The Quickening by Deirdre O’Mahony
- Friday 24 October at 7pm
Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October from 2 to 6pm
On the occasion of CCI's focus on visual arts during Art Basel evening on Friday 24 October.
The screening of this short film by Deirdre O’Mahony is part of the CCI’s focus on the visual arts during Art Basel Paris.
Bringing together urgent conversations, original music and moving image, The Quickening (2024) responds to issues in farming, food production and consumption in the face of the current ecological and climate crises. The lyrics of the libretto were developed with writer Joanna Walshe, drawing on recorded conversations between farmers, scientists and politicians at feasts hosted by O’Mahony for her earlier project Sustainment Experiments. Performed by Irish musicians, and featuring field recordings gathered on farms in the South West, The Quickening presents a polyvocal response to the most urgent questions affecting land and its inhabitants, giving voice to the invisible protagonists that shape our earth’s future.
The culmination of over three years of research, The Quickening was commissioned by The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art.
Film credits :
Producers: Georgina Jackson & Éilis Lavelle.
Music: Michelle Doyle, Branwen Kavanagh, Siobhán Kavanagh, Ultan O’ Brien, and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin.
Cinematographer & Drone: Tom Flanagan.
Additional Cinematographer: Saskia Vermeulen.
Sound Recordist: John Brennan
Sound Mix: John Brennan.
Edit and post-production: Michael Higgins
