2018
PRISM OF FREEDOM
premieres at Chale Wote Street Art Festival, 20–26 August in James Town, Accra (GH) In September, Prism of Freedom will tour museums and cultural spaces around the world subscribed to The One Minutes Series.- featuring my video 'WALL'
The One Minutes Series of September is called Prism of Freedom and is curated by Ghanaian artists Va-Bene E. Fiatsi (crazinisT artisT). Prism of Freedom consists of 16 One Minutes by various international visual artists challenging the socio-political status of freedom. How can we re-interpret the world beyond the intimacy of our eyes? The series is a mixtape of 16 one-minute films on the future of freedom. The series premieres at Chale Wote Street Art Festival, 20–26 August in James Town, Accra (GH). In September, Prism of Freedom will tour museums and cultural spaces around the world subscribed to The One Minutes Series.
“Prism of Freedom serves as a platform to explore film and videos as language, dialect and gesture in articulating the importance of art as significant medium for socio-political dialogue and activating cultural change. The thematic concept of the series plays on the notion of postcolonial and post-religious perception of independency, and paradox of liberation with experimental spirit exploring human sense of liberation, freedom, limitations, spirituality, identity and intimacy. However, the series presents also videos which equally explore the politics of time and imagery as sensuous character of questioning our realities. How can we re-interpret the world beyond the intimacy of our eyes, body or other senses or how could we ride through the narrow technical vision of 2 perceiving a new world? Could the moving image complement our nonstoppable hallucination of the future of freedom or could it substitute rituals for our sense of realities?” Va-Bene E. Fiatsi (crazinisT artisT)
Participating artists:
Daniel Codina Kresiah Mukwazhi Henriette Hamer Noel Molloy Dan Pavsic Jean-Michel Rolland Jeremy Wiles-Young crazinisT artisT Female Handala Alvin Ashiatey SANOKA Alfie Dwyer Razan Matthew Lancit Hala Namer
Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi (Ho, 1981) also known as crazinisT artisT is a Ghanaian multidisciplinary artist living and practicing in Ghana. crazinisT artisT got [sHe/it...]’s Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts - BFA (Painting) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana where [sHe/it...] is currently completing [sHe/it...]'s MFA. Since 2012, [sHe/it...] began an endless journey of investigating and questioning social constructivism of human existence and its relationship with the "culturality" of gender stereotypes and sexual misrepresentation.
The One Minutes is a global network devoted to moving image. Since 1998, The One Minutes has produced and distributed over 10,000 video works by artists from more than 120 countries. Every month, The One Minutes Foundation puts out a new series of 60- second films that investigate how we perceive and engage with moving image. Museums and cultural organisations around the world subscribe to the series. vimeo.com/280719582
premieres at Chale Wote Street Art Festival, 20–26 August in James Town, Accra (GH) In September, Prism of Freedom will tour museums and cultural spaces around the world subscribed to The One Minutes Series.- featuring my video 'WALL'
The One Minutes Series of September is called Prism of Freedom and is curated by Ghanaian artists Va-Bene E. Fiatsi (crazinisT artisT). Prism of Freedom consists of 16 One Minutes by various international visual artists challenging the socio-political status of freedom. How can we re-interpret the world beyond the intimacy of our eyes? The series is a mixtape of 16 one-minute films on the future of freedom. The series premieres at Chale Wote Street Art Festival, 20–26 August in James Town, Accra (GH). In September, Prism of Freedom will tour museums and cultural spaces around the world subscribed to The One Minutes Series.
“Prism of Freedom serves as a platform to explore film and videos as language, dialect and gesture in articulating the importance of art as significant medium for socio-political dialogue and activating cultural change. The thematic concept of the series plays on the notion of postcolonial and post-religious perception of independency, and paradox of liberation with experimental spirit exploring human sense of liberation, freedom, limitations, spirituality, identity and intimacy. However, the series presents also videos which equally explore the politics of time and imagery as sensuous character of questioning our realities. How can we re-interpret the world beyond the intimacy of our eyes, body or other senses or how could we ride through the narrow technical vision of 2 perceiving a new world? Could the moving image complement our nonstoppable hallucination of the future of freedom or could it substitute rituals for our sense of realities?” Va-Bene E. Fiatsi (crazinisT artisT)
Participating artists:
Daniel Codina Kresiah Mukwazhi Henriette Hamer Noel Molloy Dan Pavsic Jean-Michel Rolland Jeremy Wiles-Young crazinisT artisT Female Handala Alvin Ashiatey SANOKA Alfie Dwyer Razan Matthew Lancit Hala Namer
Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi (Ho, 1981) also known as crazinisT artisT is a Ghanaian multidisciplinary artist living and practicing in Ghana. crazinisT artisT got [sHe/it...]’s Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts - BFA (Painting) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana where [sHe/it...] is currently completing [sHe/it...]'s MFA. Since 2012, [sHe/it...] began an endless journey of investigating and questioning social constructivism of human existence and its relationship with the "culturality" of gender stereotypes and sexual misrepresentation.
The One Minutes is a global network devoted to moving image. Since 1998, The One Minutes has produced and distributed over 10,000 video works by artists from more than 120 countries. Every month, The One Minutes Foundation puts out a new series of 60- second films that investigate how we perceive and engage with moving image. Museums and cultural organisations around the world subscribe to the series. vimeo.com/280719582
Sights and Sounds of Ireland Today
Exhibition March 16-31, 2018
Opening Reception: 7pm Friday, March 16
Solas Nua, in collaboration with Dupont Underground is proud and excited to present Sights and Sounds of Ireland Today or in Ireland’s native Gaelic language Radhairc agus Glórtha na hÉireann Faoi Láthair. It is an exhibition that explores the field of contemporary video art production in Ireland today. It is the first significant survey of Irish visual art to be presented in the Washington DC area.
The vision for this exhibition was to discover what Irish visual artists considered video art to be today and what they wanted to communicate through their work. One of the big questions when curating this exhibition was to determine what video art is and how it differs from film. Traditionally, video art in visual art was defined as differing from film in its disregard for the mechanisms of traditional movie-making (i.e. a plot) – while the video artist is concerned with exploring the medium itself, or to use it to challenge the viewer's ideas of space, time and form. Today however, that definition is no longer applicable as visual artists will adopt a range of styles and tools and frequently crossover to traditional filmmaking. Decisions on what works to include here were based on artistry, skill and subject matter. What do these works convey to us about Ireland, its artists and its people? You the viewer are invited to decide.
Opening night will feature curator, Jackie Hoysted in conversation with Andy Johnson of the Corcoran College of Art and artist, Jonah King.
Featured Artists: David Bickley, Myrid Carten, Conall Cary, Brian Crotty, Lisa Freeman, Ruth le Gear, Michael Hanna, Anita Groener, Jonah King, Pawel Kleszczewski & Kasia Zimnoch, Hugh McCabe & Suzanne Walsh, Noel Molloy, Jenny Newman, Leonard Sheil, Fifi Smith, Mieke Vanmechelen, Mary-Ruth Walsh, Adrian Wojtas and Sean Wrenn.
Location: Dupont Underground, 19 Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC 20036
www.dupontunderground.org/sights-and-sounds-ireland-today
jackie hoysted
www.jackiehoysted.com
[email protected]
240 506 6910
Sights and Sounds of Ireland Today
Exhibition March 16-31, 2018
Opening Reception: 7pm Friday, March 16
Solas Nua, in collaboration with Dupont Underground is proud and excited to present Sights and Sounds of Ireland Today or in Ireland’s native Gaelic language Radhairc agus Glórtha na hÉireann Faoi Láthair. It is an exhibition that explores the field of contemporary video art production in Ireland today. It is the first significant survey of Irish visual art to be presented in the Washington DC area.
The vision for this exhibition was to discover what Irish visual artists considered video art to be today and what they wanted to communicate through their work. One of the big questions when curating this exhibition was to determine what video art is and how it differs from film. Traditionally, video art in visual art was defined as differing from film in its disregard for the mechanisms of traditional movie-making (i.e. a plot) – while the video artist is concerned with exploring the medium itself, or to use it to challenge the viewer's ideas of space, time and form. Today however, that definition is no longer applicable as visual artists will adopt a range of styles and tools and frequently crossover to traditional filmmaking. Decisions on what works to include here were based on artistry, skill and subject matter. What do these works convey to us about Ireland, its artists and its people? You the viewer are invited to decide.
Opening night will feature curator, Jackie Hoysted in conversation with Andy Johnson of the Corcoran College of Art and artist, Jonah King.
Featured Artists: David Bickley, Myrid Carten, Conall Cary, Brian Crotty, Lisa Freeman, Ruth le Gear, Michael Hanna, Anita Groener, Jonah King, Pawel Kleszczewski & Kasia Zimnoch, Hugh McCabe & Suzanne Walsh, Noel Molloy, Jenny Newman, Leonard Sheil, Fifi Smith, Mieke Vanmechelen, Mary-Ruth Walsh, Adrian Wojtas and Sean Wrenn.
Location: Dupont Underground, 19 Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC 20036
www.dupontunderground.org/sights-and-sounds-ireland-today
jackie hoysted
www.jackiehoysted.com
[email protected]
240 506 6910
'Do You Care For Tea?
The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon Co. Clare Ireland
Solo exhibition
May /June 2018, opening date 4th May 7.30pm
"The exhibition is inspired by Alice in Wonderland,
a tale of confusion and bewilderment which is told
with humorous ease throughout the exhibition
do you care for tea? The exhibition links with the
Mad Hatter Festival & Sligo Arts Service,
Primary Colours Arts in Education Program"
The Hawkswell Theater Sligo.
thecourthousegallery.com/new-new/upcoming-exhibitions/care-tea-noel-molloy/
The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon Co. Clare Ireland
Solo exhibition
May /June 2018, opening date 4th May 7.30pm
"The exhibition is inspired by Alice in Wonderland,
a tale of confusion and bewilderment which is told
with humorous ease throughout the exhibition
do you care for tea? The exhibition links with the
Mad Hatter Festival & Sligo Arts Service,
Primary Colours Arts in Education Program"
The Hawkswell Theater Sligo.
thecourthousegallery.com/new-new/upcoming-exhibitions/care-tea-noel-molloy/
Cabinet of Wonders #6
The Linnenhall Arts Center , Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Cabinet of Wonders #6 features works by a selection of contemporary visual
artists:Declan Byrne, Michelle Colfer, Fiona Harrington, Dympna Heanue,
Rebecca Lyons, Lisa Mc Lurg, Noel Molloy, Jane Queally, Fiona Reilly
and Ian Wieczorek. Come see.
The Cabinet of Wonders is an ongoing curated visual art project presented in the foyer of the Linenhall. The project takes its inspiration from the fashion for Cabinets of Curiosities,
which found their beginnings in the Renaissance and were still popular until the late 19th century
Inspired by the eclectic approach of the original collector-curators,
it presents a range of works “to engage, intrigue, surprise and delight”.
cabinetofwonderssite.wordpress.com/
Cabinet of Wonders #6 will run from the 16th April 2018 onward
The Linnenhall Arts Center , Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Cabinet of Wonders #6 features works by a selection of contemporary visual
artists:Declan Byrne, Michelle Colfer, Fiona Harrington, Dympna Heanue,
Rebecca Lyons, Lisa Mc Lurg, Noel Molloy, Jane Queally, Fiona Reilly
and Ian Wieczorek. Come see.
The Cabinet of Wonders is an ongoing curated visual art project presented in the foyer of the Linenhall. The project takes its inspiration from the fashion for Cabinets of Curiosities,
which found their beginnings in the Renaissance and were still popular until the late 19th century
Inspired by the eclectic approach of the original collector-curators,
it presents a range of works “to engage, intrigue, surprise and delight”.
cabinetofwonderssite.wordpress.com/
Cabinet of Wonders #6 will run from the 16th April 2018 onward
Between Then and Now
By Patrick Anderson-McQuoid.
(With invited Guests) Friday April 13th, at 8.00pm (sharp) Carrick Workhouse. St. Patrick’s Hospital. Summerhill. Carrick-0n- Shannon. County Leitrim. (In association with Carrick-on-Shannon Heritage Group.)
THE CAll a performance by Noel Molloy Saturday 14th April.
By Patrick Anderson-McQuoid.
(With invited Guests) Friday April 13th, at 8.00pm (sharp) Carrick Workhouse. St. Patrick’s Hospital. Summerhill. Carrick-0n- Shannon. County Leitrim. (In association with Carrick-on-Shannon Heritage Group.)
THE CAll a performance by Noel Molloy Saturday 14th April.