We are pleased to announce six artists’ performances spanning two evenings in Project Arts Centre - Cube.
This black box theatre (used mainly for more experimental theatre/dance) is the venue for the performances which somehow alter their characteristics in this environment. Artists are using the space in different ways - combining presentations with film shoots, and performances with workshop development.

Wednesday, 18th June, 7PM

Garrett Phelan
At what point will common sense prevail

Phelan extracts and performs a ‘regurgitated monologue’ from his At what point will common sense prevail project. This project marks the second phase of a series of works by the artist exploring the 'formation of opinion'. Together with the online sound works, an archive and broadcast mixes of the sound works for radio transmission, performances will be presented throughout a 5 year period. For more information go to www.atwhatpointwillcommonsenseprevail.com

Aurélien Froment
For Argument’s Sake (A companion film to ‘Théâtre de Poche’)

For Argument’s Sake choreographs a series of images beneath the mechanical eye of a video camera. Exploring the process of making the video Théâtre de Poche, For Argument's Sake presents a series of images and gestures referenced in successive interviews with three professionals whose respective activities involve image manipulations: an architect, a retoucher and a jigsaw puzzle maker.

Jesse Jones
The Whisper Choir

Beginning with a lecture about architecture and historical containers, The Whisper Choir performance relates strongly to Jones’ film and installation The Spectre and the Sphere, currently in Project’s Gallery, which has been extended until June 21st. The performance revisits the precision of the Theramin’s wavering voice, and extends the division between the performers and the performed beyond the barriers of the lit stage.


Thursday, 19th June, 7PM

Ralph Borland & Julian Jonker
Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon is an aleatoric audio collage – where some compositional elements are left to chance – an 8-channel audio installation that samples many versions of 'Mbube', aka 'Wimoweh' aka 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight', in a sonic tribute to the song's author, the late Solomon Linda. The sound installation both fragments and reorders compositional elements of this 'song of songs', questioning assumptions about compositional innovation and imitation that inform Western intellectual property law. In this jungle of sounds, the dead Author rests.

Kevin Gaffney
The Black Plum
The narrator of Kevin Gaffney’s new performance, derived from his video and slide installation of the same name, leads the audience through a series of readings and dialogue, in a call-and-response format. Introducing the characters who create the architecture of the oblique narrative of The Black Plum, Gaffney’s performance is a muted iteration of the highly theatrical and personally reflective artworks, and will feature the recent slide sequence included in his The Black Plum installation.

Sarah Pierce
"It's time, man. It feels imminent."

Beginning with a short presentation about how people gather and organize, the evening is followed by an extended workshop during which the audience choose whether to become participants. In a group exercise, participants will create gestures to accompany quotes selected by Pierce from bystanders at various antiwar protests. The resulting performance will be filmed and become part of a new artwork. For more information on this performance, please contact info@themetropolitancomplex.com.

BOOKING

Performances are free to attend but must be booked in advance. You are welcome to book a ticket for one or both of the evenings.

A ticket will guarantee entry to that evening’s performances as long as you collect your ticket by 6.50PM. Tickets remaining at this time will be allocated to those on waiting lists.

To book contact box-office@project.ie, or (003531) 881 9613.