Freude! Freude! by Amanda Coogan

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The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Wednesday 11th October - Sunday 29th October

The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art is excited to present a new work by renowned performance artist Amanda Coogan, Deaf artists Lianne Quigley and Alvean Jones with Dublin Theatre of the Deaf (DTD), Cork Deaf Community Choir and students from the Centre for Deaf Studies (CDS) at Trinity College Dublin.

Freude! Freude! is a live exhibition, an embodied performance and installation which translates Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ode to Joy chorus into Irish Sign Language (ISL) and reinterprets the entire symphony through the lens of the Deaf experience. Using ISL as a choreographic language, Coogan, Quigley and Jones have worked with DTD and students from the CDS to produce an aural, visual and immersive feast that will be presented through a series of performances and exhibition installation.

Amanda Coogan is an internationally recognised and critically acclaimed artist working across media; through live art, performance, photography and video.

Amanda Coogan presents solo performances of Movements from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at 1pm and 3pm
• Wednesday 11th & 18th October: Movement 1
• Thursday 12th & 19th October: Movement 2
• Friday 13th & 20th October: Movement 3

Coogan, Quigley, Jones and ensemble performs to the full score of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, including the Ode to Joy Chorus, between 1pm – 3pm
• Saturday 14th and 21st October: Full score
• Sunday 15th & 22nd October: Full score

The exhibition continues until Sunday 29 October. No booking is required, and admission is free as always.


Date:
Wednesday 11th October - Sunday 29th October
Time:
Varies
Price:
Free
Address:
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin 2, Ireland

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