Art 10 June - Cinetol, Amsterdam
Performance: The Piper’s Grip by Eimear Walshe
10 June - Cinetol, Amsterdam
19:00–20:30 - €5
The Piper’s Grip, a reading by Eimear Walshe, will be performed at Cinetol with live soundtrack by Seamas Hyland and Sárán Ó Maolagáin. The piece, originally commissioned by Mirror Lamp Press, is a tender and reverent account of the homo-erotics of an Irish music session. In the tradition of Irish musical bawdry, this story portrays a man’s ecstatic reconnection with his culture, and in turn with himself. Eimear Walshe’s performance is presented as part of the exhibition project state of us, co-curated with EVA International.
About state of us
state of us is a project that comprises an exhibition at de Appel and a parallel series of screenings and performances, focusing on the inherited traumas of colonial violence and control that continue to shape social, mental and physical bodies across generations.
Thematically departing from Ireland – widely regarded as the first historical subject of the British colonial enterprise – state of us brings together artists who address Ireland or the Irish experience, alongside ongoing and historical struggles in places such as Palestine, Bangladesh and Curaçao. The research-based artworks trace how the everyday and insidious effects of colonialism and its legacies recur in aspects of memory, sexual relations, social behaviours and health dysfunctions, among other examples.
The people at de Appel have kindly offered a limited amount of free tickets for Subbacultcha members. Please make a reservation by sending an email to mailinglist@subbacultcha.nl with ‘The Piper’s Grip 10.06’ in the subject line + your name in the email.
Registrations are open until 12.00 on weekdays.
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