{"product_id":"the-people-of-the-mud-louis-alberto-rodriguez","title":"People of the Mud, Luis Alberto Rodriguez","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeople of the Mud\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful new series by Berlin-based US artist Luis Alberto Rodriguez, made collaboratively amongst the communities of County Wexford in Ireland, where ancient tradition and modern life rub shoulders daily.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a background in professional dance, Rodriguez’s work pays tribute to the metaphorical weight of centuries of physical labour behind cultivating the landscape and maintaining cultural heritage. Images of scarred limbs and hands, from the field and from sport, function as a cartography of these bodies, as culture both shapes and is shaped by the individual. Elsewhere, we see the exaggerated glamour of modern female Irish dancers taken out of the glitzy ballrooms and into the fields, creating a rupture across time and space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe People of the Mud \u003c\/em\u003eby Berlin-based, US artist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.luisalbertorodriguez.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLuis Alberto Rodriguez\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis the product of an\u003c\/span\u003e exquisite body of work created while on a residency in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cowhousestudios.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCow House Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Wexford, Ireland. Luis spent almost two months working on the topic of Cultural Heritage, as part of a residency hosted by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/festival.photoireland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotoIreland Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and co-funded by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca href=\"futures-photography.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEU Photographic Platform \u003cstrong\u003eFUTURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, of which PhotoIreland Festival is the Irish partner. The Photobook was subsequently funded, designed and produced in 2019 by \u003cstrong\u003eLewis Chaplin\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Piegay Espenon\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/loosejoints.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoose Joints\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by Loose Joints\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eHardcover with Softcover Slipcase\u003cbr\u003e114 pages\u003cbr\u003e235 x 287 mm\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781912719143\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Loose Joints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31961564315738,"sku":"POTMLAR01","price":55.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/products\/Screenshot_2020-03-06_at_11.56.22.png?v=1584536627","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/it\/products\/the-people-of-the-mud-louis-alberto-rodriguez","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}