29/08/2003
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Issued on behalf of the Council Document Title: Killinarden Mythic Journey & Short Shorts
by M.Keyes Head of Corporate Services Author :Arts Officer
Tel: 4149100 Creation Date:28/09/2003
Email:mkeyes@sdublincoco.ie
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The Mayor Cllr Máire Ardagh &
The Members of South Dublin County Council
cordially invite you to the opening of
Mythic Journey and Short Short
in
Killinarden Enterprise Centre,
Killinarden,
Dublin 24
on
Monday 8th September
at 11.30am
Refreshments
Mythic Journey and Killinarden Short Shorts were commissioned by South Dublin County Council and funded through the Department of the Environment Per Cent for Art Scheme.
Mythic Journey describes the experiential process undertaken by a group of adults from
Donomore who set out to create a costume with which they could identify themselves. Leaving
their homes they set about navigating their way along the Royal road from Tara to Tallaght and visited the
ancient hunting ground of the Fianna and Fionn Mac Cumhaill in the valley of Glenasmole. Any journey
requires skills development so each person set about learning the art of spinning, dyeing and weaving. They then journeyed to Clare Island to weave silk with Beth Moran and with the assistance of Annie Dibble and Angela
O’Kelly, set about completing their costume.
The Mythic Journey voyagers were Denise Holan, Vera Murray, Gretta Quinn, Helen Williams, Sharon
Clarke and Jan Doyle. Their navigator during the year was artist Mary O’Rourke.
The outcome of their journey forms an exhibition/installation which will run from Monday 8th September
to Friday 12th September, 10am – 4pm. Students from local schools will visit and participate in workshops
led by newly skilled voyagers. Any queries contact: maryporourke@eircom.net or phone 087 2332325
Killinarden Short Shorts comprise of eight brand new 2/3-minute narrative films created by young adults from this area about issues and ideas that concern them today. Killinarden Killers; LFS(Local Fitness Survival); The Gulf War II; Dinner in a Glass; Devil Car; The Spike; Day and Night and Surveillance Patterns illustrate their uncompromising imagination and their ability to learn the skills of story telling and camera operations. The originators of these films are Edele Cummins, Michael Usher, Denish Gaines, Lorraine Smith, Wesley Brennan and Terence Salmon and the production is by artists Brian Duggan and Mark Cullen
Killinarden Short Shorts will also be shown in the Killinarden Community Centre on Tuesday 9th September at 7.30pm. Plans are also in train for a showing in the UCI Square Cinema and in the Darklight film festival. Any queries contact: info@pallasstudios.org or phone 087 9677394
For further information contact the Orla Scanlon, Arts Officer, South Dublin County Council, Tallaght,
Dublin 24. Telephone NB. 4149000 ext 3314, e-mail address artsoff@sdublincoco.ie