{"product_id":"the-passenger-ailbhe-ni-bhriain-new-irish-works","title":"The Passenger, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain - NEW IRISH WORKS","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis photographic series combines imagery from four disparate sources: neo-classical sculpture, west of Ireland landscapes, found images and the studio setting. The processes are quick and playful, using simple collage techniques to surprise the imagery into a new and permeable series of connections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is an attempt to collapse the binaries and conventions suggested by the source imagery, to reveal the representational and cultural constructs at play. But there are also recurring motifs across the series, which suggest the imposition of an alternative, if obscure, continuity or meaning.\u003cbr\u003e The work takes its title from the Nabokov short story \u003cem\u003eThe Passenger\u003c\/em\u003e. In the story a seemingly dramatic plot is built and is then exposed as a series of disconnected details, conflated briefly in the imagination. In these prints the device of both presenting and taking apart the props of narrative is used to test how we read an image, leaving the viewer to, in Nabokov's phrase, ‘\u003cem\u003enotice and fondle details\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003cbr\u003e The series to date comprises ten images, printed as digital pigment prints onto photo baryta paper at various sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Ailbhe Nií Bhriain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAilbhe Ní Bhriain received her MA from the Royal College of Art and was awarded her PhD by Practice from Kingston University, UK in 2008. She uses video, photography and sound to explore ideas of identity and displacement. Her work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, including RHA, Dublin, Musée des Beaux–Arts de Rennes, Britanny, EVA International, Limerick, Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Wapping Project, London and Jerwood Space, London. Upcoming exhibitions include: \u003cem\u003eReports to an Academy \u003c\/em\u003e(solo) at Domobaal, London; \u003cem\u003e2116\u003c\/em\u003e atLewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork \u0026amp; Broad Museum, Michigan, and Festival Oodaaq, Nantes.\u003cbr\u003e The work has increasingly involved collaboration with musicians and composers, including Kaija Saariaho, Linda and Irene Buckley and Pádraig Murphy, with screenings and installations incorporating recorded sound, live performance and improvisation.\u003cbr\u003e Ailbhe is represented by Domobaal Gallery, London and lectures at the Crawford College of Art \u0026amp; Design, Cork. Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eailbhenibhriain.com\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:\/\/photoireland.org\/the-library-project\/\" 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind out more: newirishworks.com\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":4178599837727,"sku":"NIWNIBHRIAIN","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/products\/Ailbhe-Ni-Bhriain-The-Passenger.jpg?v=1513644623","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/it\/products\/the-passenger-ailbhe-ni-bhriain-new-irish-works","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}