NINAU NO JONATHAN BRENNAN DEIRDRE ROBB E PILI ANA I KA 40 MAKAHIKI O BELFAST.
ʻO Jonathan Brennan: E Deirdre, he kanaka kaulana ʻoe i ka ʻoihana noʻeau ʻĀkau o ʻĀlani, akā no ka poʻe heluhelu ma kahi mamao aku, hiki iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi i kekahi mau ʻōlelo hoʻolauna?
Deirdre Robb: ʻO wau ka Luna Nui o Belfast Exposed, a ke hana nei au i nā hana curatorial he nui - a me ka hana ʻana i nā kī a me nā kofe inā pono! Ma hope o ke aʻo ʻana ma ke Kulanui o Ulster, ua hana au ma kahi hui kaiaulu i kapa ʻia ʻo Arts for All ma North Belfast. He mea paʻakikī loa ia, akā makemake nui au. A laila ua holomua au i Belfast City Council, a laila Arts Council Northern Ireland, kahi aʻu i hana ai no ʻumi makahiki. Ua makemake au iā ia akā noʻonoʻo mau inā loaʻa kahi hui aʻu e neʻe ai, ʻo ia ʻo Belfast Exposed, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ia ma mua o kahi hale kiʻi. I ka piʻi ʻana o ke kūlana alakaʻi, lele koke wau i laila.
JB: Pehea i hoʻomaka ai ʻo Belfast Exposed?
DR: Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ia i ka makahiki 1980 e kahi hui o nā mea paʻi kiʻi kūloko, ʻo ka mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me ka ʻoihana, ka poʻe i maʻi i ka pāpaho honua e pena ana i kahi kiʻi kūʻokoʻa loa o Northern Ireland i kēlā manawa, a me Belfast. Hoʻākoakoa ʻia e ka mea hana kaiāulu, ʻo Danny Burke, he pūʻulu ʻuʻu lākou, e kākau ana i nā ola o kēlā me kēia lā o nā kaiāulu hana, ka poʻe i ʻike ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kūlanakauhale ma mua o nā pōkā a me nā pū. ʻO kā lākou hōʻike mua ma ʻOkakopa 1983 ma Conway Mill (ma ka ʻaoʻao nationalist o Belfast's main Peace Wall) a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo 'Belfast Exposed' - he kunou i ke kaʻina hana kiʻi analogue, ʻoiai e hōʻike ana i nā wahi i ʻike ʻole ʻia o ke kūlanakauhale. hōʻike ʻia.
Ma hope mai ua huakaʻi ka hōʻikeʻike i Dublin, kahi i hoʻoikaika ai ʻo Seamus Heaney e kākau iā lākou i kahi leka, e ʻōlelo ana i ka "mana mana democratic e holo nei i kēia mau kiʻi." Ua lilo ʻo Belfast Exposed i hui noʻeau, a ua hoʻomaka lākou e holo i nā papahana aʻo. He nui ka nele i ka hana i kēlā manawa, i kōkua i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā pūʻulu paramilitary. E ʻōlelo ana ka poʻe paʻi kiʻi e like me Frankie Quinn inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia ke kiʻi kiʻi ʻana ma ke ala, ua pau paha ʻo ia i kekahi o ia mau hui. I ka pōkole, nui loa ia e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i kahi mea maikaʻi loa i loko a ma waena o nā kaiāulu. I ka makahiki 1998, hāʻawi ʻo Eve Arnold mea paʻi kiʻi honua honua, ʻo Eve Arnold i kahi hōʻikeʻike (ʻo ia ke kumu kūʻai he mau kaukani paona) e kākoʻo i kā lākou mau hana. Ua hōʻike maoli i ka hiki o ka hui a me kahi e hiki ai ke hele.
ʻO Cathal McNaughton, 'Ukraine - Ke ʻimi nei i ka mea maʻamau', Belfast Exposed, 4 ʻApelila a 25 Mei 2024; kiʻi © a me ka lokomaikaʻi o ka mea pena.
JB: ʻEhā mau makahiki i hala, pehea ka holo ʻana o Belfast Exposed a loaʻa kālā?
DR: Loaʻa iā mākou ʻewalu mau limahana - ʻeiwa koke - a ua hoʻolako kālā ʻia mākou e ka Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast City Council, a me nā hilinaʻi like ʻole a me nā kumu. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ma kahi MBA (Master of Business Administration) i kōkua maoli iaʻu e hoʻololi i ka hui. A loaʻa iā mākou ka uku hoʻolimalima, e hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui. Loaʻa iā mākou nā papahele ʻelua, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hale kiʻi nui ma lalo, kahi a mākou e hōʻike ai i nā hōʻikeʻike honua a me ka waihona. Hoʻohui ʻia i nā makahiki he 40 i hala iho nei, ʻo ka Belfast Exposed Archive kahi hōʻiliʻili nui o ka ʻoi aku o hoʻokahi miliona mau mea maikaʻi ʻole a me nā kiʻi paheʻe, mai nā mea paʻi kiʻi ʻoihana a me nā mea paʻi kiʻi, i mālama ʻia ma ka hilinaʻi no ke kaiāulu.
ʻO ka hale kiʻi papa ʻelua he wahi hoʻokolohua hou aʻe no nā mea hana kiʻi e puka mai ana a me nā mea hana kiʻi mua, akā no nā mea hana kiʻi paʻa e makemake ana e hoʻāʻo i kahi mea hou. Hōʻike mākou i nā hana i hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ma ke ʻano he kiʻi kiʻi o kēia wā akā he kiʻi paʻi kiʻi pū kekahi, me nā moʻolelo ikaika e pili ana i nā pilikia pilikanaka, a me nā kumuhana e hiki ai i nā kānaka ke hoʻopili. Ua hoʻolauleʻa mākou i ke kiʻi punk Belfast, ʻo Terri Hooley, nāna i paʻi kiʻi ʻia e Stuart Bailey, me 'Visions of Hooley' ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Studio (4 – 27 ʻApelila). Ke hoʻomau nei i lalo i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Hoʻokahi a hiki i ka 25 Mei ka hōʻikeʻike 'Ukraine: Huli i ka Normal' na Cathal McNaughton, ʻo ia wale nō ka Irish Pulitzer Prize-winner. Ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻelua, 'O kā mākou waihona: 40 mau makahiki o Belfast Exposed' e hoʻomau a hiki i Iune 1.
Loaʻa iā mākou kahi hana kaiaulu ikaika ma waena o Northern Ireland a ma waho, e hana pū ana me nā hui e like me Wave Trauma e kākoʻo ana i ka poʻe i hoʻopilikia ʻia e The Troubles. Hoʻomaka nui kā mākou hana i ke olakino noʻonoʻo me kā mākou Community Engagement Manager, Mervyn Smyth, a ke ulu nei, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka maʻi maʻi. Ua hoʻopilikia ʻo Covid i nā mea āpau, no laila manaʻo wau e hoʻokomo mākou i ke olakino noʻonoʻo i nā mea āpau a mākou e hana ai; ua komo kēia, no ka laʻana, kā mākou hui nui 'Healing Through Photography' i ka makahiki i hala.
JB: Ke hoʻomaka nei kāu papahana makahiki 40. Aia kekahi mau mea koʻikoʻi e hiki mai ana āu e makemake ai e kaʻana like?
DR: Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i nā hōʻikeʻike a puni ka makahiki e hoʻomaopopo i nā loea o kēia manawa a i hala. ʻO kekahi mea koʻikoʻi ʻo ka hōʻikeʻike ʻo Vivian Maier e hiki mai ana, 'The Self-portrait and its Double', e holo ana mai 3 ʻOkakopa a 21 Dekemaba. ʻO kēia ka mua o kona ʻano ma ʻIlelani, a pēlā pū kekahi kipi. He mea kupanaha kāna moʻolelo, akā manaʻo wau he hoihoi nui ʻo ia no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻo ia i komo i ka honua akā hoʻohana i kāna pahupaʻikiʻi e hoʻokele i kona ʻano ponoʻī. Ma ka ʻaoʻao o kēia hōʻikeʻike, e loaʻa kahi papahana lehulehu e nānā ana i ka ʻike a me ke kanaka ponoʻī.
E mālama ʻia ka Belfast Exposed 40th Anniversary Gala ma Belfast City Hall ma 6 Iune. ʻO ia ka mea e lawe mai ai i nā mea hana kiʻi ʻē aʻe e like me ka hiki, ʻoiai e hoʻomaikaʻi a hoʻolauleʻa ana i kekahi o kā mākou mea hoʻokumu, e like me Danny Burke lāua ʻo Sean McKernan, nā mea paʻi kiʻi wahine me Helen Sloan, a me nā kiʻi honua nāna i ʻoki i ko lākou mau niho ma ʻaneʻi, e like me Donovan Wylie. ʻO nā tiketi he £ 100 no kēlā me kēia kanaka me kahi pāʻina ʻekolu papa, ʻoliʻoli, hoʻokipa inu, nā makana a me nā makana e hāʻawi ʻia i ka pō. Loaʻa nā tikiki ma gala@belfastexposed.org a i ʻole ma ke kelepona +442890230965.
E wehe ʻia ke kāhea no nā kiʻi ʻīlio! E loaʻa iā mākou kahi boudoir kahi e hiki ai i nā poʻe ke komo i loko a kiʻi i kā lākou mau ʻīlio, e hana ana i ka hiki ʻana o ka poʻe i moeʻuhane ʻole e hele mai i loko o kahi hale kiʻi, a me kahi papahana kaiapuni a puni Lego.
Nānā hoʻonohonoho, 'Islands & Myths', Belfast Exposed, 29 Iune a 18 ʻAukake 2018; kiʻi mahalo ʻia e nā mea pena kiʻi a me Belfast Exposed.
JB: Ma hope o kēia makahiki - he aha ka mea e hiki mai ana? E hoʻomau i kāu hana?
DR: ʻAe, akā pono ʻoe e ulu. ʻO kekahi o nā hōʻikeʻike a mākou i hoʻolālā ai, ʻo ia ka hui pū ʻana me Bradford 2025, ke kūlanakauhale mua o Culture e hele i pan-UK. ʻO kēia hui pū kekahi e pili ana i ka hana ʻana me nā mea pena kiʻi e kōkua i ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻana i kā lākou hana me nā manawa honua. E hoʻomau mākou i ka hana like ʻana me Source, Photo Museum Ireland, a me Belfast Photo Festival, me ka manaʻo mau i ka hoʻomau a me kā mākou hana i ke olakino noʻonoʻo. ʻAʻole koke, hoʻolālā mākou e hoʻolauna i nā puke kiʻi kiʻi kiʻekiʻe akā hiki ke hōʻiliʻili. Manaʻo wau ʻo koʻu makemake ʻo Belfast Exposed e ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he kikowaena o ka maikaʻi ma ka honua no kā mākou papahana aʻo, a pehea mākou e kākoʻo ai a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā mea paʻi kiʻi. Ke hana nei mākou i ka hapa nui o kēia hana, akā makemake wau e hoʻonui i kahi ʻoi aku ka nui.
ʻO Deirdre Robb ka Luna Nui o Belfast Exposed.
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He mea pena kiʻi ʻo Jonathan Brennan ma Belfast.
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