Don't anticipate the ending Creative encounters with the Brian Friel Papers
Quote
“The phrase ‘don't anticipate the ending’ means ‘stay present’.”
mbf006_bfp019_vtls000826187_020.jpg
Related Manuscript

Don't think in elegiac tones.

In this note, we see the reappearance of Friel’s mantra: ‘Don’t anticipate the ending.’
mbf042_thumbnail.png
The Creative Process

Dance House, 13 August 2020

This is a recording of dancers Marion Cronin, Lucia Kickham, and Sarah Ryan performing the second part of a dance phrase taught to them by Jessie Keenan.
“How do you archive the moving body?” – Zosia Kuczyńska
swis_original_web.jpg
The Creative Process

So what is surfacing, original improvisation

This is Jessie Keenan’s original dance improvisation to audio she recorded in response to the question ‘So what is surfacing?’, adapted from a phrase written by Brian Friel during the composition process for Dancing at Lughnasa (1990).
“Has the play its own reality?” – Brian Friel
ex2_web.jpg
Video

Mixed interview, extract 2

Zosia Kuczyńska, Jessie Keenan, and Robbie Blake talk about their own scholarly and artistic processes and how they intersect with Friel’s creative practice.
026_web.jpg
041_web.jpg
blathnaid.png
mbf054_jk-notes-02_web.jpg
mbf064_bts-04_web.JPG
mbf064_bts-07_web.JPG
mbf039_de07_web.jpeg
mbf039_de08_web.jpeg
mbf039_de09_web.jpeg
mbf036_img_0391_web.jpeg
bf_logos_220902a.png
en | ga |
Explore About the project Brian Friel (1929-2015) The artists Index Back to MoLI
bf_logos_220902a.png
 
/
Don't anticipate the ending Creative encounters with the Brian Friel Papers

This exhibition is an archive of an archive; and like all good archives, there is no right way to navigate it. Keep clicking on the things that interest you, and don’t worry if you get a little lost a long the way. If you do want to find your way back, check out the index in the menu.

bf_logos_220902a.png

Presented in partnership with the National Library of Ireland