Darkroom
2015, two simultaneous films, 7’30” duration.
Darkroom was filmed in two places; first in Mary Rosse’s darkroom, one’s of the world’s oldest in Birr Castle, which has been emptied of its contents and secondly, in the reconstruction of the darkroom in the Exhibition Centre in the Castle’s grounds where the entire contents have been moved and reconstructed by conservators. The two different streams, one filmed in the original space and one in the reconstructed space, are shown side by side.
Reflecting on the relationship between reconstruction and photography, where both attempt to fix a moment, Darkroom connects the two artist’s practices, considering the harmony and dissonance of memory and its mediation through photography.
Installation at 3 different nights, recurring at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
2015, two simultaneous films, 7’30” duration.
Darkroom was filmed in two places; first in Mary Rosse’s darkroom, one’s of the world’s oldest in Birr Castle, which has been emptied of its contents and secondly, in the reconstruction of the darkroom in the Exhibition Centre in the Castle’s grounds where the entire contents have been moved and reconstructed by conservators. The two different streams, one filmed in the original space and one in the reconstructed space, are shown side by side.
Reflecting on the relationship between reconstruction and photography, where both attempt to fix a moment, Darkroom connects the two artist’s practices, considering the harmony and dissonance of memory and its mediation through photography.
Installation at 3 different nights, recurring at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
