artist:
Marie Brett
in collaboration with
writer: Katie Holly
designer: Lucia Pola
in dialogue with
druids, Elders, healers, historians, makers, spiritualists, storytellers and other interested members of the community.
producer: Kate O'Shea,
curator: Kath Gorman
associate curator:
Miguel Amado.
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Commissioned by Cork Midsummer Festival in partnership with SIRIUS.
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Artist Marie Brett in collaboration with writer Katie Holly, designer Lucia Pola. In dialogue with druids, Elders, healers, historians, makers, spiritualists, storytellers and other interested members of the community. Producer Kate O'Shea, curator Kath Gorman; associate curator Miguel Amado. Commissioned by Cork Midsummer Festival in parthership with SIRIUS.
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CONTRIBUTORS
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THE ASHES
THE ASHES
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Video: Marie Brett
Script: Katie Holly
Voice: Irene Kelleher
Sound: Cormac O' Connor
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THE ASHES / VAULT
THE ASHES / VAULT
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Patricia Bowen : Ballinspittle moving statue (audio)
Bernadette M. Knopek : Story of ash (audio)
Bernadette M. Knopek : The myth of the Day of the Straws (audio)
Eddie Lenihan : Zoom interview
Tony Manning : Story of ash (audio)
Mary O'Shea : Apparition (audio)
Evelyn Richmond : Ash, faith and philosophy (audio): Evelyn Richmond
Siobhan King : Ash symbolism, family memory and COVID-19 (audio)
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THE CURE
THE CURE
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Script: Katie Holly
Video: Lucia Pola
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THE RITUAL
THE RITUAL
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Video: Marie Brett
Photography (original source): Cork Celtic Stickmakers
Ian James,
Denis McSweeney,
Matt O’Connor,
Pat O’Sullivan,
Joe Sheehan,
Martin Thompson,
Eugene Trindles
Performance (original source): Clíona Ní Laoi, a.k.a Mama Matrix Most Mystical - Full Moon Cleansing Bath
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THE RITUAL / VAULT
THE RITUAL / VAULT
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Oein DeBhairduin : Folk cures photography
Karina Healy : Vocal
Marie Brett : Video
Freda Farrell : Health & Spiritual Healing, moving text
Dr. Andrea Kitta :The Kiss of Death: Contagion, Contamination and Folklore (2019)
Dr. Michael Martin, BA, PhD : Historic stories (audio): Dr. Michael Martin, BA, PhD
Ellen Evert Hopman :Herbalist, lay homeopath, author and archdruid (audio): Ellen Evert Hopman
Patricia Bowen :Historian, member of the COVID-19 influencers group and influenza specialist (audio): Dr Ide Milne
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THE VIRUS
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Video : Marie Brett & Lucia Pola
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THE SPIRIT
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Video: Marie Brett
Photography (original source): Betty Loughrey
Harp & Vocal - Aisling Urwin (Recorded by Seán O’ Sullivan)
THE SPIRIT / VAULT
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Psychic ability and sixth sense (moving text & audio): Tia Anderson
Pandemic and the Elders (moving text): Helen D’Bharóid
Intuition and visions (audio): Freda Farrell
Hand analysis (video): William Maloney
Fairy forts (moving text and audio): Martina Stronsoe
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THE FAIRYTALE
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Sound: Marie Brett
Script: Katie Holly
Video: Lucia Pola
THE FAIRYTALE / VAULT
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COVID-19 (music): Anonymous singer
Strawing (video): Marie Brett
Around the Fairy Fort, written by Vincent Broderick (music): Evelyn Broderick
Hag in the Churn (music): ​ Evelyn Broderick
Photography (original sources): Heritage Crafts Alive, Steffi Otto, Karen Barry, Dúchas.ie
Supernatural footprint story: Tommy O’Connor, filmed by Karen Barry
Fairytale: (vocal):​ Eoin O’ Shea
Johnny Mickey’s , a.k.a. Johnny Mickey Barry’s (music): Lisa O’ Sullivan & Karen Barry
Story of strawing (conversation and music): Lisa O’ Sullivan & Karen Barry
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THE SEPARATION
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Email Sound: Marie Brett
Email Writing: Katie Holly
Script: Katie Holly
Voice: Irene Kelleher
Sound: Cormac O' Connor
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THE LIST
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Vocal: Katie Holly
Photography (home of Eamon & Catherine Holly: Donncha McAuliffe & Marie Brett
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THE LIST / VAULT
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COVID-19 day (moving text): Noreen Collins
Conversation and pandemic psychological effects (moving text): Bernie Dwyer
‘Hello from the Dog’ (moving text): ​ Bernice Glavin
Coping with COVID-19 (audio): Jon Holford
Druidism and ‘The Morrigan’ (audio): Ellen Evert Hopman, The Sacred Herbs of Samhain​: Plants to Contact the Spirits of the Dead (2019)
The feminine arts (audio): Tricia O Connor
Tea (video): Mary O’ Shea & Kate O’ Shea
Lemon (video): Mary O’ Shea & Kate O’ Shea
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