Current Exhibition

Mieke Bal Facing It - Imaging Madness

Opening 6.00pm Thursday, 17 November 2011

Running: 18 November - 10 December 2011

Address
Fine Art Department
Dublin Institute of Technology
St Josephs Convent
Portland Row
Dublin 1

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Current Exhibition at Broadcast Gallery

An exhibition in conjunction with in|discussion 2011-12:
Facing It - Imaging Madness
Installations by Mieke Bal

Opening 6.00pm Thursday, 17 November 2011 Broadcast Gallery, School of Art Design and Printing Portland Row, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin 1



Facing It - Imaging Madness is part of the Mère Folle Project by Mieke Bal and Michelle Williams Gamaker. The project constitutes an attempt to offer museum and gallery visitors experiences they don't ordinarily have. In a combination of shock, pleasure, strangeness and beauty, they will make a journey through 'madness', rather than sitting in front of the screen, as in the cinema. It is aimed at people interested in video art, unusual narratives, and uncommon audio-visual sensations ' and mental illness.



This is a project of multiple video installations through which the idea of 'madness' is given a variety of interpretations. It is an experiment in audiovisual story-telling. Distinct from cinema, in the installation the 'secondperson', the visitor, is in charge of making the stories through their own itinerary and combination of stories, portraits, and scenes on view. At Broadcast, The Space In-Between, Watching the News, Office Hours, Sissi's Treatment will be shown. All are welcome to the exhibition and opening, where Mieke Bal will introduce the work.