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May & June 2012
Climate.Culture.Change, Filmbase, Dublin
Simon Fujiwara - The Museum of Incest, Crawford Gallery Cork
WHAT'S ON & NEWS IN IRELANDClimate.Culture.Change; Film Screenings & Discussions
Provocative films and discussions highlighting the social dimension of climate change in the lead-up to Rio +20.
All Films: Tuesday at 19.00
Filmbase | Curved Street | Temple Bar
01.05.12 | Birdwatchers
15.05.12 | About Water
29.05.12 | Before the Flood: Tuvalu
05.06.12 | People - Dreams - Actions
12.06.12 | Just Do It
Free Tickets/RSVP - go to http://cultivate.ie/climate-culture-change
Climate.Culture.Change is managed by Cultivate and the following EUNIC Ireland members: Alliance Francaise, Austrian Embassy, British Council, Goethe-Institut, Instituto Italiano di Cultura supported by the European Commission Representation in Ireland.
simon fujiwara exhibition at the crawford art gallery cork
the museum of incest
10 May - 27 June 2012
Emmet Place, Cork
Admission free, info: +353 21 4805042 info@crawfordgallery.ie Opening hours: DAily 10am - 5pm, Thursday 8pm, Closed Sunday
Simon Fujiwara was born in London in 1982 and grew up in Cornwall. He currently lives and works in Berlin. In collaboration with Tate St Ives, the exhibition at the Crawford Gallery in Cork will showcase an ongoing installation, The Museum of Incest. This piece is considered one of Fujiwara's most crucial works as it marks the beginning of his career. The Museum of Incest is Fujiwara's fictive recreation of the story of mankind's evoluation, and the objects are archived and displyed in a museum-like setting. These articles and artifacts mix the personal and the fictitious to create a myth of human origins and explicit sexual archaeology that starts at the footsteps of man to Fujiwara's present family background. Fujiwara has described his work as a 'journey of personal discovery'.
Fujiwara's work has been met with critical acclaim both in the UK and internationally, and his first major show opened in January 2012 at Tate St Ives. Notable achievements include winning The Cartier Award to produce a work for the Frieze Art Fair in the UK and The Baloise Art Prize at Art Statements, Basel 41, both in 2010. He has participated in several biennials including Manifesta 8 and The 29th Sao Paulo Biennial in 2010 and The Singapore Biennial and Performa 11 in 2011.
The British Council is pleased to have helped bring Simon Fujiwara's work to Cork, and to help develop the continuing partnership between Tate St Ives and the Crawford Art Gallery.
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