glenasmole

argue that in gaps, hauntology - knowledge creation - knowing self
*is this in weird and eerie reading? knowledge/understanding of world - stablises... we confirm ourselves thru our undertanding and belonging to tradition, landscape

what is my project?
it is an exploration of identity/knowledge creation?? through tradition, myth, landscape and audiovisuality in the Glenasmole Valley...

You are welcome to use supporting material (PowerPoint slides, musical examples, examples of blogs/ vlogs/podcasts, examples of work in progress, sketches and discarded work).

In your presentation, please consider and explain the following:

• Your thesis

• Your chosen processes of creative research

• Context (what has been done before in this area of research and using these research methods)

• Your originality

• Solutions for problems encountered

• Your vision for the final portfolio, including discussion of how the different components fit together.

exploring the tradition of storytelling as a former of identity... in a hauntological space that is always informing present and future identities, and the growth of Glenasmole's community

the storyteller - both historian and entertainer...
exploring how it is an act of knowledge creation and curation that informs sense of identity and community... and how 'fiction and fact' are blurred across time, story and landscape in the Valley of Glenasmole...

My personal connection - I grew up in the area... and my ancestor was a folk poet/historian/musician/composer/storyteller...

Tir na nOg - story - one of the most famous stories


Present day Bohernabreena... against the suburbs... the boundary between reality and mythical, rural landscapes are a lot closer.. we just don't notice... the presence...

Tir na nOg - fog, landscape... Oisin taken away... returns to community - gone... Glenasmole as a gateway to the land... time, lost future with na Fianna - goes to his death - death and landscape linked...

how this plays into hauntology, Mark Fisher's work on the weird and the eerie...

the mythological and religious remnants on landscape... Fionn's stone? Well? etc.

Map of landscape... names - Pat Lee... How glenasmole - is valley of thrushes... the different names... how peoplle engage w the stories and the landscape... remediation, points of audition... through names, songs, interactive events, visual art, stories... the children, through engaging in tradition... they all become knowledge creators, active participants in the story and identity of the valley themselves... they are storytellers...

so how will i engage? Photography, soundscape, found-footage film, written notes of my walks? 'Diary'... archive/curatorial/creative collaboration w the databases of material, videos, Instagram images, vlogs...

in terms of my creative project aspect... drawing inspiration, material from the material already there... embodying the hauntological, remediating approach...
part ethnographic too - exploring the community identity? - hope to draw on the different voices to make more collaborative... but yes - using different approaches .. to be transmedial storyteller ...
the different points of access... the way people engage with the myths, landscapes, history and traditions differently...

context - seaton snook, gold depository - inspired by these...

archive footage - lots of british film
ITMA - creative projects, storytelling videos... drawing from the well, duala

drawing theories of hauntology into irish tradition, heritage, mythology...

drawing lines between how hauntology/eerie exists and connects through the ways the story emerges in landscape, song, video, creativity, etc...?

maybe bring in performance?
WHAT AM I MAKING?
Soundscape/soundwalk?
photography
found footage?/my own footage
composition/performance/videos/harmonies
map - do something interactivw?
reading of poetry
diary entry


*leave gaps between stories? in knowledge, in the format... space for viewer to put together their ideas? hauntology?

Ireland has one of the richest folklore traditions in the world. The tradition of storytelling is almost as ancient as Ireland itself. It is infused with the soul of the country to this day.

None of the Celt’s customs, beliefs or history was written down for hundreds, even thousands of years. All the information was passed on through poems, songs and incredible stories. This oral tradition was so much a part of their culture that it became representative of their entire way of life. It forged the civilisation’s name ‘Celt’ or hidden. The Celts were the people who kept their history hidden. In fact, the Irish ‘faoi ceilt’ still means hidden today.Ireland has one of the richest folklore traditions in the world. The tradition of storytelling is almost as ancient as Ireland itself. It is infused with the soul of the country to this day.

The ‘Strangers’ Corner’ in the graveyard is where people who were unknown to the area were buried. The graveyard is no longer in use, but the ruins are a great place to walk around, with markings dating back centuries – and a stunning view overlooking the reservoir.

Local farmer Donie Anderson spoke to The Echo about a successful campaign to protect the memory of the people buried there.

Anderson, traces his family five generations back, said: “The Dublin Mountains Way used to pass through the graveyard until locals opposed it. It’s very hard to know where our ancestors are buried, so we didn’t want people walking over them.”

Echo newspaper