Aoife Desmond at DISSOLUTIONS

This September 6th-8th aemi will transform The Complex in Dublin into a new kind of artist cinema, hosting screenings, workshops, and artist talks. This inaugural iteration of ‘Dissolutions’ will include ‘Telltale Signs & Murmurations’, a programme of films from the North curated by Ruairí McCann to reflect a prismatic view, entangling and contesting notions of public and private space, ownership and ways of perception. It’s a map inscribed with landmarks by Simon Aeppli, Aoife Desmond, Seamus Harahan, Cáit & Éiméar McClay, Katie McFadden and Rabie Mustapha, and the striations of old ghosts, injustices, birds and music.

Screenings across the three days will include a combination of features and shorts from Irish and international artists, representing a diversity of voices that reinforces the vitality of experimental film practices in and from Ireland. The core objective of this new festival is to create a unique platform to celebrate and bring new and underrepresented voices in artist film together. 

To read the full schedule and book tickets visit aemi’s website: https://aemi.ie/event/aemi-presents-dissolutions-an-experimental-film-festival-at-the-complex-dublin-september-6-7th-2024/

Dissolutions will screen Aoife Desmond’s super 8 film A Catalyst Sky. It was digitised as part of the BFI’s Unlocking Film Heritage supported by the National Lottery.  Here is another film by Aoife, digitised as part of the same project with a soundtrack by keef winters.