Join us for a screening of The Sea Inside Us, by Ruth E Lyons and Colm Hogan, at the Light House cinema, Smithfield Square.
In partnership with Light House cinema, we are delighted to present the premiere screening of The Sea Inside Us, by Ruth E Lyons and Colm Hogan, at the Light House cinema, Smithfield Square on Tuesday 10 February at 6pm.
The Sea Inside Us is a visual poem that chronicles our deep connection to the sea through salt. This film programme is part of Hugh Lane Gallery’s Explore & Learn offsite programming during the gallery’s period of temporary closure.
The film will be introduced by film curator Alice Butler, who will also mediate a post-screening Q+A with artist Ruth Lyons.
Film description:
What is food without salt? Food without flavour? Life without emotion?
There is the remains of an ancient ocean under the countries of northern Europe, a bed of salt that extends from Ireland to Russia. For 10 years Lyons has been tracing this seam making carvings from rock salt of various colours. The film follows the artist into mines 300 metres underground, and across the snow- capped peaks of vast mountain ranges. Against these epic backdrops salt becomes a prism through which she formulates questions that fathom the unknowable while reaching for the eternal. The film is shot in sites of salt production in Northern Ireland, Switzerland and Sicily and at the artist’s coastal home in the west of Ireland.
Location: Light House Cinema, Market St S, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 R6YE
Map link HERE
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Ruth E Lyons is an artist based in Co. Mayo on the west coast of Ireland. Lyons is best known for her dramatic and standout public sculptures. She works on ambitious expansive projects exploring geologic time and questioning our place in the universe. Her works have been exhibited internationally, including Talbot Rice Gallery, Scotland, Broad Art Muse-um, US and ExtraCity, Belgium. Lyons has created numerous public works, most recently Wave Junction, Quantum Logistics Park, Dublin and SUPERUNIFICATION, Honeypark, DunLaoghaire, Dublin. Lyons’ art works are included in the permanent collections of National Gallery of Ireland, Arts Council of Ireland and Office of Public works.
Booking information to follow.
