Peaks of Present, Sheets of Past

Tom Flanagan & Megs Morley's collaborative work over the last number of years has been an ongoing investigation into the language of cinema and its relationship to history and memory.
Peaks of Present, Sheets of Past presents a selection of moving image and film works by the artists, exploring real and imagined politically complex sites and forgotten histories. In their work they attempt to intervene into collective understandings of the present, exploring the space between images, memory, knowledge and action.

Highlights of the exhibition include The Question of Ireland, a new cross-disciplinary three screened installation including contributions by political activist Bernadette Devlin, sociologist Kieran Allen and playwright Grace Dyas. Also highlighted are the first presentation of a new 16mm film work A History of Stone, Origin and Myth and a cinema screening of their 2012 feature length non-narrative documentary Aughty on the opening night, 5th December, this event is free but registration is required, for more information and to reserve your place click here.

Morley and Flanagan's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in both gallery and film festival contexts. Recent solo and group exhibitions include: Labour and Lockout, Limerick City Gallery, (2013), Momentous Times, CCA Derry 2013, Guth Gafa International Documentary Festival 2013, Brest Film Festival de l'Image Alternative 2013, Cirrus Gallery Los Angeles (2013), Lucca Film Festival 2013, Complus Events, Rome, 2013. The Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, 2012 (Solo), Rencontres Internationales: Paris: Centre du Pompidou November 2011 & Berlin July 2012, A Series of Navigations (Group Show), The Model, Sligo, 2012, Tulca Festival of Contemporary Art (2012), Alchemy Film Festival, Scotland, 2012. Galway Arts Centre, June 2011(Solo). Public Commissions include Aughty a feature length film commissioned by Aughty Public Art Projects and Galway County Council 2012. Upcoming: Station Independent Projects, New York 2014.