Join us for a Sunday afternoon talk, as part of a series of talks in tandem with the exhibition Ailbhe Ní Bhriain: The Dream Pool Intervals; programmed with curator Sara Muthi.
These weekend, afternoon talks and presentations bring together authors and artists whose work moves between fiction, visual culture, and critical theory, exploring how we make sense of the world through narrative, memory, and the shifting aesthetics of the past and the digital age.
‘Fields of Play’ with artist and writer Adrian Duncan
Sunday 29 June, 2pm
Fields of play will be a presentation by Adrian Duncan focussing on the role of Victorian-era structures and processes-of-production in his practice. Two figures that will act as magnetic nodes in this presentation will be the late Irish engineer Peter Rice and the Croatian footballer Robert Prosinečki. The presentation will bring together a variety of narratives, objects, and methods of representation that draw light onto how certain artefacts, habits of mind, and formats of production that emerged during the Victorian age appear as persistent fascinations in Duncan’s work.
Free, book on Eventbrite or come on the day, subject to availability.
Adrian Duncan is an Irish artist and writer. His latest novel, The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth, was published by Tuskar Rock Press (Profile Books) in January of 2025. His latest film, Latina, Latina (84mins, 2025) – about fascist-era architecture in Italy – won the Special Jury Prize at the Dublin International Film Festival, and had its international premiere at CPH:DOX. Duncan was guest-curator of the Dublin Art Book Fair at Temple Bar Gallery & Studios in late 2024. He is an editor with PVA Books.
Free, book on Eventbrite or come along on the evening, space is limited.
