“At least it is a starting point. And all starting points are arbitrary – and then become an essence.”

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The body and the archive

Friel scholar Zosia Kuczyńska explores some of performance scholar Diana Taylor’s ideas around the body and the archive and their relevance to the project.

The Creative Process

Running the Ending Compilation (Dublin Fringe Festival application)

This video is a compilation of different performances of Robbie Blake’s live version of ‘Running the ending’, inspired by Brian Friel’s composition process for Dancing at Lughnasa (1990).

“What is vaguely forbidden? What is taboo?” – Brian Friel

The Creative Process

Robbie Blake, 'Running the ending' score

This is Robbie Blake’s original graphic score (pp. 1-5) for their live performance piece ‘Running the ending’, which is featured in this exhibition as a short film and which was inspired by Blake’s engagement with the Brian Friel Papers at the National Library of Ireland.

“A legacy is not a thing that you set in stone, it's something that you can put in motion.” – Zosia Kuczyńska

“How do you archive the moving body?” – Zosia Kuczyńska