Tir Na Nog

Description

"Much of my work is based on Celtic culture. I consider it important to be aware of one's cultural heritage in order to provide a sound foundation for coping with life in a society that continually swamps one with new influences and concepts. Early Celtic art and science was very concerned with the elemental forces of radiant energy and magnetism - the same energies that make up the video image. Tir Na Nog is one of the mysterious 'Isles of the Blest' in gaelic folklore; it embodies the concepts of paradise and utopia. Although impossible to detect by normal means, it may be happened upon by chance or one may be guided by supernatural means...unattainable whilst being all around.
The piece is an abstract visualisation of travelling to the island and through reality attaining the fantastic; just as the work itself is the metamorphosis of mundane images." Brian Hoey, 1981" (Source, website, Rewind)

Additional Informations

"Technical Details: Edited on Umatic. Shot on 1/2" open reel. Processed using Videokalos Color Synthesiser. Soundtrack composed and performed by Brian Hoey." (Source, website, Rewind)

Video Screenings (with Wendy Brown) program, ICA, 1981. (Source, pdf, Rewind)

Brian Hoey Film and Video Artists on tour, 1985/86. (Source, pdf, Rewind)

uncredited Biography to 1981 with still image from Tir Na Nog, 1981. (Source, pdf, Rewind)

Video stills from Tir Na Nog, 1980. (Source, website, Rewind)

Presentation place

- Artists Video, Biddick Farm Arts Centre, Washington, Tyne & Wear - 1980 - Festival of Celtic Film, Harlech, Wales, 1981 - Presentations at Pennsylvania State University and Off-Centre Centre, Calgary,1981 - Video Screenings, ICA, London, 1982

Publications and Periodicals which reference the work

- Stephen Partridge & Sean Cubitt (eds.), REWIND| British Artists' Video in the 1970s & 1980s, John Libbey Publishing, East barnet, Herts, 2012.

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