CASEMENT IN KRISTIANIA (WORKING TITLE)
Declan Clarke
Casement in Kristiania (working title) will be a new film work co-commissioned by Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Belfast Exposed, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, and Trinity Creative. Taking a series of historical vignettes from the last 100 years since the 1916 Rising as its starting point, the film intends to examine the social and political heritage of contemporary Ireland, weaving through this a history of Trinity College Dublin and what it represented historically and politically during this time. The film will be shot in a number of locations, including Trinity College, and will involve a meaningful research process with different departments within Trinity. The film will premiere at Trinity College Dublin in April 2016 in a space connected to scenes in the film, along with a public talk between the artist and members of the Trinity community he will be collaborating with over the course of the films development. Three major public exhibitions of this work will subsequently take place at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios and at Belfast Exposed in April 2016 and at Centre Culturel Irlandaise Paris in September 2016.
Declan Clarke
Declan Clarke is an Irish artist, now based in Berlin. Over 15 years, he has developed an impressive oeuvre of film work focussing on themes of modernity, conflict and the human stories behind major upheavals in 20th century history. He is particularly interested in post revolution societies and uses a personal viewpoint to tell complex historical narratives. His work has been shown at Tate Britain, Home Manchester, and Serpentine Gallery London, among many other places. He has been awarded residencies at MoMA/PS1, Saatchi Fellowship and IMMA. Three newly commissioned film works are currently on show in a major solo exhibition at Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane.
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TBG+S) is Dublin's most prominent artists community, founded in 1983. It accommodates thirty subsidised artists’ studios in which a membership of professional visual artists make their work. In the gallery, a programme of five exhibitions each year represent a cross section of contemporary Irish and international visual arts practice.
Belfast Exposed
Belfast Exposed Photography is Northern Ireland’s principal gallery of contemporary photography and lenses based work, commissioning, publishing and showing work by local and international photographers.
Centre Culturel Irlandais
Inaugurated in 2002, the Centre Culturel Irlandais is now firmly established as Ireland’s major cultural flagship overseas. Situated in the old Collège des Irlandais (Irish College) on the Rue des Irlandais in Paris, CCI is a thriving arts centre with an ambitious programme of visual and performing arts. A cultural hub in the centre of Paris, it provides a highly sought after residency programme for artists to create new work.
Declan Clarke, The Most Cruel of all Goddesses, Film Still, 2015. Courtesy of the artist