PhotoIreland Festival 2018
On Abortion.
It is the 9th edition of PhotoIreland Festival 2018, running for the whole month of May, and bringing to Ireland once again contemporary photographic practices that will surely excite the minds of Irish audiences and visitors alike.
Run by PhotoIreland Foundation, this year the festival presents the works of two photographers working around women’s rights, at a time when Ireland will vote in a referendum about issues concerning access to legal abortion. Launching the festival on 3rd May, Laia Abril’s comprehensive work On Abortion, looks at the history and repercussions for women in the absence of safe and legal abortions – the first chapter of an extensive project A History of Misogyny. Irish artist Sarah Cullen presents her work You Shall Have Exactly What You Want exploring the experiences of pregnant women in Ireland who are faced with crisis pregnancies.
Looking at contemporary Irish photographers Jamin Keogh presents for the first time his new project Moyross Study – a sociological exploration of Moyross housing estate in Limerick. Meanwhile, Daragh Soden will launch his latest photobook, a portrait of the city of Toulon, France, as part of an ambitious collection entitled Portraits de Villes – details to be released. The festival residency How to Flatten a Mountain continues into its third year at Cow House Studios, with the outcome to be exhibited in Rathfarnham Castle. Festival visitors will also enjoy Mariela Sancari‘s fascinating work Moisés, presented at the Instituto Cervantes Dublin.
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Released News:
Laia Abril,
On Abortion.
Launch 6pm 3 May
Exhibition runs 4-31 May
at The Copper House Gallery
Sarah Cullen,
You Shall Have Exactly
What You Want.
Launch 6pm 5h May
Presentation runs 6-20 May
at The Library Project
Jamin Keogh,
Moyross Study.
Launch 6pm 24th May
Exhibition runs 25 May-24 June
at The Library Project
Mariela Sancari,
Moisés.
Launch 6pm 2nd May
Exhibition runs 3-31 May
at Insituto Cervantes Dublin
Residency: How to Flatten a Mountain 2018.
Starts 23rd April at Cow House Studios
Launch 6pm 4th May
Exhibition runs 5-31 May
at Rathfarnham Castle
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