We are very excited to be collaborating with The Masonic Screen (formerly The Shankill Screen) on this screening of three new, exciting experimental works in Vault’s newest location in East Belfast.
The Glass Booth by Jenny Brady considers the role of interpretation in society. What must we consider when translating from one language to another? How do you paraphrase an emotion? How does rally car driving fit into all of this?
Bodyverses — Alastair MacLennan: Nalam Nalam by Juana Robles is part of an ongoing series collaborating with performance artists across Ireland. This piece focuses on MacLennan, whose bodybased “actuations” explore personal, cultural, and social experience through performance, drawing, installation, and found materials
Go Ye Afar by Frank Sweeney follows an Irish Nigerian taxi driver as he embarks on a magical realist odyssey from Dublin to Calabar. Through back-seat confessionals and a miraculous continent hopping car, we learn about Ireland’s dark past in the country and the corporate interests driving it all.