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 rianne-keating
SUMMARY:Exhibition: An Ciúnas / The Silence by Marianne Keating
DESCRIPTION:An Ciúnas / The Silence.\nA solo exhibition by Marianne Keatin
 g.\n\nA Sirius Arts Centre National Tour.\n\nWexford Arts Centre.\nTuesday
  26th August – Wednesday 1st October 2025.\n\nOpening Launch: Saturday\,
  23rd August at 2pm.\n\nWexford Arts Centre is pleased to present An Ciún
 as / The Silence\, a solo exhibition by artist Marianne Keating. The exhib
 ition will run in the lower and upper galleries from Tuesday\, 26th August
 \, to Wednesday\, 1st October\, 2025.\n\nMarianne Keating is a London-base
 d Irish artist and researcher whose practice examines intersecting and ove
 rlooked narratives of Irish emigration to the Caribbean\, particularly Jam
 aica\, where the Irish were recruited as a new labour force after the abol
 ition of enslavement. Keating’s multidisciplinary film installations com
 bine a range of archival materials\, found footage\, newly shot footage\, 
 text\, and sound.\n\nAn Ciúnas / The Silence traces multiple trajectories
  of migration from Ireland to both Jamaica and Britain from the period pre
 ceding the Great Famine of 1845–52 to the present day. It identifies cat
 alytic moments in the history of the British Empire through the lenses of 
 Ireland and Jamaica to illuminate how events from the past inform current 
 politics and society. The work establishes a radical account of Ireland’
 s and Jamaica’s fights for self-determination\, the social conditions of
  Ireland in the nineteenth century and today\, the evolution of the Jamaic
 an political system\, and the power structures at play in both countries b
 efore and after independence.\n\nAn Ciúnas / The Silence is presented as 
 a multichannel film installation and collages a myriad of moving and still
  images (often manipulated)\, either drawn from or referencing public reco
 rds\, online videos and photographs\, and newspaper articles. The montage 
 of fragmentary episodes moves back and forth in time and incorporates vari
 ous creative modes\, including textual graphics and audio effects. The ove
 rlaying of information\, visuals\, and sonic outputs amplifies the depicte
 d perspectives\, and the work’s presentation as a continuous loop underm
 ines typical storytelling and the notion of a single official\, dominant n
 arrative.\n\nAn Ciúnas / The Silence was initially presented by The Showr
 oom\, London\, in 2023-24. The Irish tour of the work is initiated and org
 anised by Sirius Arts Centre\, Cobh\, County Cork\, and includes The Model
  in Sligo\, Rua Red in Dublin\, Limerick City Gallery of Art\, and Wexford
  Arts Centre. The production of An Ciúnas / The Silence and its Irish tou
 r are supported by The Arts Council.\n\nThe presentation of An Ciúnas / T
 he Silence is curated by Miguel Amado\, Director of Sirius Arts Centre\, a
 nd the tour is managed by producer Rayne Booth.
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CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Leinster
LOCATION:Wexford Arts Centre\, Cornmarket\, Wexford\, Wexford \, Y35 X5HF\,
  Leinster\, Ireland
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