A programme of contemporary moving image works by Irish and international artists available to tour. Featuring Jenny Brady, Jussi Eerola, Laura Fitzgerald, John Smith, Deborah Stratman and Yoga For The Eyes
Taking the ‘circuit’, with all of its possible meanings, as a conceptual framework, the programme purposefully complicates interconnected ideas relating to communication, travel and technology, highlighting films in which intimate or ordinarily private thoughts are vocalised and acts of speaking or mis/over-hearing, particularly in recorded form, take on significances other than those originally intended. This gives rise in several instances to concerns about illicit societal control and surveillance but ultimately this programme emphasises the political and cultural value of speaking out, either to express an inner voice or strengthen the power of collective struggle.
Film info, running time 84 min
Jussi Eerola, Blue Honda Civic, 2020, 11 min, Finland
Laura Fitzgerald, P45, 2017, 16:10 min, Ireland
Michelle Doyle, Eva Richardson-McCrea & Coilin O’Connell with Jenn Moore, Yoga For The Eyes, 2018, 24:12, Ireland
John Smith, A State of Grace, 2019, 3:23 min, UK
Deborah Stratman, Hacked Circuit, 2014, 15:08 min, U.S.A.
Jenny Brady, Receiver, 2019, 14:36 min, Ireland
Tour dates
6:30pm Wednesday 20 October 2021
Theatrical screening, Pálás Cinema, Galway, more info & booking here
6:30pm Wednesday 13 October 2021
Screening event, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, more info & booking here
12 August – 10 October 2021
Installed at The Model, Sligo, in the gallery’s new space dedicated to the exhibition of artist and experimental film, more info here
Online event: Artist Breakfast Club, 11am 6 October 2021
11 December 2020 – early 2021
VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, Digital Gallery in-real-life installation, more info here
Online screening and Q&A with programme artist Laura Fitzgerald, hosted by Artistic Director of VISUAL Emma Lucy O’Brien, 7 April 2021, more info here
9 – 15 November 2020
‘Signals & Circuits’ premiere at 2020 Cork International Film Festival, more info here
If you are interested in finding out more about featuring this screening as part of your festival or venue programme contact us any time at [email protected]
Deborah Stratman, Hacked Circuit, 2014, 15:08 min, U.S.A
Jenny Brady, Receiver, 2019, 14:36 min, Ireland
John Smith, A State of Grace, 2019, 3:23 min, UK
Jussi Eerola, Blue Honda Civic, 2020, 11 min, Finland
Laura Fitzgerald, P45, 2017, 16:10 min, Ireland
Michelle Doyle, Eva Richardson-McCrea & Cóilín O'Connell with Jenn Moore, Yoga For The Eyes, 2018, 24:12, Ireland