Daylighting

Exhibition at PS2, Belfast

Opens 6-9pm on Thursday 3rd October as part of Late Night Art. 

From 4th-26th October, open 12pm-5pm, Tuesday-Saturday

Taking Belfast’s rivers as a point of departure, Jonathan has been developing a new body of work looking at: issues around ecology (how we experience/manage rivers in urban areas); river ownership/maintenance (rivers diverted/culverted by private ventures); river narratives and metaphors (rivers as a way of talking about other things, under the surface). The show will feature Jonathan’s research and works in progress to date. The Digital Film Archive are delighted to support this artist with material from the UTV Archive. 

About the artist:

Jonathan Brennan is a multi-disciplinary artist working in printmaking, painting, photography, moving image, and sound. He is based at Vault Artist Studios and Belfast Print Workshop. Jonathan’s work is about place: architectural and urban places as well as what is traditionally referred to as landscape, and how both interact. He is drawn to the less obvious, the neglected and the abandoned – alleyways, culverted rivers, wastelands, abandoned spaces and objects. Brennan’s work is not overtly political, but rather seeks to prompt the viewer into looking with new eyes at the quotidian and to consider the wider forces that seek to manipulate how we think and act. Jonathan is currently undertaking an ACNI Artist Career Enhancement Scheme Award project with Northern Ireland Screen and The Strand Arts Centre, which will draw together archive film as well as a new body of work. 

The UTV Archive in this exhibition is courtesy of the Partnership Project (ITV, PRONI and Northern Ireland Screen) supported by Department for Communities. PS² is supported by Belfast City Council and The National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and project funding from Belfast City Council.

Location:

The gallery is on the first floor, this can be accessed by stairs or a lift. Rosemary Street is pedestrianised. PS2 is closest to the north street end. There is a buzzer on the right of the door. It has yellow vinyl and the PS2 logo on it. 

PS2
Property House
11 Rosemary Street
Belfast BT1 1QA
UK

Free admission

For further information email: info@pssquared.org