The programme, Art | Memory | Place launched with a seminar exploring the role of art and memory. Over the course of 2015-16, this programme will address themes of Art, Memory and Place in the context of the decade of commemorations in Ireland.

Part 2 : Artists Perspectives on Art and Memory by Shane Cullen, Cecily Brennan and Chloe Dewe Mathews followed by a panel discussion.  Ailbhe Murphy (Director, Create, Ireland) chairs a closing discussion.

Also see Part 1 for a  Keynote Lecture titled Centenaries: what are they good for? by Ann Rigney is Professor of Comparative Literature at Utrecht University and Director of the Utrecht Forum for Memory Studies. 

This talk took place on 24.10.2015 at IMMA.


Art | Memory | Place - Part 2: Centenaries, What are they good for? Artists Perspectives

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Art | Memory | Place - Part 2: Centenaries, What are they good for? Artists Perspectives

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