Unique two-person performance coming to local Tipperary arts centre
'The landscape swallows our histories whole' is coming to the South Tipperary Arts Centre
'The landscape swallows our histories whole' is a duo show by artists Amanda Rice and Jo Pester showcasing a new collaborative 8mm film work, alongside their radio play, Magical Body, which will be activated as a performance during Culture Night in the South Tipperary Arts Centre.
Culture Night takes place on September 19, from 6pm to 8pm, with a special live performance at 6:30pm.
The new film being presented is an 8mm analogue film that reactivates these traces as a way to depict the layers of geological, technological, human and more-than-human time frames across Knock Iveagh, a historic neolithic site containing a burial cairn in Northern Ireland where ancient burial grounds and green energy solutions share the same terrain.
As such, many kinds of time meet at Knock Iveagh - ancient pollen particles, cremated bone fragments, charcoal dating back to 3060 BC, local residents, green capitalism and techno hubris.
All landscapes are haunted by both past time and the possibilities of imagined futures. The film works with processes of archaeoacoustics and Stone Tape theory which employ sound as a method for extracting communications from ancient materials.
The artist’s bodies act as soundboards for the landscape, as they trespass both material borders of landownership and temporal borders across time.
Amanda Rice is as artist and filmmaker based between London and Belfast.
Her films are a combination of observational documentary techniques, staged scenarios with both investigative and nonlinear storytelling which explore material histories related to ecological subject matter. Amanda’s films have been presented at EVA International Biennial (Ireland), Flux Factory (New York), Eastlink Gallery (Shanghai), CCA Glasgow, BFI Film Festival (London), Irish Film Institute (Dublin).
Awards include, Edward Allington Memorial Prize and the Next Generation Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland.
She is an MA graduate of the Slade School of Art.
Jo Pester is a research-led artist filmmaker based in Bristol, often working in a cross-disciplinary capacity with researchers and academics.
Since completing an MA from the Slade School of Art, she has presented work in The Unlikely Journal For Creative Arts; Raven Row Gallery (London); Exposed Arts Projects (London); Casa da Dona Laura Gallery (Lisbon); Videosport Returns (Canada); and the BF Artist Film Festival IX (London and Lancaster).
Jo was recently awarded the Developing Your Creative Practice grant from the Arts Council of England.