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Yes, But Do You Care? created by visual artist Marie Brett was part of a major transdisciplinary arts project spanning three years. This latest filmic piece combines dance, spoken word and site response, and dynamically explores the complexities inherent in dementia family care-giving and issues of autonomy, power, control and vulnerability, for the care giver, in relation to new capacity legislation in Ireland.
Following a screening of Yes, But Do You Care? join us for a roundtable discussion with Marie Brett and guests who include Philip Connaughton, choreographer and performer; Dr Patricia Shaw, specialist in practice-led research; Raymond Cregan, Member of the Dementia Carers Campaign Network; Tina Leonard, Former Head of Advocacy and Public Affairs at The Alzheimer Society of Ireland, and Helen O’Donoghue, Senior Curator, Engagement and Learning, IMMA.
This discussion will explore Brett’s research and processes of collaboration with choreographer/dancer Philip Connaughton and members of the Dementia Carers Campaign Network in the making of this work, supported by The Alzheimer Society of Ireland, and a group of independent advisors in law, human rights and performance.
Yes, But Do You Care? by Marie Brett
Screening: 6pm – 6.30pm, Garden Galleries (Drop In)
Yes, But Do You Care? was made during Brett’s Artist in Residence at IMMA, where she researched how dementia and brain disease impact on family carers, and a Law Society human rights event began her questioning about the complexity of Ireland’s new capacity legislation in relation to family care-giving. Subsequently Brett invited Connaughton and DCCN members into a process of collaboration to creatively explore the inherent complexities of how the law and dementia care-giving relate to people’s human rights in Ireland. A series of three artworks have been created: a live event in an industrial warehouse, a film documentation of this event, and a new filmic artwork located in a domestic setting and gardens which has been acquired by IMMA and is now part of its National Collection. To find out more about the project see here
Discussion: (Ticketed) 6.30pm – 8pm
Featuring Contributions by Marie Brett and guests Philip Connaughton, Dr Patricia Shaw, Raymond Cregan, Tina Leonard and Helen O’Donoghue. Read a Magazine article by Dr Patricia Shaw on Marie Brett’s work titled Venturing on Dangerous Ground here
This talk is presented as part of IMMA Nights, where this summer IMMA opens the grounds of the RHK on Thursday and Friday evenings until 8.30pm, with a series of free events that includes talks, music, yoga, workshops and more.
Music in the Courtyard: 7.15 – 8.30pm
Featuring music by The New Brass Kings
The Flying Dog cafe will open until 8pm.
