7 March - 7 April 2019
Field Notes from the Border presented ongoing work by artists working along the border in Ireland. As we approached the March Brexit deadline, the specially devised exhibitions and installations in the Gallery of Photography reflected the anxiety raised by the prospect of the imposition of a hard border.
Anthony Haughey’s exhibition and installation responds to the perceived imminent threat of Brexit to peace and stability in Ireland. New video works, photographs and texts reflect on Ireland’s ‘seamless’ border and consider how function, meaning, and effect are often in a state of flux. As WT Mitchell observes, it is ‘a process of human interventions, intersubjective relations and ideologies that determines our understanding of the landscape.’
Brian Newman’s ‘Unsettled Border’’ reflects on the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, the complexities of Irish histories and the fragility of political circumstances. It considers the remoteness of intertwined border landscapes where diminishing numbers of Orange Order members strive to secure the fraternities’ isolated meeting places. This installation features photographic works and a new film ‘LOL 37’ made in Altnaveigh Orange Lodge.
The exhibition also features new works from Gallery of Photography artist in residence Kate Nolan’s ongoing long-term Lacuna project premiered in 2017.
The exhibition is part of a network of exhibitions in Dublin, Donegal and Derry~Londonderry. The will be supported by an engagement programme will engage border communities in series of workshops which will respond to unfolding political developments.
Curated by Gallery of Photography a part of the Reframing the Border programme. Supported by the Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Reconciliation Fund.