Barbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca | One Hundred Steps
26th Nov 2022 - 11th Feb 2023
Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca: One Hundred Steps
26 November - 11 February 2023
The Brazilian/Irish duo Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca create films by collaborating with artists specializing in music, performance, and other forms of self-expression rooted in popular culture. Their practice operates at the intersection of documentary and fiction, and excavates narratives from particular communities, often from underrepresented social backgrounds.
Wagner and de Burca’s film One Hundred Steps addresses connections between Irish and North African cultures, language, architecture, and colonial legacies. They refer to the ideas of, and engaged with, the Irish filmmaker Bob Quinn, whose Atlantean documentaries, filmed and broadcast in Ireland in the 1980s, elaborate on North African worldviews’ role in forming Irish identity. They also worked with approximately twenty musicians and dancers from Ireland, France, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria.
One Hundred Steps was co-commissioned by Manifesta 13, Marseille, France, and VISUAL, Carlow, and was produced by VOLTE and Wagner de Burca. This presentation is part of an Irish tour managed by curator Rayne Booth.
Launch Event
SIRIUS
26 November, 2.30-4pm
Free; no booking required
Artists Benjamin de Burca and Marianne Keating discuss One Hundred Steps through the lens of each other’s reflection on the overlapping of colonial legacies and Irish identity, as well as their commitment to deconstructing the hegemonic Eurocentric imaginary.
Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca: One Hundred Steps
26 November - 11 February 2023
The Brazilian/Irish duo Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca create films by collaborating with artists specializing in music, performance, and other forms of self-expression rooted in popular culture. Their practice operates at the intersection of documentary and fiction, and excavates narratives from particular communities, often from underrepresented social backgrounds.
Wagner and de Burca’s film One Hundred Steps addresses connections between Irish and North African cultures, language, architecture, and colonial legacies. They refer to the ideas of, and engaged with, the Irish filmmaker Bob Quinn, whose Atlantean documentaries, filmed and broadcast in Ireland in the 1980s, elaborate on North African worldviews’ role in forming Irish identity. They also worked with approximately twenty musicians and dancers from Ireland, France, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria.
One Hundred Steps was co-commissioned by Manifesta 13, Marseille, France, and VISUAL, Carlow, and was produced by VOLTE and Wagner de Burca. This presentation is part of an Irish tour managed by curator Rayne Booth.
Launch Event
SIRIUS
26 November, 2.30-4pm
Free; no booking required
Artists Benjamin de Burca and Marianne Keating discuss One Hundred Steps through the lens of each other’s reflection on the overlapping of colonial legacies and Irish identity, as well as their commitment to deconstructing the hegemonic Eurocentric imaginary.
