FILIP VAN DINGENEN
Life on the edge gives the best viewGalway's annual visual arts festival focuses this year on themes
surrounding living on the edge. The inventive, varied projects, curated
by Michelle Browne, prove that sometimes, being on the periphery offers
a useful vantage point
..........One of the strangest pieces is Mira. Mar y Otros , a collaborative video by artist Filip Van Dingenan and dancer-choreographer Barbara Pereyra. Grafting the text of William Bulfin’s idyllic Rambles in Éireannonto “a fictional tour” of the last pulperias (or local bar-cum-grocery stores-come post-offices) on the Argentinian Pampas. It’s very disorientating but atmospheric and visually rich, full of beautiful narrative possibilities, and Pereyra has a brilliant screen presence.............
Tulca: Living on the Edge — People, Places and Possibility Curated by Michelle Browne
Venues include Galway Arts Centre, Nun’s Island Theatre, The Fairgreen Building, 126, the Spanish Arch, the Niland Gallery, Galway City Hall, Galway City Museum and more. Runs until Sunday. Details at venues and at tulca.ie
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