The Douglas Hyde is very pleased to announce an In Conversation event where critic and curator, Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith will talk to Uri Aran about his practice and his exhibition Take This Dog for Example. The talk will take place on Saturday, 1 April at 2 pm at the Robert Emmet Lecture Theatre, Arts Block, […]

Summer Film Screenings
Somewhere to Disappear & Waking Life
Somewhere to Disappear
Directed by Laure Flammarion and Arnaud Uyttenhove / 2010 / USA / 57 mins
Thursday, August 11 at 5pm and Thursday, September 15 at 5pm
A documentary that follows Alec Soth’s journeys around America and the people he encountered while making his Broken Manual project.
www.somewheretodisappearthefilm.com
Waking Life
Directed by Richard Linklater / 2001 / USA / 101 mins
Thursday, September 8 at 5pm
A surreal animated journey that centres on a young man wandering through a succession of dream-like realities wherein he meets a series of individuals who willingly engage in insightful philosophical discussions about the nature of reality, consciousness, the meaning of life, free will, and existentialism.
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