Opening Events
You’re invited to join us for an evening of free events on Thursday 9 November at Limerick City Gallery of Art and Dance Limerick in celebration of the opening of Light Moves Festival 2023.
In the Gallery
Thursday 9 November, 5pm
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Pery Square, Limerick
Light Moves Festival continues its collaboration with Limerick City Gallery of Art to present seven compelling and thoughtprovoking installations by renowned artists in the fields of visual art, dance, and film. The exhibition is the fourth installment of this collaboration with LCGA, and runs until January 2024.
Featured artists include Rosemary Lee & Roswitha Chesher, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, Robin Parmar, Áine Stapleton, Anna MacDonald, Chloë Smith, Lucy Cash, Oguri, Andrew Macpherson, Richard Nielsen, Atiba Jefferson, Ricardo Vidana, Roxanne Steinberg, Tali Maranges and Morleigh Steinberg. In The Gallery invites viewers to experience diverse works spanning moving image, photography, and documentary.
Find out more about In The Gallery here.
Short Films Screening Programme 1: Arrival
Thursday 9 November, 7.30pm
Dance Limerick, John’s Square
Free event, pre-booking essential here.
Following the gallery opening, Light Moves presents its opening film screening Arrival at Dance Limerick in John’s Square. Featuring an unmissable collection of films from Irish dance artists and filmmakers including Lucia Kickham, Luca Truffarelli, Emma Martin, Hugh O’Conor, and Stephanie Keane alongside international work by Anna Bogomolova, Rina Kononova, Poppy Payne, Kuldip Singh-Barmi, Sue Smith, Kati Kallio, Magali Charrier and Simon Ellis.
Find out more and book your ticket for Programme 1: Arrival here.
