Screening May 29th, New York

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Competitive Landscapes
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Recent film and video from Ireland
Curated by Nicky Gogan and Paul Rowley

THURSDAY 29th MAY 2008
Screening starts 6:30 pm sharp

Sara Meltzer Gallery
525-531 W 26th Street, New York NY 10001
www.sarameltzergallery.com

In the gallery foyer
Image: Dennis McNulty - flow/loop

Screening Programme
Garrett Phelan - Competitive Landscape
Anne Maree Barry - Covered Road
Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor - Joy
Vivienne Dick - Saccade
Patrick Jolley - Hereafter
Niamh Murphy - Let me be frank
Anita Delaney - December 2006. Version 1
Anne Maree Barry - Anamnesis


Competitive Landscapes is a collection of moving image works by contemporary Irish artists. The Ireland of today presents us with a radically renovated social landscape - a country transformed by fifteen years of economic boom, unprecedented immigration, and an uneasy peace in the North. Against this backdrop a vibrant art scene has also grown over the last decade. Some of the works in the programme explore the residue of this history, ideas of recall and re-enactment, some collapse these narratives and timelines into contemporary contexts. The programme brings together a diverse collection of Irish artists; from Vivienne Dick who first came to prominence with her No Wave Super 8 films shot in New York in the late 1970's, to artists such as Anita Delaney and Niamh Murphy who are showing their first videos here.

For more information on the artists go to

http://www.desperateoptimists.com
http://www.annemareebarry.com
http://www.garrettphelan.com
http://dennismcnulty.com/
http://www.anitadelaney.net
http://pjolley.com/

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