‘FLOW’ Exhibition Comes Ashore in Clare | Council

Combining images, projection mapping, soundscape, and workshops, the challenge will formally open in Cultúrlann Sweeney in Kilkee and Súil Gallery in Ennis from 7:30pm on October 7 and 10 respectively, with free admission.

A creation of French photographer Carl Cordonnier and manufacturing firm Dailylife, ‘FLOW’ explores the impression of rising waters in Ireland’s Shannon Estuary and France’s Baie de Somme, based mostly on scientific forecasts from Climate Central and confirmed in Ireland by the Office of Public Works (OPW).

For the previous two years, Cordonnier has explored the Shannon Estuary, following the potential path of the water from immediately’s shoreline to its doable future, producing two visible cartographies that mirror French and Irish territories in danger. At the intersection of images and transferring picture, the work challenges our perceptions of territory and our capacity to anticipate its transformation.

Visitors will expertise a poetic visible immersion, with video mapping projected onto suspended cloth sails, evoking the motion of the estuary’s shifting shores. The Irish sequence additionally highlights the position of girls encountered alongside the estuary in positions of safety and surveillance of the territory.

Complementing the visuals, a specifically commissioned soundscape by Hugo Cordonnier, impressed by native and worldwide voices of girls and landscapes, options violinist Madalina Obreja and Clare harpist Astrid Adler. The digital set up, co-created with French artist Sandra Suire, explores modern makes use of of images and AI, it’s eco-designed, participatory, and adaptable to numerous contexts.

Workshops in images and digital arts will invite contributors to think about their territory in 2100. Their contributions will likely be built-in right into a wider European challenge.

Alongside ‘FLOW’, the French Embassy and Dublin City University will host the convention ‘10 Years On: the legacy of the Paris Climate Change Agreement’ on October 8 to replicate on progress and future challenges.

Commenting on the challenge, French Ambassador to Ireland, Céline Place stated, “The French Embassy is proud to present ‘FLOW’ with our Irish partners. Art has the power to make us see what science tells us: our coastlines are changing. ‘FLOW’ invites us to imagine the future and to act together. This project not only raises awareness of the sea-level rising, but also strengthens cultural dialogue and cooperation between France and Ireland at a pivotal moment, as we mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement.”

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