Friday, March 10
1pm
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Introduction to Jacques Tati's Mr Hulot's Holiday
Katherine Waugh
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Katherine Waugh will introduce a screening of Jacques Tati’s Mr Hulot’s Holiday, a film widely regarded as a comic masterpiece, yet behind the comic brilliance lies a sharp critique of rampant consumerism and behavioural and social standardisation. Tati was a master of the art of transforming what appear to be merely slapstick misadventures into resistant if charming acts of non-conformism.
Loved and admired by most great directors, Tati was as innovative as he was mischievous – inventing new cinematic techniques to facilitate his unique Tatiesque vision of the world.
Both David Lynch and Wes Anderson have written on his pioneering use of sound in film, and Jean-Luc Godard commented “What interests Tati is: Everything and Nothing. Blades of grass, a kite, children, a little old man, everything which is at once real, bizarre and charming”.
Katherine Waugh is a writer , curator and filmmaker based in Galway.
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Friday, March 10, 1pm, The Cube, Áras na Mac Léinn
6pm
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Moodboosters | Áine Gallagher & Pearl O'Rourke
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'Moodboosters' is a comedy about the highs and lows of a reality TV self-help show. The two writer/performers will morph in front of your eyes and introduce you to the show's fabulous hosts, somewhat ignorant experts and a set of contestants searching for health and wellbeing.
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Friday, March 10, 6pm, BoI Theatre
Exhibitions throughout the week
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Victorian Echoes
Arts Millennium Building
9am-10pm
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Múscailt Multimedia Exhibition
Education Building, Nuns' Island
9am-10pm
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FOCUS 17, Metamorphosis & Culture-itis
O'Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance
9am-10pm
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Research Use Only & Ponder
Áras na Mac Léinn
9am-10pm
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Sculptures from the Mobile Home & Ya habibi
Art Gallery, Quadrangle
9am-10pm
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Path-breaking Women
Hardiman Building foyer
9am-10pm (from Tuesday, March 7)
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Silhouettes of Life
Glass cubes outside Library
all day
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