Medrar Projects Exhibition – AMRIYA BY BRYONY DUNNE Exhibition – AMRIYA BY BRYONY DUNNE

Exhibition – AMRIYA BY BRYONY DUNNE

Exhibition – AMRIYA BY BRYONY DUNNE

Exhibition

Medrar for Contemporary Art

9 December 2017 - 23 December 2017

Opening: Saturday, 9th December 2017, 7pm
Exhibition runs till: 23rd December 2017
Daily from 3 pm to 9 pm, except Friday

This exhibition presents works made by Irish artist Bryony Dunne over the past four years when she lived between Egypt and her native country. In film, photography, installation and sculpture, Dunne draws together research-driven documentary projects with her own artistic interpretations.

Dunne’s work examines the volatile relationship of man with nature, and often traces the historical links between the two countries, Ireland and Egypt, she calls home. These links are manifested in her photography and video works from Dublin’s Natural History Museum, Cairo’s Agricultural Museum and the Giza Zoo, among other sites.

During her early work in South Sinai, Dunne met a 70-year-old Bedouin woman, who lives year-round in her orchard, solo and self-sustained. One day, after weeks of repeated in-depth visits, Amriya said, “You should make a film about me and my doctors [her orchard and the mountains].” That film was made—a prologue to the other works in “Amriya”—and this solo exhibition is dedicated to her.

There will be a live performance by sound artist Asem Tag at 9pm on the opening night – Sat 9th Dec

About the artist:

Kindly supported by the Irish Embassy in Cairo

Bryony Dunne

Bryony Dunne is an Irish artist and filmmaker based in Cairo. Building on her background in documentary photography and visual anthropology, she explores the intricate and intimate relationships between humanity and the natural world. Dunne’s work has been exhibited at places such as; the Irish Film Institute, London’s Mosaic Rooms, Goldsmiths University, Cairo’s Townhouse Gallery, Sharjah Art Biennial 13, Tamawuj in Istanbul, and Athens Photography Festival in the Benaki Museum. Her films have received several awards including best documentary short at the Iranian Green Film Festival and first-prize award at Ethno Film in Rovinj, Croatia. She is currently working on her first feature-length film, entitled Pembe (Swahili for “horn”), about the world’s last male northern white rhinoceros.