Institute of Technology Carlow will once again throw open its doors and invite the public to participate in Culture Night, Ireland’s annual nocturnal cultural showcase, that takes place around the country on Friday 20th September.
Culture Night 2019 will see the Institute host a number of cultural genres, including a live artistic performance, a guided tour of the IT Carlow art collection, and the screening of three artistic films and one feature-length concert film.
Jung-A Han and Orla Ryan are the curators of this year’s IT Carlow Culture Night offering which kicks off at 5pm and runs until 8pm. Orla Ryan is an international artist and lecturer in art at IT Carlow’s Wexford campus. Jung-A Han is an IT Carlow art graduate and artist. Starting at 5pm in the Central Services Building, Voice:목소리:Moksoli is a live 15-minute performance and 45-minutes audio installation, originated by Jung-A Han with invited performer Yoon-Kyung Chung exploring aspects of dual identity, a condition often experienced by migrants arriving in a new country. The performance explores themes of immigration and disorientation utilising calligraphy, Korean drum, poetry and dance.
The audio installation is based on interviews with members of the public who have a connection with more than two cultures. The piece starts with a performance of Korean drumming by the Korean School of Dublin, followed by recorded responses to the questions of identity with musical interludes.
A guided tour of the IT Carlow art collection will take place at 5.30pm. The collection comprises an eclectic collaboration of nearly 300 figurative and abstract contemporary visual artworks, including exceptional works by artists such as Louis Le Broquy, Mark Redden, Julien Schnabel, Francis Bacon and Peter Monoghan. It also includes ten years of ‘Student Award Purchase’ winning pieces from the BA Fine Art graduates in the Wexford Campus School of Art and Design.
A 30-minute screening of artists films including the work of Orla Barry, Orla Ryan and Jacinta Moore will take place in Lecture Hall A102 at 6pm. Orla Barry's Breaking Rainbows is a humorous and endearing look at sheep farming and our relationship to the natural environment. Orla Ryan's Have you Forgotten Me Mr Haynes? is a poetic film essay using footage from serial melodramas, produced by Stormy Petrel (a collaboration between Orla Ryan Brian Hand and Alanna O'Kelly). Jacinta Moore’s Stone Age and Beyond is a Fusion of altered moving imagery that brings a modern twist to Browneshill Dolmen.
The final culture offering of the evening will be a screening of feature-length film Amazing Grace – the Aretha Franklin Concert Film directed by Sydney Pollack, in association with the lackstairs Film Society.
“This is the biggest Culture Night programme from IT Carlow to date and we are looking forward to welcoming everyone to our campus for a great night of culture on Friday night. I’d like to thank Orla Ryan and Jung-A Han for curating such a varied and distinctive programme this year”, commented David Denieffe, Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Institute of Technology Carlow.
For further information, visit www.culturenight.ie