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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S WELCOME As we rocket to midway through 2013 we have begun to take stock of the year so far at
We have a wonderful programme for you this summer at Project Arts Centre –
Project – more audiences than ever are visiting
beginning with Landmark Productions Howie
the centre, taking part in our performance and
the Rookie written and directed by Mark
visual art programmes. In April, Project Arts
O’Rowe and featuring a stellar performance
Centre, with the support of our partners at the
from Tom Vaughan-Lawlor; I am thrilled to
Arts Council, Culture Ireland, Fáilte Ireland and
follow this with our co-production with the
Dublin City Council, welcomed almost 600 of
Everyman Cork of Carmel Winters’ explosive
our performing arts colleagues from across
new play, Best Man. Fresh from its premiere
the globe as part of the IETM Spring Plenary
at Cork Midsummer Festival, this is a wonder-
Meeting. This was an incredible opportunity to
ful opportunity to see the work of a writer who
showcase our amazing artists, the working cul-
is taking the theatre and film world by storm.
tural quarter that is Temple Bar and, of course,
Not to be missed is Ether Productions’
our fantastic city. I was also proud to host our
new show Landfall. They really blew me
first Community Day, throwing open the doors
away with their production during the Dublin
of the building to our audiences and the local
Fringe Festival last year so I am thrilled to be
community to experience the centre in new
presenting their new show.
ways. We will be doing more of these events in
We welcome back AC Productions with
the future, so keep an eye on our new website
another hilarious take on Shakespeare with
which will be launched later in the summer.
their new production of Twelfth Night. I am also
delighted to welcome a new company to Project
and to own the work of one of Ireland’s major
Arts Centre; Polish Theatre Ireland with their pro-
up-and-coming artists.
duction of Foreign Bodies by Julia Holewinska. In our gallery we present a major solo
In September we will be hosting the Dublin Fringe Festival and then the Dublin Theatre
exhibition of work by Mexican artist Mario
Festival – our busiest, most exciting time of the
García Torres. This large-scale survey show
year. The festivals have incredible work lined
will evolve into 4 exhibitions, giving you an op-
up for you at Project Arts Centre and we will
portunity to experience his beautiful artworks
be sharing their programmes with you later in
and see the breath of his work and vision. In
the summer. I hope you will join us for some
September, we will following this with a solo
of these fantastic events and I look forward to
show by Dutch artist Jennifer Tee, featuring a
welcoming you to Project in the coming months.
host of new works gleaned from her travels and exhibitions across the world which have
Cian O’Brien, Artistic Director
been created especially for this show. A small number of our beautiful editions from Niamh O’Malley’s recent exhibition Gar-
PS. If you think we’re great and love the work we do think about becoming a Project Person.
den are still available for purchase; this is the
For more information about becoming a
first time Project has produced this type of work
Project Person contact Kate O’Sullivan at:
in a number of years and it is a great way for
kate.osullivan@projectartscentre.ie or on
you to support the artists with whom we work
+353 1 8819 608.
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EVENTS AT A GLANCE
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HOWIE THE ROOKIE Landmark Productions
LANDFALL Ether Productions Performance
Theatre
6 – 10 August
17 June – 13 July
p24
p16
KING JOHN (WORK-INPROGRESS)
TWELFTH NIGHT AC Productions
Aoife Spillane-Hinks & Jane Brennan
Theatre
Theatre
2 – 20 July
8 & 9 August
p18
p26
BEST MAN
DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL
The Everyman and Project Arts Centre in association with Cork Midsummer Festival Theatre 16 – 27 July p20
FOREIGN BODIES
Festival 7 – 22 September p28
UNTIL IT MAKES SENSE Mario Garcia Torres Visual Arts
Polish Theatre Ireland
5 July – 17 August
Theatre
p34
22 July – 3 August
JENNIFER TEE
p22
Visual Arts 29 August – 26 October p36
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PROJECT CATALYST
Dusk Ahead by junk ensemble
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Last week I attended the ‘All
the initiative Project Catalyst to give a better,
Ireland Performing Arts Conference’
more clear representation of how we view
curated by Maureen Kennelly, run
the artists we work with. Our Catalysts
by Theatre Forum Ireland and NITA,
are agents and leaders of change. Their
Northern Ireland.
work will not fix societal ills, or heal us as individuals but they do confront the issues
The theme of this year’s conference
and concerns relevant to all of us, helping
was ‘Change’. Over two days I had the
us to better understand and potentially re-
opportunity to take the time to listen to
imagine how things could or should be.
speakers and panellists to consider the key
I am interested in how we engage
changes in how performance work is made,
in evolutional and revolutional change.
presented and seen. What this offers me
THEATREclub recently made the following
(and those who attend) is the time to meet
provocative statement; ‘Revolution is a
with colleagues from around the country
change of mind’, a call to action to consider
to discuss shared problems and issues and
how we engage with performance. To
to talk about how each of us is working to
engage with any art work involves action
overcome them. It gives us valuable time to
and active participation. Each audience
think and reflect resulting in a kind of renewal
member brings their own belief system
of thought and most importantly of energy.
and history. To quote scientist Peter Senge,
A speaker who stood out for me was
‘People don’t resist change they resist
Declan McGonagle, Director of The National
being changed’. At Project Arts Centre, we
College of Art & Design, Dublin. He spoke
are interested in what our artists think and
about what are the true drivers of change;
how that influences or inspires others. Our
the economy, demographics, location and
audiences are key.
audience (both demand and behaviour). He
In the coming three months we are
highlighted that two of the most important
supporting the making of new work by junk
drivers are accountability and relevance,
ensemble’s Jessica and Megan Kennedy,
believing from experience that ‘intent’ is key.
Making Strange Theatre Company’s Megan
Project established our associate artists programme in 2005 in order to develop and change the diversity of work we present – to
Riordan and THEATREclub, Doireann Coady, Grace Dyas and Shane Byrne. junk ensemble are already in the
protect and support a number of individuals
rehearsal room with a great team of artists
and their artistic impulse. In 2011 we renamed
working on Dusk Ahead which has been
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commissioned by and will premiere at
I’ve worked with Megan for five years
Kilkenny Arts Festival. In this work they will
and she manages with each new work to
investigate blindness and invisibility and
charm me with her unique outlook and
are particularly interested in exploring ways
perspective on life. But be warned, Megan’s
of seeing or perceiving things – things that
charm is not shallow. She uses it to great
may not be there or may not exist. They
effect. While Megan tells you about herself,
are interested in the move from domestic
in a real and honest way, she manages to
to wild, dusk being the hour between dog
disarm you, leading you to carefully look
and wolf. With each new work, Jessica
and ask real questions of yourself. Keep
and Megan never fail to create something
an eye out for the Dublin Fringe Festival
extraordinarily beautiful – something
programme launch on 14 August and grab
different, striking and bold. When you sit
a programme to make sure you get a
and feel their work you are brought into a
ticket – it’s one not to miss!
new environment, you are transported and,
year long Dublin City Council’s public
this work because I just can’t resist being
art commission for St Michael’s Estate.
brought on a journey by this talented duo.
THEATREclub make contemporary socially
Megan Riordan is creating a piece
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THEATREclub’s History is a two
by the end, transformed. I can’t wait to see
engaged performance with and for
called You Remember the Stories You
communities. For the past twelve months
Wish Were True for this year’s Dublin
they have worked with people from St
Fringe Festival. Megan is from the US
Michael’s Estate workshopping and writing
(although recently she proudly became
with activists groups, groups for those in
an Irish Citizen so luckily I now proudly
additction treatment, women’s development
and officially call her one of us!). Her
groups and family support organsiations
starting point for the piece was the
as well as a group for marginalised young
personal loss of the contents of a storage
people. The production will discuss Irish
unit, and consequently every single item
Nationalism around a week in 1916 in
from a four year period of her life. Since
Richmond Barracks, it will juxtapose the
then Megan has been looking at how to
lives of the people of Keogh Square with
reclaim memories and has researched the
the reality in Goldenbridge and will end
neurobiology of memory, learning and
looking at the struggle for regeneration
change. She has become fascinated by
led by revolutionary community leaders.
how remembering something is to change
Doireann, Grace and Shane are three
it but to not remember is to lose it entirely.
power houses and when you put them
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You Remember the Stories You Wish Were True by Megan Riordan
together, especially with their ensemble
we entertain while also posing questions
(Ger Kelly, Lauren Larkin, Barry O’Connor,
and provoking thought. In order for real
Gemma Collins and Louise Lewis) their
change or for revolution to succeed
work is explosive. Working with them and
it requires action from the majority.
watching their work is like being on a roller
It requires trust which in turn builds
coaster. At the end of each ride you feel like
relationships. It forces people together to
you’ve participated in what is a thrilling
stand up for what they believe in. It is not
and active act of hope which you just have
just dressing but politics itself.
to do again. The work we support is made by
Niamh O’Donnell,
people for people and one of the most
General Manager & Executive
important things in the work we do is that
Producer of Project Catalyst
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History by THEATREclub
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Other works in production / on tour: Dusk Ahead by junk ensemble
Have I no Mouth by Brokentalkers
10 –13 Aug: Kilkenny Arts Festival,
24 – 26 Jun: Theatreformen Festival,
The Watergate Theatre
Hanover
Dublin Theatre Festival
2 – 15 Aug: Edinburgh Fringe Festival
(dates to be announced soon) Panto Collapsar’ by Mikala Dwyer CURE by Fearghus O’Conchuir
20 Jun – 29 Jul: Ballina Arts Centre
23/24 Jun: Cork Midsummer Festival,
26 Oct – 7 Dec: Riverbank Arts Centre,
Firkin Crane
Kildare
27 Sept: Glor Theatre, Ennis 3 Oct: Siamse Tire, Kerry
The Family by THEATREclub
12 Oct: George Bernard Shaw Theatre,
10 – 13 Jul: Draíocht, Blanchardstown
Carlow 22/23 Oct: Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
Heroin by THEATREclub
1 Nov: Draiocht Arts Centre,
12 & 13 Jul: Draíocht, Blanchardstown
Blanchardstown, Dublin
16 – 18 Jul: Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
You can help us to support the work of Project Catalyst by becoming a Project Person. For more information about becoming a Project Person contact Kate O’Sullivan at kate.osullivan@projectartscentre.ie or on +353 1 8819 608
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PERFORMANCE
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Landmark Productions
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor in
HOWIE THE ROOKIE Written and directed by Mark O’Rowe
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Space Upstairs
“One-man tour de force … with the
17 June – 13 July
magnificent Tom Vaughan-Lawlor”
(extra dates added)
Sunday Independent
8pm €20 – €35 Matinees 29 June, 6 & 13 July (3pm)
“Memorable theatre-making of the highest calibre … Mark O’Rowe at his most poetic, most brutal, most barbaric … extraordinary theatre” Arena Three hearts poundin’ loud, three lungs,
Suitable ages 16 +
pairs of lungs, suckin’ louder, suckin’ hard.
Very strong language and sexual references
Then softer, then calmer, then quieter. Then quiet.
Written and Directed by Mark O’Rowe
The Howie begins the story. The
Set & Costume Design by Paul Wills
Rookie concludes it. Mark O’Rowe’s elec-
Lighting Design by Sinead McKenna
trifying, epic tale is a wild, urban odyssey
Performed by Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
through a nightmare landscape – hilarious,
Sound Design by Philip Stewart
grotesque and, finally, deeply moving. Meet Ladyboy, a psychotic thug on a
“An epic one-man performance … Landmark Productions’ riveting new
quest to avenge the deaths of his Siamese fighting fish. Meet malodorous adrenaline-
production … the astounding Tom
junkies Flann Dingle and Ginger Boy. Meet
Vaughan-Lawlor”
Avalanche, a ski-panted monster looking
The Irish Times
for love. Meet the tragic Mouse. Meet the scabies-afflicted Peaches. Meet the Howie.
“Magnificent … truly brilliant” Entertainment.ie
Meet the Rookie. Howie the Rookie was first produced in 1999 and took the theatrical world by
“It feels like must-see theatre, and it is” Irish Theatre Magazine
storm. Now this brilliant play receives a major new production from one of Ireland’s leading theatre producers.
“Astounding and exhilarating … an acting masterclass”
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, star of RTÉ’s
Sunday Business Post
Love/Hate, plays both Howie and Rookie. Brace yourself for an adrenaline-filled theatrical odyssey.
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AC Productions
TWELFTH NIGHT
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Cube
A fast-paced and hilarious take on
4 – 20 July
Shakespeare’s classic, Twelfth Night.
8.15pm
AC Productions bring their trademark
€12 – €16
lively, accessible style to their produc-
Previews 2 & 3 July, €12
tion of this fantastical comedy full of
Matinees 13 & 20 July (2.30pm)
extravagant fools, music, disguises, high-flown love – and bruised egos! Founded in 2004 by Alex Cusack and Peter Reid, AC Productions specialise in classic drama and have produced
Suitable ages 14+
17 plays including all the major plays
Comic violence and sexual innuendo
of Samuel Beckett. They have toured
REAL DEAL – ALL TICKETS 5 JULY JUST €10!
Singapore and Hong Kong. Twelfth
POST SHOW DISCUSSION – THURSDAY 11 JULY
Night is their third Shakespeare
Written by William Shakespeare
of The Merry Wives of Windsor and
Directed by Peter Reid
Much Ado About Nothing.
Ireland, London, Brussels, Prague,
comedy following successful runs
Lighting by John Crudden Set Design by Peter Reid Costume by Fiona Ryan Music by John Doran and Peter Reid Cast Includes: Gail Brady, Alex Cusack, Dagmar Doring, Daithí MacSuibhne, Neill Fleming, Paul Kealyn, Duncan Lacroix, Patrick O’Donnell, Paul Elliot, Dylan McDonagh, Jack Nolan, Eddie Murphy, Mark Lavery and Dick Tobin
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BEST MAN
Written by Carmel Winters The Everyman and Project Arts Centre, in association with Cork Midsummer Festival
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Space Upstairs
their children and earning ‘pin money’ by
16 – 27 July
writing best man speeches. Juggling the
8pm
modern-day demands of job and family
€22 / €18
is not easy, but this sparring pair seem to
Matinee 27 July (3pm)
have arrived at a win-win situation. That is until Marta moves in. Hired to take care of their children so that Alan can finally write his novel, this sexy, straight-talking Bolivian nanny brings buried tensions to the fore. As Kay stingingly observes, soon the entire
Contains strong language and nudity
house is ‘smoking with lust for Nanny’.
REAL DEAL – ALL TICKETS 16 JULY JUST €15!
play about family wars and the wreckage
Best Man is a devastatingly funny caused when estranged parents compete “[Carmel Winters] … an exciting new voice in Irish theatre.”
for the spoils of property – and children … This bold new play from award-
Sunday Tribune
winning playwright Carmel Winters deals
Written by Carmel Winters
and parentage within modern relationships.
with the near-taboo topics of sex, power Directed by Michael Barker-Caven
Set in the intoxicating height of the boom
Set & Costume Design by Liam Doona
and, finally, the sober fall of the bust, Best
Lighting Design by Sinéad McKenna
Man prompts a public reckoning of our most private struggles as questions of
Starring Derbhle Crotty, Peter Gowen,
power within the family are examined with
Kate Stanley Brennan, Roisin O’Neill,
scorching insight.
Bryan Murray and Una Crawford O’Brien
Following the nationwide success of the B for Baby tour by the Abbey Theatre,
“Don’t think for one minute I’m going to just disappear and let the two of you play happy families … That is not the deal here, that is so not the deal!” High-flying real estate agent Kay Keane isn’t just earning a living for her family, she’s making a killing. Meanwhile, her husband and would-be novelist, Alan, is staked out at home, minding
we are delighted to present a new play from one of Ireland’s most exciting writers.
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Cube
Foreign Bodies is the story of Adam,
24 July – 3 August
a political hero fighting with commu-
8.15pm
nism in Poland. He is a perfect hus-
€14 / €12
band, a good friend and a role-model
Previews 22 July & 23 July, €10
for others. But no-one knows that he is
Matinees 27 July & 3 August (2.30pm)
a female trapped in his own male body. So after the fall of communism in 1989, when Poland gains political freedom, he changes sex and turns into Ewa. Now, as Ewa, she must struggle with social rejection, poverty and solitude
REAL DEAL – 22 JULY – 2 TICKETS FOR €14!
in a new, capitalist country. Mixing past with present, Ewa
POST SHOW DISCUSSIONS – 24 & 26 JULY, 1 AUGUST
discovers the dual imprisonment of an Written by Julia Holewinska
individual in two political systems …
Translated by Artur Zapałowski Directed by Lianne O’Shea
Polish Theatre Ireland
FOREIGN BODIES WITH SUPPORT FROM THE EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND AND THE NATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY FEDERATION
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Ether Productions
LANDFALL
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Space Upstairs
When they’ve taken the floor beneath
7 – 10 August
your feet, there’s nothing to do but fly.
8pm
Experience an exciting slice of airborne
€16 / €14
circus theatre in Ether’s brand new
Preview 6 August, €10
show, Landfall.
Matinee 10 August, €14 (3pm)
Four characters find themselves in an impossible situation – they have nothing to stand on. Suspended in a postapocalyptic landscape, a wild girl, a wistful opera singer, a forlorn gardener and an errant business man find themselves at
REAL DEAL – ALL TICKETS 6 AUGUST JUST €10!
close quarters. There is hope – a garden, glimpsed far off and out of reach. But can
Praise for Ether Production’s Mirror, Mirror : “Ether Productions is one to watch,
they get there? In Landfall the spectacular meets the intimate and the dramatic meets the
and Mirror, Mirror is unmissable.”
comic with impressive acrobatic feats
Irish Times
and physical storytelling. Aerial circus equipment – hoop, rope, silks, chains –
“… glorious physicality, impressive design … sheer ingenuity” Irish Theatre Magazine
appear from floating, ragged sections of building as Ether weaves wonder from chaos in this breath-taking aerial performance. Watch Ether speak volumes
Written and directed by Niamh Creely
without saying a word. Take your place in
Choreography by Niamh Creely,
Landfall as Ether forgets how to walk and
Aisling Ní Cheallaigh, Jonathan Walsh
learns how to fly.
and Timmy O’Sullivan Lighting and Set Design by Pauric Hackett
Ether Productions was founded in January
Costume Design by Annique van Niekerk
2012. The company’s debut performance
Composed by Aidan O’Brien
was the aerial circus show Mirror, Mirror,
Produced by Lisa Fox
commissioned for the Drogheda Arts
Cast includes Aisling Ní Cheallaigh,
a highly successful further development
Niamh Creely, Timmy O’Sullivan
of Mirror, Mirror for ABSOLUT Fringe 2012,
and Jonathan Walsh
where it won critical acclaim.
Festival in May, 2012. Ether then created
Aoife Spillane-Hinks
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& Jane Brennan
KING JOHN (WORK-INPROGRESS)
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Cube
Shakespeare’s King John is a fast-
8 & 9 August
paced, witty and entertaining look at
8.15pm
a weak monarch’s flailing attempts
€5
to keep hold of his throne. There are extraordinary speeches, unforgettable characters, and thrilling battle scenes – so why don’t we see this play performed more often?
Written by William Shakespeare
Director Aoife Spillane-Hinks and
Directed by Aoife Spillane-Hinks
actor Jane Brennan experiment with
Cast includes Jane Brennan
form to present a work-in-progress showing of their King John project. A unique opportunity to watch an ensemble cast of Irish actors in the process of taking on a rarely staged but riotous political drama.
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DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL
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Space Upstairs & Cube 5 – 22 September Various times Highlights released 2 July. Full programme announcement in August. It’s back! This September Dublin Fringe Festival is taking Project Arts Centre and the city by storm for its 19th year in a celebration of the very best new and next in theatre, performance, comedy, music, live art, circus, spectacle and more! Expect 18 days packed full of performances, bringing you exciting new work to delight and enthral. The full festival programme will be announced on 14 August but until then here’s one little treat you can expect to see here during this year’s festival …
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HotForTheatre
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BREAK Photographer: Richard Gilligan
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Break by HotForTheatre
HotForTheatre present a show that
Space Upstairs
challenges the familiar and infiltrates
7 – 21 Sept
the system in bells, beats and breaks.
8.15pm
For anyone who wonders what
€16/€14
happens when ‘how we do things’
Previews 5 & 6 Sept, €12
becomes more important than the
Matinees 14 & 21 Sept (2pm)
people we do things for.
Tickets on sale from 2 July
HotForTheatre seeks to touch, move, delight and shock you … but in a nice
When push comes to shove do you
way. The company have performed I ♥
really care about long division?
Alice ♥ I and Eternal Rising of the Sun
Welcome to the staffroom, you’re
Scotland, Australia, New Zealand,
invited in, but this time it’s not you
Crotia and in 18 venues across Ireland.
to 138 audiences in New York, Iceland,
who’s in trouble. Meet the teachers –
Break is their third time at the
nicknames, naggings and knockouts,
Dublin Fringe Festival and marks two
no one is spared. “How did I end up
firsts – a HotForTheatre/Dublin Fringe
like this, so tiny, in polyester pants
Festival co-production and FRINGE ON
over time going shiny, and wearing
TOUR at Draíocht, September 26 – 28.
away until hard and then frayed, flayed over rota and rules and first aid?”
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VISUAL ARTS
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UNTIL IT MAKES SENSE by Mario Garcia Torres
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Gallery 5 July – 17 August 11am – 8pm Admission Free
Curated by Tessa Giblin An extraordinary encounter with the work of Mario Garcia Torres. This new exhibition for Project Arts Centre will present an expansive range of artworks by Garcia Torres, evolving and developing through the course of the exhibition to create four individually distinct episodes. The work exhibited will include moving image, interactive installation, photography and sculpture. Mario Garcia Torres was born in 1975 in Monclova, Mexico, and lives in Mexico City. His solo exhibitions have included the Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid (2010), the Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (2009), the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco (2009), and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2007). He has participated in dOCUMENTA (13), the Bienal de São Paulo (2010), the Taipei Biennial (2010), and the Biennale di Venezia (2007). You are welcome to join us for an introduction to the exhibition by the artist from 5pm, and to the opening of the new exhibition from 6 – 8pm, on Thursday 4 July.
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JENNIFER TEE
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Gallery 30 August – 26 October 11am – 8pm Admission Free
Curated by Tessa Giblin The gallery will be transformed with intricate woven floor pieces, talisman-like sculptures and a hint of performance, in an exhibition of new work made for Project Arts Centre. The exhibition expands on her fascination with cultural identity, ritual and spirituality, to create a unique environment which blurs the line between art and object, the exotic and the banal, in an attempt to align the mind, body, and spirit all in one space. Jennifer Tee (b.1973, Arnhem) lives and works in Amsterdam. Her practice includes sculpture, installation, performance, photography and collages. Jennifer Tee has made solo exhibitions in recent years at Eastside Projects, Birmingham (2010), Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam (2009), Artspace, Sydney (2005), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, (2003), Art Foundation Xiamen, Frankfurter Kunstverein (both 2002). A selection of group exhibitions include: Six Possibilities for a Sculpture, La Loge, Brussels (2013); Beyond Imagination, Stedelijk Museum (2012); Secret Societies, Schirn Kunsthalle; The Dutch Identity?, Museum de Paviljoens, Almere (both 2011); The Knight’s Tour, Museum de Hallen, Haarlem (2009). Jennifer Tee has also participated in the Prague Triennale (2008), Auckland Triennial (2007), Gwangju Biennale (2006) and the Sao Paulo Biennial (2004). You are welcome to join us, along with the artist, for the opening of this exhibition, Jennifer Tee (NL), from 6pm – 8pm, on Thursday 29 August.
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