Kerry Guinan's 'The Red Thread' is a limited ephemeral performance taking place in The Complex Gallery 4th - 10th May 2022. Three events are scheduled during the exhibition run, beginning with an early morning launch with Indian Tea reception.
8am - 10:30am Wednesday 4th May 2022
The Red Thread: Public launch with Indian tea reception
Celebrate the launch of The Red Thread in this early morning event, which corresponds with the Indian working day. Sample a specially curated selection of Indian teas while experiencing the very first performance of this major live installation. With speeches by Kerry Guinan and project partners.
11am - 12pm Saturday 7 May 2022
Unravelling the Thread: Public tour with the Dublin Art and Technology Association
Join artist Kerry Guinan and collaborators Frank Prendergast (Space Forms), Aisling Murray, Anthony O’Connor, Emily Waszak and Sai Mulpuru with Dublin Art & Technology Association (DATA) for a public tour of The Red Thread. Starting from the networked technologies and infrastructures that the project is built on, this tour will consider the live installation within the wider techno-political contexts that it, and its performers are situated in, such as labour automation, global supply chains, surveillance capitalism, digital anthropology, and Dublin and Bengaluru’s status as so-called ‘Silicon’ tech hubs of their respective regions.
This is a free event but capacity is limited, arrive in a timely fashion to avoid disappointment.
7 - 7.30pm Tuesday 10 May 2022
Variations On A Sewing Machine: Sound performance by Natalia Beylis & Michelle Doyle
Following her Variations On A Sewing Machine EP (2021), which was recorded on a domestic sewing machine using contact microphones and effects pedals, musician and sound artist Natalia Beylis was commissioned by Kerry Guinan to develop a graphic score in response to The Red Thread. In this reflective event marking the end of the show’s 6-day run, Beylis will be joined by artist and musician Michelle Doyle to perform the score on the industrial sewing machines in The Red Thread installation.
Please note that The Red Thread will not be live during this performance: catch it before it ends at 1.30pm that day.
This is a free event but capacity is limited, arrive in a timely fashion to avoid disappointment.