Drum Portrait of a Village

DRUM PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE

Friday 17 & Saturday 18 November, 2017 Over the past year, the people Photo Album of Ireland: Drum The Gallery of Photography’s Photo Album team is working with of Drum have engaged with the people of Drum to record the social history of the village held in family photo albums and collections. This emerging digital archive artists, curators and heritage includes photographs of people working the land, family occasions, social and religious events and travels overseas. Photographs © Burns family specialists to record, create and dating from the 1870s to the 1960s reveal strong community ties, changing farming methods and eff ects of modernisation share authentic representations – giving a unique insight into life in rural County Monaghan. of Drum past and present. This Krass Clement’s Photobook DRUM In 1991, while staying at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in nearby project is developed as part Annamakerrig, Danish photographer Krass Clement made a series of black and white photographs over the course © McGlone family of Monaghan County Creative of one evening in Anderson’s pub. Published in 1996, Krass Clement’s DRUM is considered to be one of the world’s fi nest Ireland programme. photographic books. Now, more than 25 years later, Krass will revisit Drum for a special screening of his photographs in Anderson’s pub on Friday 17 November at 7pm.

Portrait of Drum – Kevin Fox Irish photographer Kevin Fox is working collaboratively with the people of Drum to make a series of portraits taken in homes and other locations in and around the village. Streetscapes and landscape photographs capture the beauty of the built heritage and countryside across the seasons. A series of fi lmed interviews with a cross section of people record experiences of life in the village. Collectively, the photography and fi lm elements create a unique contemporary portrait of the village of Drum.

Friday 17 November Saturday 18 November Venue: Protestant Hall, Drum

‘Drum: Portrait of a Village’ Exhibition 7.00pm – 8.00pm Welcome & Introduction — Minister for Culture, 1.30pm - 1.45pm in the Protestant Hall, Drum Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD Welcome by Ruth Stewart, Chair, Drum Development Association and project Photo Album of Ireland: Drum portrait leaders Trish Lambe & Shirley Clerkin. Introduction to the project by Trish Lambe, Shirley Clerkin and family 1.45pm – 2.30pm Exhibition installation of ‘Portrait of album contributors from Drum. This emerging family photo archive Drum’ photographs by Kevin Fox and gives a unique insight into the rich social and cultural life of the village a selection of Drum archival family and its environs. Discussion will include an overview of the wider album photographs will be launched. ‘Drum Portrait of a Village’ project developed as part of Monaghan County Creative Ireland programme. Trish Lambe is project curator Krass Clement’s ‘Drum’ Projection event 7.15pm – 8.00pm and co-curator at Gallery of Photography, Ireland. Shirley Clerkin in Anderson’s Pub is Monaghan County Heritage Officer and Chairperson of EU Work Projection installation of Krass Clement’s Plan for Culture, OMC for Sustainable Cultural Heritage Tourism. DRUM in Anderson’s Pub, Drum. In keeping with the shadowy nature of the Protestant History in Monaghan 1600 –present day 2.30 – 3.30pm work this will be viewable through the Lecture by Prof. Terence Dooley, Maynooth University. Professor doorway and windows of the former pub. Dooley specialises in Irish social and political history of the Krass Clement will be in attendance. nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the history of Irish country houses and the landed class; land and politics in independent Refreshments & Music in Stewart’s Shop, 7.30pm – 8.30pm Ireland; and the revolutionary period 1916-23, with particular Drum reference to his native Monaghan. His most recent publication is: The Tea, coffee and refreshments provided by Irish Revolution 1912-23: Monaghan (Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2017). Drum Protestant Heritage Group – admission is free and all are welcome. Historic Walking Tour of Drum 3.30pm – 4.30pm Country music courtesy of Nigel Livingstone. Kevin V. Mulligan, Architectural Historian and author, will lead a walking tour and discussion of the architectural heritage of Drum village. Kevin’s recent publications include: An Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Monaghan, and Buildings of South Ulster, the counties of Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan (2013) Yale University Press.

After the Tour, tea and refreshments will be provided by Drum Protestant Heritage Group in Stewart’s Shop © Burns family

© Burns family © Krass Clement © Krass Clement Krass Clement’s DRUM Danish photographer Krass Clement’s seminal photo book Drum was photographed on a single evening in Anderson’s pub in Drum in 1991. It opens at the darkening end of a working day, with local men meeting for a drink. Through subtle shifts in focus and masterful filmic sequencing, the book comes to concentrate on one principal character in the shadowy pub: a hunched, weather-beaten old man, sitting alone with his drink. The work is a moving exploration of the artist’s perspective on community and the outsider, and stands as a Beckettian meditation on alienation and the terrors of being alone. With only a few rolls of film (and a rumored ‘five bottles of Guinness’), Clement created one of the most important contributions to the international canon of contemporary photo books.

Dublin based events: An exhibition of Krass Clement’s DRUM and his previously unseen DUBLIN is on display at the Gallery of Photography until January 22. For the gala launch event, there will be a public projection of Clement’s work, together with work from ‘Drum: Portrait of a Village’ on the outdoor cinema screen at Meeting House Square. Venue: Gallery of Photography, Meeting House

Square, Temple Bar, Dublin. Admission is free. © Krass Clement Megan, Mills farm 2017 © Kevin Fox

Kevin Fox Drum 2017 © Kevin Fox Photographer Kevin Fox is working with the people of Drum to make a series of contemporary portraits of the people, built heritage and countryside of Drum. As part of the project Kevin worked with the children, parents and staff at Wee Drummers Community Childcare to create a permanent art installation. Kevin Fox is a contemporary photographer and lecturer. Over the past 18 months he has been working with communities along the border to record diverse cultures and experiences.

Drum 2017 © Kevin Fox Drum: Portrait of a Village is a Gallery of Photography project organised in partnership with Monaghan County Council Heritage and Arts Oﬃ ces, Monaghan Creative Ireland Programme, Drum Development Association and most importantly the people of Drum village.

This project was made possible by the Special thanks to Drum Development generous participation of: Ingrid, Gerry, Maya, Association: Heather Barbour, Cecil Tiff any, Triona and Maya Adams; Cynthia Deering, Angela Graham, Elizabeth Burns; Packie & Philomena Burns; Catherine Johnston, Willard Ritchie, Lorna Soden, Elliott; Angela Graham & family; Roy & Leslie Soden, Barbara Stewart, Robert Jack Hanna; Minister Heather Humphreys Stewart, Ruth Stewart, Irene Wright TD; Elizabeth and Joey Johnston; Walter for their wonderful organisational skills Keating & family; Lottie, Leslie, Ellie, Sharon and unfailing assistance throughout the & Lancashire family; Cathy McGlone; Martin development and delivery of this project. McKenna; Johnny, Sandy, Hazel, Megan & Mills family; Mervyn Reilly; Betty, Lorna ‘Drum: Portrait of a Village’ is an initiative & Soden family; Barbara & Arnott Stewart; of Gallery of Photography Ireland and Ruth Stewart & family; Beth Stewart; Monaghan County Council Heritage Offi ce. Billy & David Stewart; Irene, Sidney, George, Kindly supported by: Monaghan County & Wright family and the staff , pupils and Creative Ireland Programme; Department of parents of Wee Drummers Community Foreign Aff airs and Trade Reconciliation Fund; Childcare. The Heritage Council of Ireland; Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; Tyrone Thanks to: Prof. Terence Dooley; Guthrie Centre; Danish Arts Foundation; and Noel Carney; Minister Heather Humphreys the Embassy Of Denmark. TD; Somhairle MacConghail; Maud McChesney and Hilda Dane; Philip Walsh; Gallery of Photography Ireland is the Lisa McNiven; Robbie McDonald and the national centre for contemporary team at Tyrone Guthrie Centre; and Kevin photography, supported by The Arts V. Mulligan for their input and support. Council and Dublin City Council.

For information on the project contact: Trish Lambe, Gallery of Photography, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. E. [email protected] M. 086 6034232 T. 01 6714654

Shirley Clerkin Heritage Oﬃ ce, Monaghan County Council, The Glen, Monaghan E. [email protected] T 047 73722