DRUM PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE Friday 17 & Saturday 18 November, 2017
Burns family McGlone family Over the past year, the people of Drum have engaged with artists, curators and heritage specialists to record, create and share authentic representations of Drum past and present. This project is developed as part of Monaghan County Creative Ireland programme. Photo Album of Ireland: Drum The Gallery of Photography s Photo Album team is working with the people of Drum to record the social history of the village held in family photo albums and collections. This emerging digital archive includes photographs of people working the land, family occasions, social and religious events and travels overseas. Photographs dating from the 1870s to the 1960s reveal strong community ties, changing farming methods and effects of modernisation giving a unique insight into life in rural County Monaghan. Krass Clement s Photobook DRUM In 1991, while staying at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in nearby Annamakerrig, Danish photographer Krass Clement made a series of black and white photographs over the course of one evening in Anderson s pub. Published in 1996, Krass Clement s DRUM is considered to be one of the world s finest photographic books. Now, more than 25 years later, Krass will revisit Drum for a special screening of his photographs in Anderson s pub on Friday 17 November at 7pm. Portrait of Drum Kevin Fox Irish photographer Kevin Fox is working collaboratively with the people of Drum to make a series of portraits taken in homes and other locations in and around the village. Streetscapes and landscape photographs capture the beauty of the built heritage and countryside across the seasons. A series of filmed interviews with a cross section of people record experiences of life in the village. Collectively, the photography and film elements create a unique contemporary portrait of the village of Drum. Johnston family
DRUM PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE Programme Friday 17 November Saturday 18 November Venue: Protestant Hall, Drum Drum: Portrait of a Village Exhibition in the Protestant Hall, Drum Welcome by Ruth Stewart, Chair, Drum Development Association and project leaders Trish Lambe & Shirley Clerkin. Exhibition installation of Portrait of Drum photographs by Kevin Fox and a selection of Drum archival family album photographs will be launched. Krass Clement s Drum Projection event in Anderson s Pub Projection installation of Krass Clement s DRUM in Anderson s Pub, Drum. In keeping with the shadowy nature of the work this will be viewable through the doorway and windows of the former pub. Krass Clement will be in attendance. Refreshments & Music in Stewart s Shop, Drum Tea, coffee and refreshments provided by Drum Protestant Heritage Group admission is free and all are welcome. Country music courtesy of Nigel Livingstone. 7.00pm 8.00pm 7.15pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 8.30pm Welcome & Introduction Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD Photo Album of Ireland: Drum portrait Introduction to the project by Trish Lambe, Shirley Clerkin and family album contributors from Drum. This emerging family photo archive gives a unique insight into the rich social and cultural life of the village and its environs. Discussion will include an overview of the wider Drum Portrait of a Village project developed as part of Monaghan County Creative Ireland programme. Trish Lambe is project curator and co-curator at Gallery of Photography, Ireland. Shirley Clerkin is Monaghan County Heritage Officer and Chairperson of EU Work Plan for Culture, OMC for Sustainable Cultural Heritage Tourism. Protestant History in Monaghan 1600 present day Lecture by Prof. Terence Dooley, Maynooth University. Professor Dooley specialises in Irish social and political history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the history of Irish country houses and the landed class; land and politics in independent Ireland; and the revolutionary period 1916-23, with particular reference to his native Monaghan. His most recent publication is: The Irish Revolution 1912-23: Monaghan (Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2017). Historic Walking Tour of Drum Kevin V. Mulligan, Architectural Historian and author, will lead a walking tour and discussion of the architectural heritage of Drum village. Kevin s recent publications include: An Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Monaghan, and Buildings of South Ulster, the counties of Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan (2013) Yale University Press. 1.30pm - 1.45pm 1.45pm 2.30pm 2.30 3.30pm 3.30pm 4.30pm After the Tour, tea and refreshments will be provided by Drum Protestant Heritage Group in Stewart s Shop
Burns family Stewart family Photo Album of Ireland: Drum Lancashire family Mills family Burns family
Krass Clement s DRUM Danish photographer Krass Clement s seminal photo book Drum was photographed on a single evening in Anderson s pub in Drum in 1991. It opens at the darkening end of a working day, with local men meeting for a drink. Through subtle shifts in focus and masterful filmic sequencing, the book comes to concentrate on one principal character in the shadowy pub: a hunched, weather-beaten old man, sitting alone with his drink. The work is a moving exploration of the artist s perspective on community and the outsider, and stands as a Beckettian meditation on alienation and the terrors of being alone. With only a few rolls of film (and a rumored five bottles of Guinness ), Clement created one of the most important contributions to the international canon of contemporary photo books. Krass Clement Krass Clement Dublin based events: An exhibition of Krass Clement s DRUM and his previously unseen DUBLIN is on display at the Gallery of Photography until January 22. For the gala launch event, there will be a public projection of Clement s work, together with work from Drum: Portrait of a Village on the outdoor cinema screen at Meeting House Square. Venue: Gallery of Photography, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin. Admission is free. Krass Clement
Megan, Mills farm 2017 Kevin Fox Kevin Fox Photographer Kevin Fox is working with the people of Drum to make a series of contemporary portraits of the people, built heritage and countryside of Drum. As part of the project Kevin worked with the children, parents and staff at Wee Drummers Community Childcare to create a permanent art installation. Kevin Fox is a contemporary photographer and lecturer. Over the past 18 months he has been working with communities along the border to record diverse cultures and experiences. Drum 2017 Kevin Fox Drum 2017 Kevin Fox
Drum: Portrait of a Village is a Gallery of Photography project organised in partnership with Monaghan County Council Heritage and Arts Offices, Monaghan Creative Ireland Programme, Drum Development Association and most importantly the people of Drum village. This project was made possible by the generous participation of: Ingrid, Gerry, Maya, Tiffany, Triona and Maya Adams; Cynthia Burns; Packie & Philomena Burns; Catherine Elliott; Angela Graham & family; Roy & Jack Hanna; Minister Heather Humphreys TD; Elizabeth and Joey Johnston; Walter Keating & family; Lottie, Leslie, Ellie, Sharon & Lancashire family; Cathy McGlone; Martin McKenna; Johnny, Sandy, Hazel, Megan & Mills family; Mervyn Reilly; Betty, Lorna & Soden family; Barbara & Arnott Stewart; Ruth Stewart & family; Beth Stewart; Billy & David Stewart; Irene, Sidney, George, & Wright family and the staff, pupils and parents of Wee Drummers Community Childcare. Thanks to: Prof. Terence Dooley; Noel Carney; Minister Heather Humphreys TD; Somhairle MacConghail; Maud McChesney and Hilda Dane; Philip Walsh; Lisa McNiven; Robbie McDonald and the team at Tyrone Guthrie Centre; and Kevin V. Mulligan for their input and support. Special thanks to Drum Development Association: Heather Barbour, Cecil Deering, Angela Graham, Elizabeth Johnston, Willard Ritchie, Lorna Soden, Leslie Soden, Barbara Stewart, Robert Stewart, Ruth Stewart, Irene Wright for their wonderful organisational skills and unfailing assistance throughout the development and delivery of this project. Drum: Portrait of a Village is an initiative of Gallery of Photography Ireland and Monaghan County Council Heritage Office. Kindly supported by: Monaghan County Creative Ireland Programme; Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Reconciliation Fund; The Heritage Council of Ireland; Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; Tyrone Guthrie Centre; Danish Arts Foundation; and the Embassy Of Denmark. Gallery of Photography Ireland is the national centre for contemporary photography, supported by The Arts Council and Dublin City Council. For information on the project contact: Trish Lambe, Gallery of Photography, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. E. trish@galleryofphotography.ie M. 086 6034232 T. 01 6714654 Shirley Clerkin Heritage Office, Monaghan County Council, The Glen, Monaghan E. heritage@monaghancoco.ie T 047 73722