard Powers novel of the same name as its starting point. The photograph, which was taken on the brink of World War I, depicts three young men in rural Germany on their way to a dance. The novel follows the fictional fates of these men in war time, as well as a number of other characters including the narrator - who is obsessed with ideals surrounding technology and photography. The novel looks at the disparity between historical record and personal experience, at the technological advancements that contributed to the substantial loss of life in World War I with those that provided art for the masses - in the form of photography. Through exhibition, text and discussion, this project will question the photograph's referencial power, its underlying ambiguity as an artifact and means of representation. Further to this it will explore the tension between text and image (not always the photographic image) and the relationship of image to object. All three artists in some way address the image through other mediums – print, drawing, sculpture and paint, at times addressing the image directly through painterly or sculptural concerns. The work will pose a number of questions relating to these concerns, including whether or not it is relevant to talk about translation or migration from one medium to another? Opens Thursday 8 September, 6-8pm Public discussion Thursday 15 September 7pm Curated by Miranda Driscoll. Three farmers on Their Way to a Dance is part of the Selected Stories Programme curated by the Joinery and supported by the Arts Council. ___________________________________________________________ The Selected Stories Project is a five-part project curated by the Joinery from this September to January of next year. The project will be made up of five individual shows and will include talks and screenings, bringing together a range of artists, curators and writers whose work engages with, and challenges perceptions of ‘the real’. The project will culminate in a publication of essays, writings and interviews by invited writers Rebecca O'Dwyer and Sean O'Sullivan. Press Release: Colin Crotty, Vanya Lambrecht-Ward and Justin Larkin Three Farmers on their Way to a Dance (Selected Stories Programme Part One) The 'appropriated' image is imbued with associations of the photograph, the archive, truth, the real and often nostalgia. When an artist appropriates an image, the 'final result' may or may not have anything to do with the original narrative context of the image, the intent of its creator, or the ways in which it was experienced by its original audience. Is the viewer being asked to dismiss its original meaning entirely and if so must they ignore what could be argued as some of the properties that define the medium of the image – such as it's inescapable connection directly to the subject, to its maker, and to the viewer? Is the meaning of a photograph, its efficacy as an image, and its value as an object, always dependent on the contexts within which we 'read' it? Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance takes both the title of a 1914 August Sander photograph and a Richard Powers novel of the same name as its starting point. The photograph, which was taken on the brink of World War I, depicts three young men in rural Germany on their way to a dance. The novel follows the fictional fates of these men in war time, as well as a number of other characters including the narrator - who is obsessed with ideals surrounding technology and photography. The novel looks at the disparity between historical record and personal experience, at the technological advancements that contributed to the substantial loss of life in World War I with those that provided art for the masses - in the form of photography. Through exhibition, text and discussion, this project will question the photograph's referencial power, its underlying ambiguity as an artifact and means of representation. Further to this it will explore the tension between text and image (not always the photographic image) and the relationship of image to object. All three artists in some way address the image through other mediums – print, drawing, sculpture and paint, at times addressing the image directly through painterly or sculptural concerns. The work will pose a number of questions relating to these concerns, including whether or not it is relevant to talk about translation or migration from one medium to another? Opens Thursday 8 September, 6-8pm Public discussion Thursday 15 September 7pm Curated by Miranda Driscoll. Three farmers on Their Way to a Dance is part of the Selected Stories Programme curated by the Joinery and supported by the Arts Council. ___________________________________________________________ The Selected Stories Project is a five-part project curated by the Joinery from this September to January of next year. The project will be made up of five individual shows and will include talks and screenings, bringing together a range of artists, curators and writers whose work engages with, and challenges perceptions of ‘the real’. The project will culminate in a publication of essays, writings and interviews by invited writers Rebecca O'Dwyer and Sean O'Sullivan.
Press Release: Colin Crotty, Vanya Lambrecht-Ward and Justin Larkin Three Farmers on their Way to a Dance (Selected Stories Programme Part One) The 'appropriated' image is imbued with associations of the photograph, the archive, truth, the real and often nostalgia. When an artist appropriates an image, the 'final result' may or may not have anything to do with the original narrative context of the image, the intent of its creator, or the ways in which it was experienced by its original audience. Is the viewer being asked to dismiss its original meaning entirely and if so must they ignore what could be argued as some of the properties that define the medium of the image – such as it's inescapable connection directly to the subject, to its maker, and to the viewer? Is the meaning of a photograph, its efficacy as an image, and its value as an object, always dependent on the contexts within which we 'read' it? Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance takes both the title of a 1914 August Sander photograph and a Richard Powers novel of the same name as its starting point. The photograph, which was taken on the brink of World War I, depicts three young men in rural Germany on their way to a dance. The novel follows the fictional fates of these men in war time, as well as a number of other characters including the narrator - who is obsessed with ideals surrounding technology and photography. The novel looks at the disparity between historical record and personal experience, at the technological advancements that contributed to the substantial loss of life in World War I with those that provided art for the masses - in the form of photography. Through exhibition, text and discussion, this project will question the photograph's referencial power, its underlying ambiguity as an artifact and means of representation. Further to this it will explore the tension between text and image (not always the photographic image) and the relationship of image to object. All three artists in some way address the image through other mediums – print, drawing, sculpture and paint, at times addressing the image directly through painterly or sculptural concerns. The work will pose a number of questions relating to these concerns, including whether or not it is relevant to talk about translation or migration from one medium to another? Opens Thursday 8 September, 6-8pm Public discussion Thursday 15 September 7pm Curated by Miranda Driscoll. Three farmers on Their Way to a Dance is part of the Selected Stories Programme curated by the Joinery and supported by the Arts Council. ___________________________________________________________ The Selected Stories Project is a five-part project curated by the Joinery from this September to January of next year. The project will be made up of five individual shows and will include talks and screenings, bringing together a range of artists, curators and writers whose work engages with, and challenges perceptions of ‘the real’. The project will culminate in a publication of essays, writings and interviews by invited writers Rebecca O'Dwyer and Sean O'Sullivan. Press Release: Colin Crotty, Vanya Lambrecht-Ward and Justin Larkin Three Farmers on their Way to a Dance (Selected Stories Programme Part One) The 'appropriated' image is imbued with associations of the photograph, the archive, truth, the real and often nostalgia. When an artist appropriates an image, the 'final result' may or may not have anything to do with the original narrative context of the image, the intent of its creator, or the ways in which it was experienced by its original audience. Is the viewer being asked to dismiss its original meaning entirely and if so must they ignore what could be argued as some of the properties that define the medium of the image – such as it's inescapable connection directly to the subject, to its maker, and to the viewer? Is the meaning of a photograph, its efficacy as an image, and its value as an object, always dependent on the contexts within which we 'read' it? Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance takes both the title of a 1914 August Sander photograph and a Richard Powers novel of the same name as its starting point. The photograph, which was taken on the brink of World War I, depicts three young men in rural Germany on their way to a dance. The novel follows the fictional fates of these men in war time, as well as a number of other characters including the narrator - who is obsessed with ideals surrounding technology and photography. The novel looks at the disparity between historical record and personal experience, at the technological advancements that contributed to the substantial loss of life in World War I with those that provided art for the masses - in the form of photography. Through exhibition, text and discussion, this project will question the photograph's referencial power, its underlying ambiguity as an artifact and means of representation. Further to this it will explore the tension between text and image (not always the photographic image) and the relationship of image to object. All three artists in some way address the image through other mediums – print, drawing, sculpture and paint, at times addressing the image directly through painterly or sculptural concerns. The work will pose a number of questions relating to these concerns, including whether or not it is relevant to talk about translation or migration from one medium to another? Opens Thursday 8 September, 6-8pm Public discussion Thursday 15 September 7pm Curated by Miranda Driscoll. Three farmers on Their Way to a Dance is part of the Selected Stories Programme curated by the Joinery and supported by the Arts Council. ___________________________________________________________ The Selected Stories Project is a five-part project curated by the Joinery from this September to January of next year. The project will be made up of five individual shows and will include talks and screenings, bringing together a range of artists, curators and writers whose work engages with, and challenges perceptions of ‘the real’. The project will culminate in a publication of essays, writings and interviews by invited writers Rebecca O'Dwyer and Sean O'Sullivan. Press Release: Colin Crotty, Vanya Lambrecht-Ward and Justin Larkin Three Farmers on their Way to a Dance (Selected Stories Programme Part One) The 'appropriated' image is imbued with associations of the photograph, the archive, truth, the real and often nostalgia. When an artist appropriates an image, the 'final result' may or may not have anything to do with the original narrative context of the image, the intent of its creator, or the ways in which it was experienced by its original audience. Is the viewer being asked to dismiss its original meaning entirely and if so must they ignore what could be argued as some of the properties that define the medium of the image – such as it's inescapable connection directly to the subject, to its maker, and to the viewer? Is the meaning of a photograph, its efficacy as an image, and its value as an object, always dependent on the contexts within which we 'read' it? Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance takes both the title of a 1914 August Sander photograph and a Richard Powers novel of the same name as its starting point. The photograph, which was taken on the brink of World War I, depicts three young men in rural Germany on their way to a dance. The novel follows the fictional fates of these men in war time, as well as a number of other characters including the narrator - who is obsessed with ideals surrounding technology and photography. The novel looks at the disparity between historical record and personal experience, at the technological advancements that contributed to the substantial loss of life in World War I with those that provided art for the masses - in the form of photography. Through exhibition, text and discussion, this project will question the photograph's referencial power, its underlying ambiguity as an artifact and means of representation. Further to this it will explore the tension between text and image (not always the photographic image) and the relationship of image to object. All three artists in some way address the image through other mediums – print, drawing, sculpture and paint, at times addressing the image directly through painterly or sculptural concerns. The work will pose a number of questions relating to these concerns, including whether or not it is relevant to talk about translation or migration from one medium to another? Opens Thursday 8 September, 6-8pm Public discussion Thursday 15 September 7pm Curated by Miranda Driscoll. Three farmers on Their Way to a Dance is part of the Selected Stories Programme curated by the Joinery and supported by the Arts Council. ___________________________________________________________ The Selected Stories Project is a five-part project curated by the Joinery from this September to January of next year. The project will be made up of five individual shows and will include talks and screenings, bringing together a range of artists, curators and writers whose work engages with, and challenges perceptions of ‘the real’. The project will culminate in a publication of essays, writings and interviews by invited writers Rebecca O'Dwyer and Sean O'Sullivan.