Joanna Kidney: The Future has an Ancient Heart: Film Screening and Talisman Making Workshop

Sshh, c’mere. We were once porous…

'The Future has an Ancient Heart’ invites you to attune to your animal body and its senses.

To your relationship with the land. To the others we share it with. Step across the threshold

into the otherworld. How can re-membering the interwovenness of life help us to live in

right ecological relationship?

The screening of Joanna Kidney’s new short film will be followed by informal chats over a

cuppa. There is an optional Talisman Making Workshop in the afternoon (link to be

included). The Future has and Ancient Heart will also be screened, followed by a

Conversation for all, at Mermaid Arts Centre on 27th September.

The Future has an Ancient Heart’ is funded by The Arts Council and supported by Wicklow

County Arts Office through the annual Strategic Project Award Scheme. It is a collaboration

with cinematographer Oisín Mc Farland Smith; film artist Alan Lambert and sound artist

Anthony Kelly.

Biography

Joanna Kidney’s multidisciplinary practice considers what it means to be part of something

much bigger than ourselves. Emerging from an animist worldview, it explores deep

ecology, indigenous knowledge, wonder and care. Throughout her work with drawing,

paint, space and moving image, the act of making and process are central.

In addition to exhibitions in the USA, UK, France and Germany, Joanna has had Solo

Exhibitions in the RHA, Dublin; The LAB, Dublin; Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast; Uillinn and

Galway Arts Centre. She is the recipient of a Cooper Foundation Grant (USA); Arts Council

of Ireland funding, a DIT Award of Excellence and an RHA Studio Award. Her practice

encompasses collaboration and working with artists collectives. She is the co-curator of

Wicklow Artists Salon with writer Philip St John. Her work is held in Irish and International

Public and Private Collections.

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