VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME sATuRDAy DeceMBeR 8Th TO sATuRDAy jANuARy 26Th
hIDDeN PlAces exhIBITION By MAeve clANcy chIlDReNs GAlleRy Time price
mon-Fri 10am – 5.30pm saT 10am – 1pm Free admission
The exhibition ‘Hidden Places’ aims to create a wonderland for children to explore using cut paper, light and mystery. Children are asked the questions: What is the world that they inhabit? What does it look like from their perspective? Using stories created by local children, Maeve Clancy makes an installation in paper and light which depicts their world. Layers hung vertically from the ceiling create a closed space that invites children to come in and explore, away from the ‘normal’ or everyday world. Animations and rotating lights will be projected onto cut paper scenes and through the vertical layers, creating shadow play on the passing children. This exhibition is designed to give children of all ages a glimpse into environments inspired by young people, far from the control of the adult world. The ‘Hidden Places’ of past memories, current adventures and a child’s imagination.
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cinema
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Dir: Todd Solondz / USA / 2011 / 85 mins / Cert: CLUB Starring: Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair, Mia Farrow, Christopher Walken, Donna Murphy / Language: English Todd Solondz, the focus of choice is the suburban sprawl of New Jersey, which he so memorably labelled a “state of irony” in 1998’s his best-known work Happiness. His latest film follows Abe, a schlubby Jewish man in his 30s who still lives at home with his parents, played in a genius spot of casting by Christopher Walken and Mia Farrow. At a wedding, Abe (Jordan Gelber) meets the beautiful but heavily medicated Miranda (Selma Blair), who also still lives at home, and the two begin a painful romance under the director’s merciless, absurdist eye. It’s a film about loneliness and longing, where a kiss is followed by the breathy exclamation: “Oh my God, that wasn’t horrible.” Solondz’s world of freeways, failures and screw-ups is cruel – even the decor can mock viciously – but in his bitter humour there always is a twitch on the moral compass. Nominated to Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 2011
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