Líadáin Éire
This journey follows a wobbly line of linked histories. Setting out in 1930s Hollywood, the train quickly moves to the mid-20th century North London and the voices of Irish immigrant labourers. Catching the Overground from Camden Road to Dalston Kingsland, time moves backwards and the city disappears, retreating to the Great Forest of Middlesex in the 16th century, and Henry VIII’s own private area of the forest. The forest takes us to A Midsummer Night’s Dream (again via 1930s Hollywood), which brings us to changelings and back to Ireland.
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Besessen
Diese Reise folgt einer wackeligen Linie von miteinander verbundenen Geschichten. Sie beginnt im Hollywood der 1930er Jahre und führt schnell in das Nordlondon der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts und zu den Stimmen der irischen Arbeitsmigranten. Mit der Overground von Camden Road nach Dalston Kingsland bewegt sich die Zeit rückwärts, die Stadt verschwindet und zieht sich in den Great Forest of Middlesex im 16. Jahrhundert und in das private Waldgebiet von Heinrich VIII. zurück. Der Wald führt uns zu A Midsummer Night's Dream (wiederum über das Hollywood der 1930er Jahre), was uns zu Wechselbälgern und zurück nach Irland bringt.
This journey follows a wobbly line of linked histories. Setting out in 1930s Hollywood, the train quickly moves to the mid-20th century North London and the voices of Irish immigrant labourers. Catching the Overground from Camden Road to Dalston Kingsland, time moves backwards and the city disappears, retreating to the Great Forest of Middlesex in the 16th century, and Henry VIII’s own private area of the forest. The forest takes us to A Midsummer Night’s Dream (again via 1930s Hollywood), which brings us to changelings and back to Ireland.
Besessen
Diese Reise folgt einer wackeligen Linie von miteinander verbundenen Geschichten. Sie beginnt im Hollywood der 1930er Jahre und führt schnell in das Nordlondon der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts und zu den Stimmen der irischen Arbeitsmigranten. Mit der Overground von Camden Road nach Dalston Kingsland bewegt sich die Zeit rückwärts, die Stadt verschwindet und zieht sich in den Great Forest of Middlesex im 16. Jahrhundert und in das private Waldgebiet von Heinrich VIII. zurück. Der Wald führt uns zu A Midsummer Night's Dream (wiederum über das Hollywood der 1930er Jahre), was uns zu Wechselbälgern und zurück nach Irland bringt.
Possessed (29.56)
00:00 Excerpt from ‘Possessed' (1931), directed by Clarence Brown
02:58 'The Old Main Drag’, The Pogues
03:55 Excerpt from ’The Pick, The Shovel and the Open Road’ (1991), directed by Molly Dineen and Sarah Jeans
05:42 'Paddy Fahey’s Jig’, Martin Byrnes
06:51 Excerpt from ’The Pick, The Shovel and the Open Road’
06:58 ‘Building Up and Tearing England Down’, The Dubliners
10:21 Excerpt from 'Full Journey On The London Overground From Stratford to Richmond', X2K9
11:21 Excerpt from 'Full Journey On The London Overground From Richmond to Stratford', X2K9 - YouTube channel
12:42 Audio recording from King Henry’s Walk in Hackney, London
13:23 Excerpt from '4K HDR Bluebell Woods - English Forest - Birds Singing - No Loop - Relaxing Nature Video & Sounds', TheSilentWatcher - YouTube channel
13:46 'Bransle De Poitou & D’Écosse’, Strada
17:29 'Drawn sword sound effects (free)', Syd's Room - YouTube channel
17:57 ’They flee from me’ Thomas Wyatt, recited by Peter O’Shaughnessy
19:29 Excerpt from 'Baby deer bleating', Frankie Burns - YouTube channel
19:39 Excerpts from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1935), directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle
22:57 ’The Stolen Child’, The Waterboys / W. B. Yeats
29:44 Excerpt from ’The Pick, The Shovel and the Open Road’
Bio
Líadáin Éire is an artist working predominantly with moving image and installation. Graduating from BA Fine Art at Falmouth School of Art, she has continued her practice in London, UK and is currently undertaking an MA in Fine Art Media at the Slade School of Art. Éire was an artist in residence at Organhaus Gallery in Chongqing, China, and returned to Chongqing for the WatzArt International Residency in 2019. In November 2017 she was a resident artist at Joya: arte + ecología in Almería, Spain. Recent exhibitions include: The Yearning Castle at Yellow Space, Chongqing, China; Me and My Animal Friends at CCA Glasgow, UK and III International Bad Art Festival at Zverev Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia.
Líadáin Éire ist eine Künstlerin, die vorwiegend mit bewegten Bildern und Installationen arbeitet. Nach ihrem BA-Abschluss in Bildender Kunst an der Falmouth School of Art hat sie ihre Arbeit in London fortgesetzt und absolviert derzeit einen MA in Bildender Kunst und Medien an der Slade School of Art. Éire war Artist in Residence in der Organhaus Gallery in Chongqing, China, und kehrte 2019 für die WatzArt International Residency nach Chongqing zurück. Im November 2017 war sie Resident Artist bei Joya: arte + ecología in Almería, Spanien. Zu ihren jüngsten Ausstellungen gehören: The Yearning Castle im Yellow Space, Chongqing, China; Me and My Animal Friends im CCA Glasgow, UK und III International Bad Art Festival im Zverev Centre of Contemporary Art, Moskau, Russland.
www.liadaineire.com
00:00 Excerpt from ‘Possessed' (1931), directed by Clarence Brown
02:58 'The Old Main Drag’, The Pogues
03:55 Excerpt from ’The Pick, The Shovel and the Open Road’ (1991), directed by Molly Dineen and Sarah Jeans
05:42 'Paddy Fahey’s Jig’, Martin Byrnes
06:51 Excerpt from ’The Pick, The Shovel and the Open Road’
06:58 ‘Building Up and Tearing England Down’, The Dubliners
10:21 Excerpt from 'Full Journey On The London Overground From Stratford to Richmond', X2K9
11:21 Excerpt from 'Full Journey On The London Overground From Richmond to Stratford', X2K9 - YouTube channel
12:42 Audio recording from King Henry’s Walk in Hackney, London
13:23 Excerpt from '4K HDR Bluebell Woods - English Forest - Birds Singing - No Loop - Relaxing Nature Video & Sounds', TheSilentWatcher - YouTube channel
13:46 'Bransle De Poitou & D’Écosse’, Strada
17:29 'Drawn sword sound effects (free)', Syd's Room - YouTube channel
17:57 ’They flee from me’ Thomas Wyatt, recited by Peter O’Shaughnessy
19:29 Excerpt from 'Baby deer bleating', Frankie Burns - YouTube channel
19:39 Excerpts from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1935), directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle
22:57 ’The Stolen Child’, The Waterboys / W. B. Yeats
29:44 Excerpt from ’The Pick, The Shovel and the Open Road’
Bio
Líadáin Éire is an artist working predominantly with moving image and installation. Graduating from BA Fine Art at Falmouth School of Art, she has continued her practice in London, UK and is currently undertaking an MA in Fine Art Media at the Slade School of Art. Éire was an artist in residence at Organhaus Gallery in Chongqing, China, and returned to Chongqing for the WatzArt International Residency in 2019. In November 2017 she was a resident artist at Joya: arte + ecología in Almería, Spain. Recent exhibitions include: The Yearning Castle at Yellow Space, Chongqing, China; Me and My Animal Friends at CCA Glasgow, UK and III International Bad Art Festival at Zverev Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia.
Líadáin Éire ist eine Künstlerin, die vorwiegend mit bewegten Bildern und Installationen arbeitet. Nach ihrem BA-Abschluss in Bildender Kunst an der Falmouth School of Art hat sie ihre Arbeit in London fortgesetzt und absolviert derzeit einen MA in Bildender Kunst und Medien an der Slade School of Art. Éire war Artist in Residence in der Organhaus Gallery in Chongqing, China, und kehrte 2019 für die WatzArt International Residency nach Chongqing zurück. Im November 2017 war sie Resident Artist bei Joya: arte + ecología in Almería, Spanien. Zu ihren jüngsten Ausstellungen gehören: The Yearning Castle im Yellow Space, Chongqing, China; Me and My Animal Friends im CCA Glasgow, UK und III International Bad Art Festival im Zverev Centre of Contemporary Art, Moskau, Russland.
www.liadaineire.com