{"product_id":"tales-from-beneath-the-arches-eanna-de-freine-new-irish-works","title":"Tales from Beneath the Arches, Éanna de Fréine - NEW IRISH WORKS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote: This is a publication part of the New Irish Works series. Eanna de Freine’s already published book is available \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/tlp.photoireland.org\/shop\/tales-from-beneath-the-arches-eanna-de-freine-2\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTales from Beneath the Arches\u003c\/em\u003e project is a visual exploration of the relationship between the people who inhabit Taiwanese cities and the infrastructure of the cities. As the Taiwanese economy boomed in the 1980s, the need to easily connect urban centres became a pressing issue. This led to an explosion in the building of elevated highways that today snake through its cities - shaping neighbourhoods and communities in their image.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTales from Beneath the Arches \u003c\/em\u003eis the visual exploration of the symbiotic relationship that has developed between the highways and those directly impacted by their construction. The locating of raised roads in urban centres have been heavily criticised in the West in recent years. Jane Jacobs’ opposition to the building of the Manhattan Expressway through Greenwich Village is perhaps the best illustration of the prevailing feeling that such infrastructure has the power to both dehumanise and destroy communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Taiwan, these areas have been humanised by people’s interactions with the spaces, developed out of a sheer need in one of the densest countries in the world. Those who live in such areas often have no say in where such roads will be built. Instead, communities strive to adapt by repurposing the surrounding land to serve their needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs cars and trucks zip above –travelling from city to city –the people below re-order their world accordingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Éanna de Fréine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEanna de Freine is an Irish photographer currently based in Osaka, Japan. His photography is concerned mainly with our lives in cities and how the urban shapes us as people. He studied History and Sociology at NUI Maynooth before receiving an M.A. in Photography and Urban Cultures from Goldsmiths College, London, in 2012.\u003cbr\u003e In 2012 he established The Velvet Cell, an independent publishing house dedicated to publishing photobooks with projects of an urban nature. To date it has published over 45 monographs by both established and emerging photographers from the world over.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/eannadefreine.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eeannadefreine.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout New Irish Works\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eSelected by an international panel of 23 professionals, New Irish Works brings you a selection of 20 projects and 20 photographers representing the diverse range of practices coming from Ireland. New Irish Works 2016 is a year long project of 10 presentations and 20 publications that aims to highlight the great moment Irish Photography is experiencing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artists selected are Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Aisling McCoy, Caitriona Dunnett, Dara McGrath, Daragh Soden, David Thomas Smith, Eanna de Freine, Emer Gillespie, Enda Bowe, Jan McCullough, Jill Quigley, Kate Nolan, Mandy O’Neill, Matthew Thompson, Miriam O’Connor, Noel Bowler, Robert McCormack, Roseanne Lynch, Shane Lynam, and Yvette Monahan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery month from July 2016 to July 2017, a special presentation will be hosted at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/tlp.photoireland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Library Project\u003c\/a\u003e for two of the selected artists at a time. The presentation will include a display and a publication for each artist’s project. The two artists that will be presented during \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/2016.photoireland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePhotoIreland Festival\u003c\/a\u003e 2016 are Daragh Soden and Mandy O’Neill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs part of the project, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/photoireland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePhotoIreland\u003c\/a\u003e will bring New Irish Works abroad at key events like PhotoEspaña, with the support of the Embassy of Ireland in Madrid, and to Paris during Paris Photo, with the support of the Centre Culturel Irlandais and Culture Ireland.\u003cbr\u003e Find out more: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/newirishworks.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003enewirishworks.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited edition of 200\u003cbr\u003e Published by PhotoIreland\u003cbr\u003e Softcover\u003cbr\u003e 32 pages\u003cbr\u003e 148×210 mm\u003cbr\u003e ISBN: 9780957684911\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PhotoIreland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4178525814815,"sku":"NIWDEFREINE","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/products\/NIW_EANNA_DE_FREINE_xs.jpg?v=1513643353","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/es\/products\/tales-from-beneath-the-arches-eanna-de-freine-new-irish-works","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}