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Twinsome Minds: Recovering 1916 in Images and Stories

The William V. Shannon Memorial Fellowship, in collaboration with the Institute for the Study of Irish Culture, College of General Studies and The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University present "Twinsome Minds: Recovering 1916 in Images and Stories." Synopsis: "Twinsome Minds" (a phrase from "Finnegans 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. Music score is by Dana Lyn, with Brian O'Donovan as Music Director. Creative consultants: Roy Foster, Fanny Howe, and Robert Savage. Through an interplay of storytelling, animations, music and poetry, "Twinsome Minds: Recovering 1916" 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.

When 7:00 pm on Friday, April 29, 2016
Building Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave
Contact Name Kate Stringer
Phone (617) 353-3696
Contact Email k8string@bu.edu
Contact Organization Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center
Fees Free
Speakers Richard Kearney