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Weirview
is based on a real terrace of houses in County Dublin.True stories
were collected locally, by word of mouth, to form a sequence of
narrative fragments. The original, two monitor video installation
called "Weird View" was first shown in the Douglas Hyde Gallery,
Dublin, in September 2000, as part of 'X12' the graduating exhibition
for the MSc in Multimedia Systems at Trinity College Dublin. The
piece was also shown in Lucan Muintir Na Tíre. Produced by Jo Briggs
and Valentina Nisi, and with the help of the Weirview residents-
both past and present, the original version won first prize and
made substantial use of video and sound. This simpler version has
been adapted specially for the web by Jo Briggs.
Jo
Briggs was born in Yorkshire. She graduated from Chelsea School
of Art in 1989 with an MA in Fine Art. For the next ten years
she taught media and printmaking in various art schools in England,
Ireland and India. She is currently Director of the BA Digital
Media programme at Trinity and All Saints College, University
of Leeds.
Valentina Nisi was born in Italy and studied literature
and painting before traveling to Barcelona. There she studied
painting and video.
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