Sirius Arts Centre

17/08/2024

Two spaces have opened up for our Heritage Week event TODAY!
Michael O'Sullivan: Writing Masterclass

Michael O’Sullivan conducts a writing masterclass as part of Heritage Week 2024. He uses the SIRIUS building as a starting point for presentation and discussion. He explores themes inspired by the Old Yacht Club, located on the waterfront of Cobh – which distinct histories and architecture, as well as past lives, can be imagined in relation to the site? The sessions include readings from a selection of his publications, exercises, and feedback on texts written by participants.

Saturday, 17 August
1-4 pm
Booking required via Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/951890679647) or visit us for assistance
Free; as part of Heritage Week 2024

O’Sullivan’s writings are listed in the National Library of Ireland Catalogue and his poems, short stories, and reviews have appeared in distinguished anthologies and journals in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 1993 he won the American Cloverdale Prize for Poetry. Many writers have cited his unique workshops as being crucial breakthroughs in the transformation of their work.

Cork County Council

16/08/2024

One space left for our Heritage Week event tomorrow!
Michael O'Sullivan: Writing Masterclass

Michael O’Sullivan conducts a writing masterclass as part of Heritage Week 2024. He uses the SIRIUS building as a starting point for presentation and discussion. He explores themes inspired by the Old Yacht Club, located on the waterfront of Cobh – which distinct histories and architecture, as well as past lives, can be imagined in relation to the site? The sessions include readings from a selection of his publications, exercises, and feedback on texts written by participants.

Saturday, 17 August
1-4 pm
Booking required via Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/951890679647) or visit us for assistance
Free; as part of Heritage Week 2024

O’Sullivan’s writings are listed in the National Library of Ireland Catalogue and his poems, short stories, and reviews have appeared in distinguished anthologies and journals in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 1993 he won the American Cloverdale Prize for Poetry. Many writers have cited his unique workshops as being crucial breakthroughs in the transformation of their work.

Cork County Council

A workshop delivered by Michael O'Sullivan, which covers themes of the Old Yacht Club building, from history to architecture and past lives

14/08/2024

Less than a handful of tickets left, last chance to register!
Michael O'Sullivan: Writing Masterclass

Michael O’Sullivan conducts a writing masterclass as part of Heritage Week 2024. He uses the SIRIUS building as a starting point for presentation and discussion. He explores themes inspired by the Old Yacht Club, located on the waterfront of Cobh – which distinct histories and architecture, as well as past lives, can be imagined in relation to the site? The sessions include readings from a selection of his publications, exercises, and feedback on texts written by participants.

Saturday, 17 August
1-4 pm
Booking required via Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/951890679647) or visit us for assistance
Free; as part of Heritage Week 2024

O’Sullivan’s writings are listed in the National Library of Ireland Catalogue and his poems, short stories, and reviews have appeared in distinguished anthologies and journals in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 1993 he won the American Cloverdale Prize for Poetry. Many writers have cited his unique workshops as being crucial breakthroughs in the transformation of their work.

Heritage Week
Cork County Council

10/08/2024

Cork County Council’s Arts Office is one of SIRIUS’s key stakeholders. They are inviting members of the public to share their views on how they can promote the enjoyment of, and participation in, the arts in County Cork. The responses are going to help shaping their new Arts Plan, setting out their direction, priorities and goals over the next five years. (For further information, copy and paste the link below into a browser.) They are receiving responses until 16 August.

https://www.yourcouncil.ie/AchieveForms/?mode=fill&consentMessage=yes&form_uri=sandbox-publish%3A//AF-Process-879b3171-ed05-45ca-8161-5e1e7eae6eeb/AF-Stage-5e9a4d19-3bcb-4ac5-b1dc-6fdc91f1769b/definition.json&process=1&process_uri=sandbox-processes%3A//AF-Process-879b3171-ed05-45ca-8161-5e1e7eae6eeb&process_id=AF-Process-879b3171-ed05-45ca-8161-5e1e7eae6eeb

Photograph: Mor Artists Collective workshop in Greywood Arts, Killeagh. Credit: Victoria Tammadge

Image description: A group of people are sitting around a table interacting with various index cards.

08/08/2024

Only a few tickets left!
Michael O'Sullivan: Writing Masterclass

Michael O’Sullivan conducts a writing masterclass as part of Heritage Week 2024. He uses the SIRIUS building as a starting point for presentation and discussion. He explores themes inspired by the Old Yacht Club, located on the waterfront of Cobh – which distinct histories and architecture, as well as past lives, can be imagined in relation to the site? The sessions include readings from a selection of his publications, exercises, and feedback on texts written by participants.

Saturday, 17 August
1-4 pm
Booking required via Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/951890679647) or visit us for assistance
Free; as part of Heritage Week 2024

O’Sullivan’s writings are listed in the National Library of Ireland Catalogue and his poems, short stories, and reviews have appeared in distinguished anthologies and journals in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 1993 he won the American Cloverdale Prize for Poetry. Many writers have cited his unique workshops as being crucial breakthroughs in the transformation of their work.

Heritage Week
Cork County Council

03/08/2024

03/08/2024

We are sad to learn about the passing of John Daly. John delighted audiences in SIRIUS for many years, as one-third of Trio, with their annual Christmas concerts, and more recently, their Summer concerts.
His talent and charisma shone through Cobh and beyond with his career in acting and singing, as well as being a part of Cobh Cathedral Choir and the Glee Club, and being the voice during some of the most profound moments of people's lives at ceremonies.
Those lucky enough to see John perform knew that he was the definition of a showman and the performances, friendly conversations and professionalism will be how we will remember him.
Our condolences to his family, friends, those close to him, and Caroline Fraher and Dominic Finn from Trio.
Rest in peace.

31/07/2024

Michael O'Sullivan: Writing Masterclass

Michael O’Sullivan conducts a writing masterclass as part of Heritage Week 2024. He uses the SIRIUS building as a starting point for presentation and discussion. He explores themes inspired by the Old Yacht Club, located on the waterfront of Cobh – which distinct histories and architecture, as well as past lives, can be imagined in relation to the site?

The sessions include readings from a selection of his publications, exercises, and feedback on texts written by participants.

Saturday, 17 August
1-4 pm
Booking required via Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/951890679647) or visit us for assistance
Free; as part of Heritage Week 2024

O’Sullivan’s writings are listed in the National Library of Ireland Catalogue and his poems, short stories, and reviews have appeared in distinguished anthologies and journals in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 1993 he won the American Cloverdale Prize for Poetry. Many writers have cited his unique workshops as being crucial breakthroughs in the transformation of their work.

Heritage Week
Cork County Council

26/07/2024

SIRIUS artist in residence Fergus Fitzgerald is taking over our Instagram account between 24 and 27 July. Fergus is a member of Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent, also known as KCAT, a supported studio affiliated with Camphill Communities of Ireland. He is immersing himself in Cobh, and making paintings and writing informed by his experiences at SIRIUS. Stay tuned for details of his research and activities. He is assisted in documenting his residency by the artist Róisín O’Sullivan, who also acts as his studio supporter.

Fergus is creating various paintings at SIRIUS.

1) This work is inspired by a trip Fergus and his family took to Greece in 2000. It depicts the Greek flag in the Greek countryside. The white cross symbolises the church of Greece.

2) This work is inspired by the Wicklow Mountains. As a child, Fergus used to visit them with his family. Today, he still visits them regularly.

Fergus explains he is going to develop these works when he returns to KCAT.

Image description: 1. A man, the artist Fergus Fitzgerald, is leaning against a fence in the resident’s garden while looking out at Cobh Harbour. 2-4. A selection of paintings depicting various landscapes.

25/07/2024

SIRIUS artist in residence Fergus Fitzgerald is taking over our Instagram account between 24 and 27 July. Fergus is a member of Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent, also known as KCAT, a supported studio affiliated with Camphill Communities of Ireland. He is immersing himself in Cobh, and making paintings and writing informed by his experiences at SIRIUS. Stay tuned for details of his research and activities. He is assisted in documenting his residency by the artist Róisín O’Sullivan, who also acts as his studio supporter.

Fergus is creating various sketches at SIRIUS.

1) This drawing is inspired by an illustration from a Ladybird book titled Stone Age Man in Britain. It depicts a person fishing. Fergus bought this book in a bookshop in Kilkenny.

2) This drawing is based on the Ladybird book The Story of Railways that Fergus’ aunt gifted him when they went for lunch together.

3) This drawing is of Mount Vesuvius exploding in 79 AD, which destroyed two cities, Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Fergus explains he is going to write on these drawings when he returns to KCAT and continues to develop them.

Image description: 1. A man, the artist Fergus Fitzgerald, is painting at a desk. 2-4. Close-ups of sketchbooks depicting colourful drawings and writing.



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24/07/2024

SIRIUS artist in residence Fergus Fitzgerald is taking over our Instagram account between 24 and 27 July. Fergus is a member of Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent, also known as KCAT, a supported studio affiliated with Camphill Communities of Ireland. He is immersing himself in Cobh, and making paintings and writing informed by his experiences at SIRIUS. Stay tuned for details of his research and activities. He is assisted in documenting his residency by the artist Róisín O’Sullivan, who also acts as his studio supporter.

Fergus is creating various sketches at SIRIUS.

1) This is the first drawing Fergus made. It is inspired by Fergus looking out to the resident’s garden through the studio window. Fergus wrote notes on the following page about this drawing, next to his drawing inspired by a visit to the Titanic Experience Cobh.

2) This drawing is inspired by a visit to the Titanic Experience Cobh, where Fergus learned about the sinking of the RMS Titanic and some of the Irish passengers who boarded the ship at Cobh, then known as Queenstown.

3) This drawing is of Norway and Sweden, seen from outer space. Fergus once visited Norway with his family and hopes to visit Sweden someday.

4) This drawing is of a railway train in England inspired by a book gifted to Fergus by his aunt Brídín while visiting him at SIRIUS. The Ladybird book is titled The Story of Railways.
Fergus explains that he is going to write on these drawings when he returns to KCAT and continues to develop them.

Image description: 1. A man, the artist Fergus Fitzgerald, is sitting on a bench looking out at Cobh harbour. 2-5. Close-ups of sketchbooks depicting colourful drawings and writing.



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23/07/2024

Michael O'Sullivan: Writing Masterclass

Michael O’Sullivan conducts a writing masterclass as part of Heritage Week 2024. He uses the SIRIUS building as a starting point for presentation and discussion. He explores themes inspired by the Old Yacht Club, located on the waterfront of Cobh – which distinct histories and architecture, as well as past lives, can be imagined in relation to the site? The sessions include readings from a selection of his publications, exercises, and feedback on texts written by participants.

Saturday, 17 August
1-4pm
Booking required via Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/michael-osullivan-writing-masterclass-tickets-951890679647) or visit us for assistance
Free; as part of Heritage Week 2024

O’Sullivan’s writings are listed in the National Library of Ireland Catalogue and his poems, short stories, and reviews have appeared in distinguished anthologies and journals in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 1993 he won the American Cloverdale Prize for Poetry. Many writers have cited his unique workshops as being crucial breakthroughs in the transformation of their work.

Heritage Week
Cork County Council

20/07/2024

Sarah Browne reflects on the process of making her exhibition Buttercup in the July/August issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet. In particular, Sarah outlines her use of captioning and audio description in the film. Buttercup consists of a voice-over attempting to describe and comprehend a childhood photograph through memoir-style ruminations, and is presented on two screens, with the looped sequence alternating between captioned and audio-described versions. An excerpt outlining Sarah’s reflections on accessibility, both in relation to conditions and aesthetics, is reproduced below.

Sarah comments: “Accessibility is a material practice, and it is a challenge for artists and institutions. There is a cost in terms of time (learning, planning, adjusting workflow) and resources (money, energy to change routine patterns). There’s also the uneasy and stubborn issue of taste, the idea that access could compromise the ‘ideal’ experience of the artwork.”
Buttercup is commissioned by SIRIUS with funding provided by Arts & Disability Ireland through the Arts and Disability Connect scheme.

Image description: A view of the article with the title ‘Buttercup: A Questioning Orientation’ alongside another article.

18/07/2024

Our Director, Miguel Amado, met with artist Florin Nolan at Suisha Inclusive Arts, a supported studio hosted by Cope Foundation. They were joined by Eoin Nash, Manager of Arts and Creative Arts Therapies at Cope Foundation. They spoke about Florin’s work and immediate and future plans, both at Suisha Inclusive Arts and in Cobh, where he lives. We look forward to developing these conversations with Florin.

Image description: 1. Three men, artist Florin Nolan, SIRIUS director Miguel Amado and Eoin Nash the manager of Suisha Arts, are standing next to a sculpture. 2 A man, the artist Florin Nolan, is standing next to a table displaying paintings.
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18/07/2024

We had a wonderful launch of Thaís Muniz’s exhibition Rites of Care, Curse & Comfort. Visitors had the opportunity to meet the artist during a lively in conversation with the SIRIUS Director Miguel Amado, engage with the featured works and network.

Shirani Bolle, who attended the event, commented: “Thaís is such a wonderful artist, exploring themes of identity and belonging within the migrant, and in particular Afro Brazilian, community. The show was so, so moving and it really made me remember what I love about art. So often I’ll see something in a gallery, and whilst it may be technically impressive, rarely these days do I have a visceral emotive reaction. Thaís’ work has that in abundance.”

Image description: 1. A close-up of a woman, the artist Thaís Muniz, speaking to a group and using her hands. 2. A close-up of a woman, Shirani Bolle, and other audience members sitting at the event. 3. A close-up of a group of people standing and sitting near a framed screenprint depicting a triangle. 4. A close-up of people sitting in a circle with their legs crossed.

17/07/2024

Thank you to everyone who joined us to launch Thaís Muniz’s exhibition Rites of Care, Curse & Comfort. SIRIUS Director Miguel Amado and Thaís discussed her blending of African, Brazilian and Irish symbols and mythology. They also elaborated on her interest in ori, a key notion for the Yoruba, a West African ethnic group. Finally, they addressed her experiences in Ireland, from blackness to collective healing.

Photograph: Pati Guimarães

Image description: 1,4,5. A group of people are sitting in a circle around a sculpture and listening to the artist Thaís Muniz and the SIRIUS Director speak. 2. A close-up of a woman, Thaís Muniz, smiling. 3. A close-up of SIRIUS Director Miguel Amado, sitting in a circle in front of a sculpture.

05/07/2024

TODAY - Farah Elle at SIRIUS

Farah Elle is a Libyan/Irish singer-songwriter who explores the effects of her unconventional upbringing and ancestral connections through her music. She has melded her North African and Irish heritage to create a unique sound. Over the years, Farah has delved into themes of displacement in her music. They are eloquently articulated across FATIMA, her debut album, the culmination of nearly a decade’s songwriting. Reflecting on FATIMA, Farah speaks of a “coming of age record,” one across which she hears herself “unfolding in the songs.”

At SIRIUS, Farah presents a setlist from FATIMA and her past repertoire, creating an intimate evening of spiritual storytelling that prompts joyful and healing emotions. With support from Faye Moloney.

Friday, 5 July
8pm (doors: 7.45pm)
Tickets: €17.50 (non-refundable)
Advanced booking via Eventbrite is recommended (https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/farah-elle-tickets-828564758497).
Tickets may also be purchased at the SIRIUS reception before each performance.
For assistance, ask a member of staff at the SIRIUS reception.

Accessibility Note
Our building has accessibility limitations. There are three steps to the front door and a temporary wheelchair ramp is available upon request. Our toilets are accessed via stairs. Public toilets are beside the Titanic Experience, by The Promenade.

Image description: A portrait of a woman, the musician Farah Elle, wearing white.

Farah Elle

Join us for an intimate evening filled with songs of healing by Farah Elle in the atmospheric venue that is SIRIUS

03/07/2024

EXHIBITION – Thaís Muniz: Rites of Care, Curse & Comfort

Thaís Muniz is a Brazilian Irish artist with African heritage who makes works that reflect on displacement and the legacies of colonialism through her hybrid cultural experiences. She uses archival materials and personal memorabilia to speculate on subalternised histories and to connect with narratives of the African diaspora.

Rites of Care, Curse & Comfort features a selection of new, reimagined and past works that engage with the artist’s mixed identity. The motif of the triangle is used throughout
her works as she draws relationships between her Brazilian origins, her African ancestry
and her Irish citizenship. It also refers to the historic route of her African lineage, during
the transatlantic slave trade, and her autobiographical journey. Her practice demonstrates
her interest in the long-lasting impacts of colonialism on communities across the world.

This exhibition is produced by SIRIUS and curated by Miguel Amado, Director.


LAUNCH EVENT

Thaís Muniz in Conversation with Miguel Amado

SIRIUS
Saturday, 13 July
3-5pm
Free; no booking required

Thaís Muniz and Miguel Amado discuss Muniz’s artistic and intellectual references, the role of fictioning in her practice, and her interest in the politics of representation regarding her Brazilian and African identity and heritage.

Accessibility Note
Our building has accessibility limitations. There are three steps to the front door and a temporary wheelchair ramp is available upon request. Our toilets are accessed via stairs and are not open to visitors. Public toilets are beside the Titanic Experience, by The Promenade.

Image description: A white poster depicting the SIRIUS logo of an ‘S’ and the words: ‘Thaís Muniz: Rites of Care, Curse & Comfort’.

28/06/2024

Farah Elle at SIRIUS

Farah Elle is a Libyan/Irish singer-songwriter who explores the effects of her unconventional upbringing and ancestral connections through her music. She has melded her North African and Irish heritage to create a unique sound. Over the years, Farah has delved into themes of displacement in her music. They are eloquently articulated across FATIMA, her debut album, the culmination of nearly a decade’s songwriting. Reflecting on FATIMA, Farah speaks of a “coming of age record,” one across which she hears herself “unfolding in the songs.”

At SIRIUS, Farah presents a setlist from FATIMA and her past repertoire, creating an intimate evening of spiritual storytelling that prompts joyful and healing emotions. With support from Faye Moloney.

Friday, 5 July
8pm (doors: 7.45pm)
Tickets: €17.50 (non-refundable)
Advanced booking via Eventbrite is recommended (https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/farah-elle-tickets-828564758497).
Tickets may also be purchased at the SIRIUS reception before each performance.
For assistance, ask a member of staff at the SIRIUS reception.

Accessibility Note
Our building has accessibility limitations. There are three steps to the front door and a temporary wheelchair ramp is available upon request. Our toilets are accessed via stairs. Public toilets are beside the Titanic Experience, by The Promenade.

Image description: A portrait of a woman, the musician Farah Elle, wearing white.

Farah Elle

22/06/2024

Our director, Miguel Amado, and our programme producer, Sarah Long, met with artist Fergus Fitzgerald to discuss plans for an upcoming exhibition at SIRIUS. Fergus is a studio member at Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent, also known as KCAT. He is going to present a selection of paintings and drawings from his vast archive. We look forward to exhibiting Fergus’ work next year.

Image description: 1. Two men, SIRIUS director Miguel Amado and the artist Fergus Fitzgerald, as well as a woman, SIRIUS programme producer Sarah Long, are standing by a window and smiling. 2-3. Fergus, Miguel and Sarah are in a studio looking through a stack of drawings.

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21/06/2024

Farah Elle at SIRIUS

Farah Elle is a Libyan/Irish singer-songwriter who explores the effects of her unconventional upbringing and ancestral connections through her music. She has melded her North African and Irish heritage to create a unique sound. Over the years, Farah has delved into themes of displacement in her music. They are eloquently articulated across FATIMA, her debut album, the culmination of nearly a decade’s songwriting. Reflecting on FATIMA, Farah speaks of a “coming of age record,” one across which she hears herself “unfolding in the songs.”

At SIRIUS, Farah presents a setlist from FATIMA and her past repertoire, creating an intimate evening of spiritual storytelling that prompts joyful and healing emotions.

Friday, 5 July
8pm (doors: 7.45pm)
Tickets: €17.50 (non-refundable)
Advanced booking via Eventbrite is recommended (https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/farah-elle-tickets-828564758497).
For assistance, ask a member of staff at the SIRIUS reception.
Tickets may also be purchased at the SIRIUS reception before each performance.

Accessibility Note
Our building has accessibility limitations. There are three steps to the front door and a temporary wheelchair ramp is available upon request. Our toilets are accessed via stairs. Public toilets are beside the Titanic Experience, by The Promenade.

Image description: A portrait of a woman, the musician Farah Elle, wearing white, sitting in front of a vibrant orange background.

Farah Elle

21/06/2024

The Smell of Crime: A Bottled History of the Spike Island Story 🍶🗝

At Spike Island, we are delighted to host a new artist residency in collaboration with Sample-Studios and Sirius Arts Centre , where Cork-based artists Liam Lavery and Eithne Ring delve into the rich tapestry of Spike Island's history.

Through this unique project, the artists will craft an immersive sensory experience centred around olfactory senses, blending the evocative power of scent with printmaking and sculpture.

Tomorrow, Eithne and Liam will host a special pop-up scent event on Spike Island, presenting a unique immersive olfactory experience where visitors can follow their nose back through time.

Re-imagining the lingering smells and representing containment, confinement and commodities, the artists have used bottles as a receptacle for some of Spike Island's stories; each holding a piece of the island's captivating past through the medium of scent.

21/06/2024

EXHIBITION – Denilson Baniwa: Pajé Jaguar

Denilson Baniwa is an artist of the Baniwa people – from the village of Darí in the northwest of the Amazon region, along the Rio Negro river and its tributaries – now based in the city of Niterói, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He makes performances, documented through photography and film, which are informed by the traditions and current lived experiences of Amazonian ancestral communities. This exhibition features two sets of works in which the artist embodies Pajé Jaguar, a Baniwa shaman. They demonstrate the necessity of Indigenous knowledge in developing environmentally conscious approaches to land use, and promote the revamping of the Western-dominated cultural canon to position Indigenous knowledge at the core of all human pursuits.

Nelson Ricardo Martins, the exhibition’s co-curator, comments: “Colonial narratives drive Baniwa to reveal what is hidden and what, in fact, should emerge without pejorative approaches. This is the case for certain works that deal with the theme of ‘anthropophagy’. Anthropophagy refers to a religious ritual where the winners, in war, ingest captured warriors, assimilating their powers. Baniwa finds his place in the world using an anthropophagic logic that includes the swallowing of power, with the mediation of art, transforming it into Indigenous power.”

This exhibition is produced by SIRIUS in collaboration with the Colégio das Artes, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, and curated by Nelson Ricardo Martins in dialogue with Miguel Amado, Director, SIRIUS.

📷: Denilson Baniwa, Pajé-Onça, da série Colheita maldita [Jaguar Shaman, from the series Damned Harvest], 2022. Photograph: Jamille Pinheiro

Image description: A man, the artist Denilson Baniwa, is standing at a crossroad dressed in animal print and a mask.

20/06/2024

Anton Vidokle: Citizens of the Cosmos is the first book to survey the artist Anton Vidokle’s filmic output informed by Cosmism. The book features scripts of all Vidokle’s films, some never published before and all reworked for this occasion. It also includes commissioned essays and conversations with Vidokle by the theorists, artists and curators Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi, Keti Chukhrov, Liam Gillick, Boris Groys, Daniel Muzyczuk, Miguel Amado and Georgia Perkins, Elizabeth A. Povinelli and Raqs Media Collective.

Anton Vidokle: Citizens of the Cosmos is co-published by Sternberg Press and SIRIUS, with production support provided by the Institute of the Cosmos. It is is edited by the SIRIUS Director Miguel Amado, designed by Atelier d’Alves and printed by Gráfica Maiadouro, with Hallie Ayres and Ben Eastham acting as associate editors.


Miguel comments in the introduction: “The films take the form of essays – tableaux vivants situated at the intersection of fact, poetics, and otherness, brought together through a method akin to collage. They mix narration (through voice-over), soundtracks (a variety of music, audio effects, and original scores created by the artist Carsten Nicolai, aka Alva Noto), visual effects (particularly flickering), acting styles influenced by the “distancing effect” put forward by the playwright Bertolt Brecht, and editing methods influenced by the Nouvelle Vague, specifically filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard’s style of ‘jump cut’.”



Image description: An view of the book Anton Vidokle: Citizens of the Cosmos on a table.






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19/06/2024

Sarah Browne: Buttercup

Sarah Browne is concerned with spoken and unspoken bodily experiences of knowledge, labour and justice. Her practice spans film, publishing and performance, and often involves contributions from people of both formal and informal expertise. This exhibition features the film Buttercup and the accompanying sculpture Safelight.

Buttercup consists of a voice-over attempting to describe and comprehend a childhood photograph through memoir-style ruminations, and is presented on two screens, with the looped sequence alternating between captioned and audio-described versions. Safelight functions as a darkroom light and suggests both a heating lamp for newborn animals and a Sacred Heart.

Miguel Amado, the exhibition’s curator, comments: “The film responds to the institutions of family and property implied by the childhood photograph, which depicts a girl wearing a Communion dress with her father and her pet cow, the eponymous Buttercup, in a field. The narrator approaches the image repeatedly, and through her ongoing reflection, unfolds entangled relationships of human and animal, agriculture and artmaking, mothering and domestication, care and violence. The field can be viewed as a place of learning about society at large that involves implicit hierarchies, from gendered forms of labour to interactions with disability and the allocation of autonomy or freedom.”

Buttercup is commissioned by SIRIUS with funding provided by Arts & Disability Ireland through the Arts and Disability Connect scheme. The exhibition is produced by SIRIUS and curated by Miguel Amado, Director.

Buttercup contains flashing imagery that may not be suitable for photosensitive viewers.

Image description: An installation view of Buttercup depicting two screens, one displaying text and the other displaying a closeup of cows in a field.