PRESS RELEASE

LACUNA Kate Nolan New perspectives on the border in

9 Sept – 22 Oct 2017

LACUNA is a new photographic and audio/visual installation evoking contemporary experiences in the border village of Pettigo, County Donegal. Flowing through the centre of the village the River Termon marks the physical border between County Donegal in the and County Fermanagh, in Northern Ireland. Three bridges span the river – and at places where it narrows, often, without realising, you can step across into another country.

LACUNA responds to the idea of the border as a ‘landless’ land or a cavity in understanding. Drawn to "in-between" places, artist Kate Nolan collaborated with the young people of Pettigo to explore the notion of the border as a place in flux. The exhibition weaves together still and moving images, recorded stories and a commissioned score by Gavin O’Brien to evoke the tangible and intangible, natural and constructed nature of the border.

The diffusion of the physical border in recent years means that for young people there has been minimal impact on physical movement. The prospect of the introduction of an international border between the EU and the UK with Brexit gives rise to new uncertainties about the future.

Launch events: Artist talk & Exhibition Launch on Thursday 14 September Join us at 5pm for an artist’s talk with Kate Nolan, followed immediately by the Official Launch of the exhibition at 6pm. Culture Night events: : Outdoor projection in Meeting House Square. Pettigo: Kate Nolan will present her work at a special LACUNA projection event in the Termon Complex, Pettigo at 7pm. Press information: for high-definition image scans or to arrange an interview with the artist, please contact: [email protected] +3531-6714654

A cross border touring partnership organised by Gallery of Photography Ireland, Belfast Exposed, Regional Cultural Centre and Remote Photo Festival Donegal. Supported by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

About Kate Nolan:

Kate Nolan is an Irish visual artist based in Dublin, Ireland. In 2014 Nolan published her artist's book Neither, which won the Magnum Photo Agency Award and Alliance Francaise Award,was shortlisted for the UNSEEN Dummy Award and nominated for Best Photobook at Foto BookKassel and the Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Award. Her work has been shown internationally at various institutions and festivals including Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece; Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France; , Dublin, Ireland; Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, USA; Photo Katmandu, Nepal; Hamburg Triennale of Photography, Germany; Foto Book Kassel, Germany; Photo London, UK; PhotoIreland Festival, Dublin, Ireland and Belfast Photo Festival, Northern Ireland. Her work is held in public and private collections in Japan, USA, France, Portugal, Mexico, UK and Ireland. Kate Nolan has been working with the community in Pettigo for the past two years. She was awarded an Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary for LACUNA in 2017. Visit: www.katenolan.ie

Gavin O'Brien has been composing music for film since 2005. He got his start with Stars, an experimental short animation starring Domhnall Gleason and Ruth Negga which won Best Animated Short at the Galway Film Fleadh. Since then he has worked with such such up-and-coming award- winning Irish directors as Mark Noonan (Getting Air) and Lorcan Finnegan (Foxes, Without Name). www.wearesuperelectric.com

Culture Night Projection Event: Pettigo, 7pm on 22 September Kate Nolan will present the work of LACUNA to the people of Pettigo at a special Culture Night projection event in the Termon Complex, Pettigo. This event is funded by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs North South Funding Scheme as part of a grant for the Gallery of Photography Reframing the Border project.

Gallery of Photography is the national centre for photography in Ireland. The Gallery runs exhibitions, workshops, darkrooms and digital studio facilities and a specialist photography bookshop. Established in 1978, it is a not for profit arts organization, funded by the Arts Council, Dublin City Council and by visitor donations Visitor Information The Gallery of Photography is open every day. Tuesday - Saturday 11am-6pm; Sunday & Monday 1-6pm. Free guided tours of the exhibition every Wednesday at 1.15pm, or by appointment. Admission is free, donations welcome.

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