They Come Then, The Birds | Irish Artist's Film Index

They Come Then, The Birds

Amanda Coogan


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Artist's biography

Amanda Coogan

Contributors

Amanda Coogan, Artist

Ciara Mc Mullan, DoP

Paula Clarke, Performer

Emily Foran, Performer

Jane O'Brien, Performer

Roisin Owens, Performer

Kate Antosik Parsons, Performer

Description

Inspired by the Wrens of the Curragh, a group of women who lived on the margins of society around the military camp at the Curragh, County Kildare. Outcasts and prostitutes, the women lived and raised their families in ‘nests’ within the furze bushes. Coogan draws parallels between the figure of Mary Magdalene and the Wrens, both looked upon as social misfits; wayward and unmanageable women who refused to conform to societal rules.


Screenings

  • 2021 — The Magdalene Series, They Come Then, the Birds, Rua Red Gallery
Details
Title

They Come Then, The Birds

Year

2021

Tags
Performance Art, Feminism, Irish Art
Duration

00:18:00

Original formats

Digital 4k

Screening formats

Digital 4K, Digital 2K, Digital HD, HD

Aspect ratio

16:9

Colour

Colour

Supported by Kildare County Council Arts Service, Visual Artists Ireland, and the Arts Council of Ireland.
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