Missing Green–Cork Street walking tour

Screening of Anne Maree Barry's film Missing Green, followed by a walking tour of the film’s locations with Anne Maree Barry and architect Gerry Cahill.

Missing Green (2013) is a poetic journey through Cork Street, Dublin. Narrated via interviews with Councillor John Gallagher, architect Gerry Cahill, author and journalist Frank McDonald and sociologist Aileen O’Gorman, the viewer discovers an area in Dublin that has gradually but dramatically transformed in the last 80 years. Utilsing Situationist methodolologies, Barry recreates a personal dérive through the character Girl. Girl’s journey provides a complimentary narrative by exploring the urban environment, paying attention to the smaller details – lost objects, signage, an allotment – increasing the viewer’s awareness of the urban landscape of which the narrator’s speak. Combining traditional research with an aesthetic journey, this hybrid film creates a dialogue that reflects on a historic area in Dublin, whilst situated in the present.

The exhibition, a collaborative initiative of Pallas Projects & Common Ground, will include a number of cross-encounter public events aimed at a diverse audience of artists, architects, curators, filmmakers, researchers, urban planners, sociologists, local community leaders, policy makers, human geographers and others, to witness the changes and discuss the impact, of planning and regeneration on the Cork Street area.