Ireland’s International Festival of Photography & Image Culture.
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In 2018, we are celebrating our 9th edition and we’re thrilled to bring to Dublin for the first time Internationally acclaimed work and new projects from contemporary Irish artists, workshops, Critical Academy seminars, launches, and talks!
This year, the festival presents the works of two photographers working on the subject of women’s rights, at a time when Ireland will vote in a referendum about issues concerning access to legal abortion. Launching the festival on 3rd May, at The Copper House Gallery, Laia Abril’s comprehensive work On Abortion, looks at the history and repercussions for women in the absence of safe and legal abortions – the first chapter of an extensive project A History of Misogyny. Alongside, Irish artist Sarah Cullen presents her work You Shall Have Exactly What You Want, exploring the experiences of pregnant women in Ireland who are faced with crisis pregnancies. In the lead up to the launch, The Politics of the Long Haul: Photography, Pro-Choice Artistic Practices and the Archive will be held in the Harry Clark Lecture Theatre of the National College of Art & Design, between 3-5pm, discussing the visual politics of the Pro-Choice movement, focussed on the work of three photographers: Laia Abril, Emma Campbell and Sarah Cullen.
Later in the month, we launch Moyross Study at The Library Project, by Irish photographer Jamin Keogh. Presented for the first time, Moyross Study is a sociological exploration of Moyross housing estate in Limerick. The project challenges the many stereotypes that surround the Moyross development by highlighting how despite the troubled history and the drastic topographical adjustments, a community still persists, and in some respects, even thrives.
The recently launched Critical Academy joins the festival for the first time, bringing a great selection of short seminars around key aspects of contemporary arts practice, aimed at developing and strengthening key skills and mindsets. From practical teachings, to cultivating critical mindsets, to discussions and contemplations on the current state of photography, the Critical Academy is held in participatory environments with clear and focused aims, facilitated by local and International professionals of the industry.
The festival residency How to Flatten a Mountain continues into its third year. Presented by PhotoIreland and Cow House Studios, the aim of this residency is for participating artists to explore possibilities outside their core practice, work collaboratively and produce a cohesive exhibition of work to be presented at the unique venue of Rathfarnham Castle.
The festival is divided in three sections: Main Exhibitions, the shows produced and curated by PhotoIreland Festival; Featured Exhibitions, selected relevant exhibitions that are produced and curated by other organisations; and the Open Programme, all the fringe exhibitions presented by individuals and organisations that add with their spontaneity to the festival flair.
Other events programmed will include the launch of Junior magazine’s third issue, entitled The Empathy Issue, and the launch of Daragh Soden’s latest publication Toulon. Fotobookfestival Kassel makes Dublin its first stop this year, so don’t miss the latest Photobooks from International photographers at The Library Project.
List of Exhibitions and Events
Exhibitions
Laia Abril, On Abortion, 4-31 May
Sarah Cullen, You Shall Have Exactly What You Want, 4-31 May
Mariela Sancari, Moisés. 3-31 May
How to Flatten a Mountain 2018, Rose Bennett, Donna Cooper Hurt, Sarah Flynn, Ana Gómez de León, Shaney Marie Herrmann, Katinka Igelberg, Daniel Orlando Lara Garcia, Nancy Libson, Sarah Pannell, Leah Raintree, Molly Ruoho, and Sofia Seguro, 5 May-4 June
Jamin Keogh, Moyross Study, 1-24 Jun
Junior Issue 3, Florian Thoß, Catarina Leone and David Thomas Smith, Emmet Kirwan, Rebecca O’Dwyer, Loah, and Kojaque. 26-29 April
Fotobookfestival Kassel Dummy Award 2018,1-27 May
Kenneth O’Halloran, Modern ruins and other stories, 7 April-20 May
Photo Detectives, Sep 2017-mid September 2018
Gerry Blake, Into the Sea.19 May-30 Jun
In, Around and Aftereffects, Ciarán Óg Arnold, Mark Duffy, Martin Cregg, 7 April-1 Jun
Clare Gallagher, Verges, 4 May-30 Jun
Martin & Hobbs, Frieze, March 2018-mid 2020
Mel Black, Geoff Greenham and Simon Hill , Left Behind, 1-31 May
Gerry Balfe Smyth, Last Breath, 1-13 May
Matthew Gammon, Inked and Pressed, 4-19 May
Lux, Lewis McClatchey, Evie Williamson, Michelle Moloney, Katie Marshall, Sophie McAtasney, Eris Crawley, Amy Clarke, 4-17 May
St Kevins College Graduate Exhibition 2018, Tania Brett, Aarif Amod, Leah Canning, Vincent Conway, Louise Crave, Margaret Fay, Zita Fitzgerald, Max Hartfiel, Teresa Hynes, Viktorija Kacanauskaite, Stephanie Kane, Jennifer Kavanagh, Philip Kealy, Monchi Lados, Aurthur Marsan, Marykate McMahon, Fiona Moran, Brian O’Connell, and Giedrius Rasimavicius. 11-13 May
The body/Le Corps,Échiquier, Art Nude Ireland, 25-30 May
Brian Cooney, No place like home, 30 May-15 Jun
Events
Futures, 3 May
Daragh Soden, Toulon, 10 May
Curatorial Walking Tous, 12 May and 26 May
Present your Project to Agata Stoinska, 12 May
Reset your practice, Ángel Luis González, 13 May
Photobook trends, Ángel Luis González, 19 May
On the State of Photography in Ireland, Ángel Luis Gónzalez, 20 May
Art as a Sustainable Business: Nurturing your entrepreneurial Mindset, Ángel Luis Gónzalez, 20 May
Talks
The politics of the long haul, Laia Abril, Emma Campbell, 3 May
Masterclass on Research, Narratives and platforms with Laia Abril, 4 May
Printing Secrets: Press Checking with Agata Stoinska, 13 May
PhotoIreland Festival 2018
It is the 9th edition of PhotoIreland Festival 2018, running for the whole month of May, and bringing to Ireland once again contemporary photographic practices that will surely excite the minds of Irish audiences and visitors alike.
Run by PhotoIreland Foundation, this year the festival presents the works of two photographers working around women’s rights, at a time when Ireland will vote in a referendum about issues concerning access to legal abortion. Launching the festival on 3rd May, Laia Abril’s comprehensive work On Abortion, looks at the history and repercussions for women in the absence of safe and legal abortions – the first chapter of an extensive project A History of Misogyny. Irish artist Sarah Cullen presents her work You Shall Have Exactly What You Want exploring the experiences of pregnant women in Ireland who are faced with crisis pregnancies.
Looking at contemporary Irish photographers Jamin Keogh presents for the first time his new project Moyross Study – a sociological exploration of Moyross housing estate in Limerick. Meanwhile, Daragh Soden will launch his latest photobook, a portrait of the city of Toulon, France, as part of an ambitious collection entitled Portraits de Villes – details to be released. The festival residency How to Flatten a Mountain continues into its third year at Cow House Studios, with the outcome to be exhibited in Rathfarnham Castle. Festival visitors will also enjoy Mariela Sancari‘s fascinating work Moisés, presented at the Instituto Cervantes Dublin.
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Laia Abril,
On Abortion.
Launch 6pm 3 May
Exhibition runs 4-31 May
at The Copper House Gallery
Sarah Cullen,
You Shall Have Exactly
What You Want.
Launch 6pm 5h May
Presentation runs 6-20 May
at The Library Project
Jamin Keogh,
Moyross Study.
Launch 6pm 24th May
Exhibition runs 25 May-24 June
at The Library Project
Mariela Sancari,
Moisés.
Launch 6pm 2nd May
Exhibition runs 3-31 May
at Insituto Cervantes Dublin
Residency: How to Flatten a Mountain 2018.
Starts 23rd April at Cow House Studios
Launch 6pm 4th May
Exhibition runs 5-31 May
at Rathfarnham Castle
Open Programme 2018.
Open call: Submit your personal
or collective project and join
PhotoIreland Festival 2018
