A few stills from our video project at Portumna Workhouse in Ireland. Manager Donal Burke and the staff at the Irish Workhouse Centre were extremely gracious and allowed us access to all exterior and interior spaces. They also steeped us in the history of the place with detailed and harrowing stories of those whose lives were forever changed there. Our project honors and remembers the trauma suffered here as a way to acknowledge the many unresolved injustices against people across the globe in the past and present. We were also very fortunate to encounter the work of artist,Kieran Tuohy. His sculptures formed from ancient wood unearthed from the bogs of Ireland express the turmoil, suffering and devastation of the Irish famine.
Video now in post production. Dancer/collaborators: Kelli Chapman, Abra Cohen, Halley Gerstel, Megan Minturn and Cecly Placenti.
