Lila: Activities of God
An exhibition of the works of Sarah Maple, Amanda Coogan and Marysa Dowling, curated by Maurice Galway and Samir Ceric will open in the Siamsa GALLERY on 09. 09. 09. as part of this year's Dingle Film Festival continuing to look at artists and lense based works.
Sarah Maple in 2007, won 4 New Sensations, a new art prize for graduates, voted by the public online, organised by Channel 4 and The Saatchi Gallery. Much of her inspiration originated from her being brought up as a
Muslim, with parents of mixed religious and cultural backgrounds. Understandably, issues of identity are of huge interest to her. Sarah will present her photographic works in the gallery.

Marysa Dowling is a photographic artist living and working in London. Dowlings practice is concerned with human behavior and interaction. It is an exploration and observation of how people function, communicate and relate to each other. Each project becomes a multi-layered study, often happening in several countries, during which she build links and connections across communities, societies and cultures over time. Marysa will present her project The Movement of an object.

Amanda Coogan is a performance artist living in Dublin, Ireland. The centrality of Coogans practice is durational live performance where powerful live events are fundamental to her videos and photographs. Her expertise lies in her ability to condense an idea to its very essence and communicate it through her body. Coogans recent practice has been concentrating on the longitudinal durational performance presented as living installation in the gallery. Amanda will present her recent project The Yellow Mountain.

A panel discussion with the artists will also take place as part of the festival in The Phoenix Cinema on Saturday 12th September and will be chaired by Samir Cerir of The Salon Gallery London.

Pictures 09 is a project that marks the convergence of artists who use video and digital media with the art of film-making. It is the result of a creative partnership between the dingle film Festival, The GALLERY, Siamsa Tire and the Cork Film Centre.

Also as part of the visual arts programme Joanne McCarthy will install a video works in the Garden Cafe and the premier of 7 years 7 days a documentary on the artists Kieran Herlihy will be screened in the Festival Marquee on Friday 11th September.