Turnstile

Since July I have been working with Iseli-Chiodi Company on a new commission in commemoration of Bloody Sunday 1920. I write 1920 as there were two bloody Sunday events, one in 1920 and one in 1972 (the one U2 sang about). Something I didn’t realise until starting this project.

On November 21, 1920 British forces allegedly opened fire at a Tipperary v Dublin match In Croke Park, killing fourteen civilians and wounding at least sixty others. Amongst those shot and killed was Tipperary football player Michael Hogan, whom the Hogan stand is named after.

What struck us about this event was the many different accounts of what happened, the repetition of numbers and the vivd accounts of action that took place. Combining all these elements we began working on ideas of falling through space, repetitive accumulating movements and a sense of our bodies carrying history. The work has elements of sound score, projected film and live dance.

Rehearsals will continue in November to be screened/performed in Thurles, Tipperary.