Exhibitions

Exhibitions

• 29 April-3 May Interactive exhibition: The GIF that keeps on GIFing Venue: Across campus
  Cost: Free public event
  Booking: No booking required
  Description: This digital exhibition will display GIFs submitted by the Trinity and broader community on screens around campus. Named after their Graphical Interchange Format, short, silent and looping GIFs have become a central aspect of digital culture. Curated by Prof. Jennifer O Meara (School of Creative Arts), this interactive exhibition will allow members of the College community to submit links or files of their favourite GIFs to (trinityweek@tcd.ie). Each day of Trinity Week the GIFs will be grouped and displayed as looping "walls" around campus, inviting passers-by to reflect on the aesthetic and communicative power of this silent, micro-media format.
• 29 April-3 May A Stain on Silence Venue: Trinity Long Room Library
  Cost: Free public event
  Booking: No booking required
  Description: An exhibition in the Old Library will explore why certain voices - for example Samuel Beckett’s - continue to be listened to, while others - prisoners for example - are not. The exhibition will include photographs of Beckett at rehearsals for his play Endgame with the former prisoners of the San Quentin Drama Workshop, and a letter written by Bobby Sands, and smuggled out of The Maze prison. As part of an associated panel of talks organised by the School of English, Julie Bates and Feargal Whelan will explore some of the questions the exhibition raises, including the politics of silence, the cultural value of poor materials, and the body as a site of resistance.
• Thursday 2 May at 09.00 Silent Film of East Asia Venue: Room 2011, Trinity Centre for Asian Studies Seminar Room, Arts Building
  Cost: Free public event
  Booking: No booking required
  Description: Learn about the film industries of Japan, Korea and China in the era of silent movies. What did people in Asia find entertaining in cinemas nearly one hundred years ago? This exhibition puts together examples to provide information showcasing East Asian silent films up to the early decades of the 20th Century. At this exhibition you can enjoy watching some films that Asian peoples found entertaining in the early 20th Century, before the invention of the "talkies".
• 29 April-3 May Banned Books Exhibition in the Library Venue: Ussher Library
  Cost: Free public event
  Booking: No booking required
  Description: There will be an exhibition in the Ussher Library showcasing some of the books banned by the Censorship of Publications Board since 1930 up to more recent times. Also on show will be archival items (including the key to the Banned Books Room) showing how these banned books were dealt with by the Library from the 1960s onwards. The exhibits will reflect the history of censorship in Ireland and the sometimes uneasy relationship between the Library and the State authorities.