Flight
Bernie Masterson
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'Flight'
Actor Ronan Faughnan
Poet Máighréad Medbh
Music Eoin Flood
Directed and Produced by Bernie Masterson
Actor Ronan Faughnan
Poet Máighréad Medbh
Music Eoin Flood
Directed and Produced by Bernie Masterson
Synopsis
I embarked on this project while in lockdown as a result of the Covid-19 crisis, juxtaposing this shared experience with Máighréad Medbh’s prose-poem, “Microcosm,” from her book of internal dialogues, Savage Solitude. In her narrative she speaks as three personas: One is the instinctual emotional self; The Other is an aggregate of society-at-large, represented here by a quote from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations; I is the conscious, reasoning self. Together they constitute a single consciousness. ‘Flight’ is a reference to the story of Icarus in Greek myth, giving it a contemporary perspective. The visual and the audio are an embodiment of the dramatic inner dialogue, simultaneously questioning the nature of our existence, behaviour, morality and mortality in a global climate of uncertainty and fear of the unknown.
Concept & Technique
This work was in response to our experience of Covid 19 and produced for the Highlanes call out for the Janet Mullarney Prize in June 2020
Screenings
Purchased by the Highlanes Gallery for their collection (2021)
Lacuna Festivals 2021 International, Contemporary Art Festival: Distance (02-07-2021)
MESA Magazine online launch (27-03-2021)
The Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition (18-10-2020)
Online Programme Contemporary Irish Arts Center Los Angeles, CIACLA (24-09-2020)
Winner of the Inaugural Janet Mullarney Prize, Open Submission curated by Joy Gerrard, Séan Kissane, and Jerome O Drisceoil, Highlanes Gallery (06-07-2020)
Lacuna Festivals 2021 International, Contemporary Art Festival: Distance (02-07-2021)
MESA Magazine online launch (27-03-2021)
The Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition (18-10-2020)
Online Programme Contemporary Irish Arts Center Los Angeles, CIACLA (24-09-2020)
Winner of the Inaugural Janet Mullarney Prize, Open Submission curated by Joy Gerrard, Séan Kissane, and Jerome O Drisceoil, Highlanes Gallery (06-07-2020)
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Title
Flight
Year
2020
Genres
Expressionist
Topics
Arts
Key phrases
poetry, film, visual art
Language
English
Subtitles
N/A
Duration
00:03:33
Original formats
Digital HD, HD, 2K
Screening formats
Digital HD, HD, Digital 2K
Aspect ratio
16:9
Colour
Colour
Sound
Yes
