The School of Looking
Date: 3/07/2018 - 7/07/2018
Ticket type: Free
Note: Exhibitions & Masterclasses are Free / Workshops are €5
The School of Looking
As part of its ongoing mission to showcase excellence in the arts, South Tipperary Arts Centre presents ‘The School of Looking’ for Clonmel Junction Arts Festival 2018, offering Clonmel audiences and festival visitors a whole week of exciting multi-faceted STE(A)M events from artists Cleary & Connolly from Tuesday 2nd – Saturday 7th July 2018. The artists are delighted to launch their brand-new Kilkenny-based organisation, the School of Looking, with this exceptional programme of educational art and science events.
Exhibition
The Colour of Time
3rd July – 7th July
Cleary Conolly presents three interactive artworks, Afterimage (2018), Real Time Rolling Shutter (2012), and In The Picture (2010), which explore our perception of colour and time. Irish Times choice
Metaperceptual Helmets
3rd July – 7th July
For many years Cleary Connolly has been exhorting people to see the world differently. This extraordinary series of wearable artworks enables you to see the world through the eyes of a range of creatures, both real and mythical, from a hammerhead shark to the Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland...Read more
ALL WORKSHOPS – ages 10+
€5 per workshop, places limited
POETIC DEVICES
STE(A)M WORKSHOP 1
Tuesday 3rd July
10:30am - 12pm
An introduction to the physics of vision and viewing devices through Cleary Connolly’s amazing creations and a fabulous collection of optical objects...Read more
SEEING MOVEMENT
STE(A)M WORKSHOP 2
Wednesday 4th July
10:30am - 12pm
What would happen if you could only see what moves, or only see what’s still? Cleary Connolly explore these questions through installations...Read more
SEEING IN COLOUR
STE(A)M WORKSHOP 3
Thursday 5th July
10:30am - 12pm
What happens if we see the world in pure colour, without light, shade and edges? The ‘EquiluminanceHelmet’ does just that! ...Read more
AFTER IMAGE
STE(A)M WORKSHOP 4
An exploration of ‘afterimage’ & other optical phenomena used to create optical illusions...Read more
Friday 6th July
10:30am - 12pm
ARTIST TALK - Free
MEET THE ARTISTS
Thursday 5th July, 4 pm
Meet Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly, the team that created Metaperceptual Helmets, and discover what inspired their creation. Places limited...Read more
MASTERCLASSES – Free
Masterclass 1
Friday 6th July, 4 pm
A case study of the design and development of Metaperceptual Helmets, from conception to fabrication...Read more
Masterclass 2
Saturday 7th July, 4 pm
An introduction to the MAX interactive programming environment used to design the video installations in the exhibition...Read more
