Eoghan Ryan’s film installation, A Sod State, examines themes of religion, state power, and spectatorship through the lens of the Northern Irish Troubles. Showing for the first time in Ireland, the film “unravels a world of untrustworthy narration, wandering sounds, strobing imagery, and disarray. It is a tale of a corrupted, often censored, surreal, and confused state of affairs, in which an inner demagogue is manifested. This creature, or puppet, is not quite god, not quite devil, and performs binary contradictions of class, faith, identity, and borders; private, public, and political.” WIth the opening reception planned for April 12th, at 6pm, this deep, thought provoking work looks set to continue The Complex’s reputation for Stellar Programming in the heart of Smithfield.
The Gallery, Arran St East | D07 YY97
13th – 27th April
thecomplex.ie
