10/06/2004
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The
Mayor and Members of South Dublin County Council cordially invite you to the
FUSED
South
Dublin County Arts Festival
Sun 20 - Sat 26 June 2004
Image from exhibition 'Shoot at the Artist' -
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This one week festival at the end of June will set South Dublin County buzzing
to the sounds of Slovenian 'turbo folk',
Croatian pop, and Congolese Soukous, as part of a programme that celebrates
music, literature, visual art and film in urban and rural South Dublin County.
FUSED
presents performers and artists, international and Irish, in local venues and
virtual spaces.
MUSIC…
Spanish Guitarist AUGUSTIN
MARURI, currently on tour in Ireland performs in the Old Library
Building, Rathcoole with AISLING ENNIS (Rathcoole), principal harpist with the
National Youth Orchestra. Sun 20th @ 3pm
The festival officially opens later that evening with
FAKE ORCHESTRA (Slovenia), who bring their unique style, an intermesh
of traditional Slovenian sounds, jazz evergreens, African and Cuban rhythms to
the opening concert. The orchestra is led by veteran guitarist Igor Leonardi,
who has played with artists ranging from Don Cherry to Metallica, during his
ten years in the States.
Ãras
Chronáin, Clondalkin, @ 7.30pm
VISUAL…
As
a local festival,
FUSED
has already made an impact outside of its county boundaries. The festival will
be simultaneously launched by The Kibla Gallery in Marabour in Southern
Slovenia, who will feature FUSED:XØVER as part of the gallery programme.
FUSED: XØVER (cross over), is
a curated website exhibition running from 21 June - 16 July in South
Dublin County Libraries and County Hall, Tallaght. The exhibition is also
available to the online international community. It features artists working in
new media, which is either realised or supported by Internet based art
works.
Featured
artists: Lionello Borean (Italy); Geoffrey Thomas (USA); Heath Bunting (UK);
Reynald Drouhin (France);Joseph & Donna McElroy (USA); Lasse Raa
(Scandinavia);Young Hae Chang (South Korea); Pierre Martens(Belgium); Vuk Cosic
(Slovenia); Shirin Kouladjie (India).
Belgian artist, and EU Ambassador for the Environment, Pierre Mertens will
present his views on Contemporary Arts Culture:
Virtual or Reality? A discussion on the role of new media and where the
limits lie.
Thursday 24 June Loose End Studio, Civic Theatre,4pm
FUSED visual arts will also provide the Dublin venue for
Shoot at the Artist which is both an installation and a story of the
last years of the totalitarian regime in the former Yugoslavia. In a series of
original posters, from the provocative covers of emblematic of Mladina, the
leading Slovenian political weekly, it documents the part that Slovenian youth
and underground movements played in the downfall of the government of 50 years
standing.
21
June - 10 July Alternative Entertainments Gallery, Civic Theatre, Tallaght
The diversity of communities in South Dublin County has been captured by
Cas. Kaia Kena na Ciniocha, This 3m square and 2m high installation
takes the shape and form of a colourful nomadic tent that symbolises the
impermanent nature of the circumstances of migrant people. This installation is
the product of a project facilitated by Tallaght Community Arts Centre and
realized by members of the many communities in South Dublin County.
Thurs
10-Wed 30 June The Adelaide & Meath Hospital, Dublin, incorporating the
National Children's Hospital,Tallaght.
MUSIC…
CONGO
MUSICA,
an eight piece African band from Congo formed in Ireland play a lively ' up
tempo' traditional African music called' Soukous', based on rhythm and melody
with strong harmonic vocals. Supported by The Brand, and The Gerry Hendrix Band
Sat 26th, Civic Sq,Tallaght, 4. 00pm
PIPSCHIPS & VIDEOCLIPS (Croatia)
whose ".. wicked mix of unpredictable
Croatian folk and nice, clean New York beats .." (The Face
magazine) can be heard on Wed 23rd, The Spa Hotel, Lucan, 8.00pm The Pips will
be supported by four piece Tallaght band The Brand, who have been establishing
themselves on the Irish and international music scene over the last few years.
FILM…
The
festival's film programme features:
SPARE
PARTS (Slovenia)
Directed by Damjan Kozole - a film about two insignificant smugglers and many
nameless illegal refugees);
S WEET DREAMS (Slovenia) Directed
by Saso Podgorsek - Multi award winning film about the coming of age and the
journey along the way. Set at the
beginning of the seventies in prosperous Yugoslavia, where everybody but
thirteen-year-old Egon Vitorri owns a record player, we follow his steps to
aquire one!
THEIR
NAMES IN MARBLE (Estonia)
Director by Elmo Nüganen - Set in 1918, as Estonia struggles to maintain its
independence. During this time when schoolboys were among its most enthusiastic
defenders, Henn Ahas reluctantly joins his classmates following an attack on
his village, and experiences the fears and dangers of war
Thursday
24th, Friday 25th, Saturday 26th, 6.30pm - Loose End Studio, Civic Theatre,
Tallaght
LITERATURE…
FUSED Literature presents two events: Christine Dwyer Hickey, award- winning novelist and short story writer, who is enjoying great success with her current novel, 'TATTY ' visits Clondalkin Library on Thursday 24th June, at 7. 30pm.
VOICES
FROM A NEW IRELAND
presents Dermot Bolger, Joseph O' Connor, Deirdre
Purcell and Hugo Hamilton: four of Ireland 's most distinctive authors reading
together in a relaxed
afternoon environment. Saturday 26th June Civic Theatre, Tallaght, 2pm - 4.
30pm
The festival also features workshops for children and themed evenings in local
libraries.
FUSED
is presented by South Dublin County Arts Office and Library Services.
Festival Partners: South Dublin County Rural ArtsNetwork, LEADER, Irish Writers
'Centre, Ãras Chronáin, Alternative Entertainments, Adelaide and Meath
Hospital, Dublin,incorporating The National Children’s Hospital, Tallaght, The
Arts Project Network, Tallaght Community Arts Centre, Civic Theatre.
All
events free of charge unless indicated otherwise
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the Brochure in PDF format