Faoi thoinn ‘s thar toinn / THE OCEAN FLOOR IS A GREEN WORLD
The work draws its title from an old Gaelic word for “Wave” and the role that the wave plays in Irish mythology and folklore - explored in Manchán Magan’s book ‘Thirty Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape’ (2020) - and translates approximately as ‘under the waves and over the waves’.
Filmed in An Gaeltacht, the work seeks to interrogate our coastal landscapes - beaches, shores and cliffs - as epic dreamscapes out of which a new era of Irish positivity can emerge; places of wild imagination conjured up through Gaelic phraseology that link us to this island, its memories and our collective psyche.
Video:
2021
Jules Charlton
- is a film artist based in Dublin. His practice is preoccupied with thresholds, boundaries and other liminal spaces. His 2017 installation ‘i aM eLLIS bELL’ won a prize from the EU. More recent works - such as ‘Memory of Mariga’ - have screened at Disappear Here Film Festival, Louth International Film Festival, Fastnet Film Festival and Elizabethtown Film Festival. He is currently working on ‘Return to Kilderry’ - an exploration of contested spaces in fantastical and real geographies.
julescdop@gmail.com
Ronan Conncannon
- is a film artist and aerial photographer / cinematographer based in the West of Ireland. His practice focuses on capturing unique perspectives on the natural and built worlds. His debut piece, Passing Time - capturing the vibrancy of Galway City through video time-lapse - premiered at the Galway City of Film One Minute Film festival in 2016 and was also an Official Selection in the New Jersey Irish Film Festival in 2017. His recent credits include ‘Memories of Mariga’ and ‘Return to Kilderry’.