OCTOBER 2005
OPW - Kilmainham Gaol
and
the
Istituto
Italiano di Cultura
present
WAY
OUT
by
McBett
Opening
Wednesday
28th
September 2005
7,00
Eli
“McBett” Jacomini is an Italian artist
who has been living and working in Ireland for the past
seven years.
She has been working on
WAY OUT
a special project for Kilmainham Gaol,
for the past three years.
The exhibition is articulated in four different
multimedia projects developed
in the last seven years in Ireland from ideas developed
in time.
She uses a wide range of media to explore questions of
captivity and freedom,
in personal and social contexts.
Like the prisoner for whom all aspects of their meagre
material world
becomes intensely significant, her pieces are made of
things found or casually discarded by others.
How do we find freedom?
Samuel Beckett, with his capacity to create intense,
claustrophobic environments, has been a major influence.
The character Murphy, from the novel with the same name,
finds his freedom by having himself tied into a chair.
The way out can also be the way in to a deeper
self-understanding.
28th
of September – 31st October 2005
Kilmainham
Gaol
Inchicore Road
Dublin 8
 Chronic Epoch eventsChronic Epoch events Week 4 (Wed 5 Sun 9 October, 2005) Wednesday 5 Sunday 9 October 12-6pm, yard Scissors, paper, steel Tamsin Pender In 1998 Tamsin Pender was invited to feminise the balcony in the upper gallery with stitch. Since, she has made various lo-fi forays into the great outdoors. For Chronic Epoch we've asked her back to transform the galvanised steel gates in the backyard. Saturday 8 October 2-6pm, arch Down in the Cellar Aaron Williamson Down in the cellar, beneath a queasy subterranean light, a mutant form peels and dresses himself for fear. Held by his reflection in an overhanging mirror he shifts and changes, trying new guises in the polished glass. There are tasks to fit in between changing - bogeyman tasks. Saturday 8 Sunday 9 October 12-6pm, upper space Living History Kim Noble is Gaius Cornelius, John of Gaunt, Corporal G. Smithers and Alexander Fleming. This week: The Peasantıs Revolt of 1381. Sunday 9 October 12-2pm, lower space Bob and Roberta Smithıs Sunday Cement Soup Kitchen with guests. Leigh Clarke, Human Orchestra performs like a programmed one-man machine with support from Orquesta Touta (the idiot orchestra). Bob and Roberta Smithıs customised cement sculptures made to order from £2. Hiding Places, a signed limited edition print of 50, commissioned by Beaconsfield, special exhibition price £20 per print. NB Please note: Andrew Rentonıs talk on Sunday has been POSTPONED (date tbc). New details will be posted on the website as soon as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience. All welcome. Free entry. Soup, cake and drinks available. No booking necessary for any of the events. All events are part of Chronic Epoch (1995-2005 the celebration of a decade), a ten week exhibition celebrating Beaconsfieldıs 10th anniversary. Weekend performance, talks and screenings will run throughout the exhibition, from 2pm unless otherwise advertised (see website for details). Week 3 (Wed 28 Sept Sun 2 Oct, 2005) Sunday 2 October 12-2pm, lower space Bob and Roberta Smithıs Sunday Cement Soup Kitchen with guests Phil Coy and Dave Carbone present the third in their series of collaborative Drum Lectures. Bob and Robertaıs customised cement sculptures made to order from £2. 2pm, arch Bruce Gilbert An improvisation using analogue and digital sound-modifying devices. Parts of the performance will be dependent on the physical and acoustic qualities of the performing area. Be warned some of the sounds may be of an extreme or loud nature. 2pm, lower space Ten Years x 7 (Five Years x 50% + Superstition x 70% + Thirteen Years x 130% + Sheıs Nineteen x 190% + 21st Independence x 210% + One Hundred Years From Now x 1000% + 400 Years x 4000%) Mark Deanıs Ten Years x 7 takes as its source seven records, each one referencing a number of years (from David Bowieıs Five Years to Bob Marleyıs 400 Years). These recordings have then been time-stretched to a relative duration of ten years apiece (eg Five Years slowed to 50%, 400 Years speeded to 4000%) The result is a durational projection lasting one side of an LP, or a lifetime. All welcome. Free entry. Soup, cake and drinks available. No booking necessary for any of the events. All events are part of Chronic Epoch (1995-2005 the celebration of a decade), a ten week exhibition celebrating Beaconsfieldıs 10th anniversary. Weekend performance, talks and screenings will run throughout the exhibition, from 2pm unless otherwise advertised (see website for details). Beaconsfield, 22 Newport Street, London, SE11 6AY Tel: 020 7582 6465 www.beaconsfield.ltd.uk |