Thurs 28 April-The ARTS and MEMORY: Ireland and the World -Mary MacKENNA

April 7, 2016 by mythiclinks

The ARTS and COMMEMORATION in Space, Place and Culture
1916-2016: Illustrated Talk & Discussion-
Ireland and the WORLD-from Homer to Heaney: Remembering the Past, Imagining the Future –A View from the Fifth Province.
SPEAKER: Mary MacKENNA, Architect

The THEATRE of MEMORY…Since the dawn of human history, sites of cultural memory have been a focus for community reflection, ritual and identity, in the landscape, the city, and the arts.

The centenaries of foundational events of our states and societies bring an opportunity to reflect on what we think is important about defining moments in our past. Can reconnection with, and questioning of stories of the island of Ireland- home & exile, of nations, of heroes & heroines, help us to find our bearings today, and to revision the future?