No. 10: published Monday 17th May 2010

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Cork Film Centre's Maximilian Le Cain has a solo exhibition opening tomorrow evening, Tuesday 18th May, at 6 in BasementProjectSpace - just a minute's walk away on Camden Quay and continuing until the 30th.

Max has made short and medium-length films and videos for a decade or so, and is the editor of the online magazine Experimental Conversations. His work is experimental and personal; it includes narrative, documentary, and video art installation, although it mostly wanders restlessly somewhere between those categories. (He was described at a dinner party this writer attended last week as 'one of Cork's few genuine intellectuals', ...by one of the others, of course.) Max is generally the last person to leave Civic Trust House most evenings - see his artist's statement for the exhibition here.

The highlight of the exhibition's run will be on Thursday 27th May when Max gives a 90-minute screening and Artist's Talk on 7 of his short films. Although the screening contains strobing light effects and graphic sexual imagery (please take note) Le Cain's incisive eloquence and "cinema of cuts, plastic and hypnotic, where the interstices of sense prefigure the outer surface of all images" (see Esperanza Collado) are just as likely to disturb.

Call-out for young curators!

Passionate about the arts and culture? Ever wondered what it’s like to work in the arts? Want to find out how the Midsummer Festival works and what it takes to be a Producer, Director, Artist or Technician?

Cork Midsummer Festival is looking for young people aged 16-25 to be part of the Young Curators Programme. This is your opportunity to see some great shows for free and to meet the Midsummer Festival team, artists, producers and technicians at this year’s festival and find out why and how we do what we do.

For more information and to apply for a place on the programme email Shirley Somers at shirley@corkmidsummer.com

Plasticine taking shape

With tickets already selling well for Corcadorca's upcoming show, Plasticine (see Cork Midsummer Festival Plasticine ), director Pat Kiernan is working with his cast in the sprawling space of the Savoy which will be will become " the seedy world of a contemporary Russian city - pulsating with anger, vitality and destruction".

In the dark and distorted world of the play, where the delinquent antihero Maxim lives amidst the backdrop
of murder, abuse and exploitation, there is a deep sense of
humanity and even humor that trickles through. Scaffolding will be installed this week as work begins to transform the entire Savoy, once the country's biggest cinema with over 2,000 seats, under the direction of Corcadorca's visionary set designer Paul Keoghan.

The cast is led by Caoilfhionn Dunne as Maxim, with Noelle Browne, Sorcha Fox, Conor MacNeill, Conor Madden, Michael Winder, Mark D’Aughton, Janice Byrne and Lorna Quinn completing the line-up. The community cast have been chosen at recent auditions which attracted a huge amount of interest.

TAX CLINIC FOR SELF-EMPLOYED ARTS WORKERS
There is a report online of our recent clinic which proved interesting and useful to all those who attended.
Click here >>>

RESOUNDING SUCCESS FOR CHORAL FEST
Huge numbers attended this year's Cork International Choral Festival as the city came alive with singing.
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MIDSUMMER BOX OFFICE OPENS THIS FRIDAY!!
The Festival Box Office will be located in the foyer of Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork from 10am Friday 21st May. Online bookings have already opened for the headline acts.
full details here >>>

CORCADORCA PRODUCTION BLOG
Watch the drama as it unfolds - Corcadorca's new blog will give a unique opportunity to see how they produce Plasticine.
Click here >>>

NEW FOLK FESTIVAL WEBSITE
Cork Folk Festival have a new website which already has details and videos of some of this year's performers.
Click here >>>

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