Embassy to host a Presentation and Lecture to mark the 1916 Commemorations

The Embassy of Ireland is pleased to confirm that it will host a Presentation and Lecture TWINSOME MINDS to mark the 1916 Commemorations this year, with the support of Culture Ireland and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The performance was premiered at the Abbey Theatre on 23 January, 2016.

Venue: Historiska Museet in the Lecture Hall (Ground Floor), Address Narvavägen 13-17.

Date: Sunday, 6 March, 2016, 3.00pm followed by a light reception.

If you would like to attend this event, please email us at stockholmembassy[at]dfa[dot]ie

TWINSOME MINDS: Recovering 1916 in images and stories
Richard Kearney and Sheila Gallagher

Twinsome Minds (a phrase from Finnegan’s Wake) is a multimedia performed talk with text by Richard Kearney and moving images by Sheila Gallagher. The performance re-imagines a series of micro-narratives surrounding 1916 in Dublin and the WWI battlefields of Belgium. The stories and images of eclipsed history concentrate on ‘twinned’ pairs – family members, neighbors, school friends, lovers – who ended up on opposite sides during this time of great upheaval in British-Irish relations. The various scenes explore crossings of memory and imagination, anecdote and legend, history and myth – as well as loyalty and love. They are framed and retold by writer and philosopher, Richard Kearney with screen projections by the artist, Sheila Gallagher, and original music score by Dana Lyn.

Through an interplay of storytelling, animations, music and poetry, the performance mines what is often lost behind official historical accounts and acts of commemoration, and proposes a transformative work of interpreting the Rising for a new generation.

Technical Director, Kevin Sweet
Musical Director, Brian O’Donovan
Original Music composed and performed by Dana Lyn
Creative Consultants, Fanny Howe, Robert Savage, Roy Foster

Please see link for more information www.twinsomeminds.com