An outdoor journey through the dreamy landscapes of IMMA, Night Shift was a late-night event challenging our circadian rhythm and our common experience of visiting an exhibition. This slow experience of touring the IMMA Grounds in a land train brought participants through the landscape where sited histories and Collection works were framed by some eerie interventions along the way. Night Shift was inspired by a drawing made in the 19th Century of a night guard at Kilmainham asleep during their shift, they have a note in their hand which reads ‘ENNUI’, in the composition the guard dreams out fanciful scenarios taking place on the Grounds.
Location: Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Performers: Claire Keating, Matthew Williamson and Robbie O’Connor
Holi Powder Master: Adam Stoneman
Land Train Driver: Cathal Kinsella
Land Train Owner: Pirates Cove
Land Train Controller: Ruth Cassidy
Uniforms: Liliane Puthod
Heritage Researcher and Historian: Barry Kehoe
to IMMA’s Night Shift security guards and Robbie Cove.
Curated by Janice Hough as part of IMMA’s A Radical Plot Residency Programme.
IMMA Security Camera Footage - Location: Front Gate
IMMA Security Camera Footage - Location: Courtyard
IMMA Security Camera Footage - Location: Gardens
