IMMA invites you to the opening of ‘Take a Breath
Exhibition Opening
Take a Breath
IMMA invites you to the opening of Take a Breath
Thursday 13 June
18.00 – 20.00
Take a Breath is a major new exhibition that provides an historical, social, political, and personal examination of breathing – why we breathe, how we breathe and what we breathe – exploring themes of decolonisation, environmental racism, indigenous language, the impact of war on the environment and breath as meditation. Featuring the work of Marina Abramović, Lawrence Abu Hamden, Ammar Bouras, Alex Cecchetti, Maria Hassabi, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Ana Mendieta, Isabel Nolan, Camille Norment, Okwui Okpokwasili, among many others.
The opening celebrations includes an Artists’ Conversation with Alex Cecchetti, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Isabel Nolan, and others, at 5.30pm, see booking details below.
A live performance of Alex Cecchetti’s Torneremo Onde, Torneremo Foreste (We will return as waves, we will return as forests), set within the immersive fabric work Medusa Mothers (2022), takes place in the galleries from 6 to 8pm.
We hope you can join us for the opening party, RSVP at the link below
Opening Event – Artists’ Conversation
IMMA Talks: Take a Breath
5.30pm / Lecture Room
Exploring the subject of breathing, voice, language, speech, protest and colonisation, we hear from artists on how their work connects with themes of breath. Moderated by Curator Mary Cremin, guests include artist, poet and choreographer Alex Cecchetti; writer, artist and scholar Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński; and artist Isabel Nolan.
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Opening Event – Live Performance
Performance: Alex Cecchetti
6 – 8pm / East Wing Galleries
Let yourself be lulled by the jellyfish in this live performance of Alex Cecchetti’s
Torneremo Onde,Torneremo Foreste. Set within Cecchetti’s immersive fabric work Medusa Mothers (2022) showing in Take a Breath, the performance features singers William Pearson and Bríd Ní Ghruagáin.
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