Name: Split Focus: Public Panel Discussion
Start: 2019-02-21T18:00:00Z
End: 2019-02-21T19:30:00Z
Location: RHA Gallery (Royal Hibernian Academy)

Split Focus: Public Panel Discussion

About RHA:The Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) is one of Ireland’s principal public art galleries, hosting world-class exhibitions of established and emerging Irish and international artists. Located just two minutes’ walk from St. Stephen’s Green admission to our exhibitions is always free and the galleries are open seven days a week.The RHA holds a unique position in Irish culture as the oldest artist-led visual arts institution in the country; one where art is created, exhibited and debated.www.rhagallery.ie

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In collaboration with Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, we our pleased to announce our ‘Split Focus’ programme focusing on media based cultures, coinciding with both organisations’ exhibitions; Brian Eno and Orla McHardy at the RHA and; Ronan McCrea at TBG+S.
 
Public event, all welcome. 
 
Film Director Brian De Palma’s cult movie ‘Blow Out’ makes numerous allusions to the mechanics of movie making and the lens itself. Most notable is the use of a specialist Diopter lens that challenged the conventions of traditional cinematography by using a split focus lens. This allows the camera to film both deep focus and shallow focus simultaneously. The audience is allowed to see long shot and close up with equal cinematic attention to detail. The disadvantage of this process is it causes a large central blur that splits the image, something that De Palma masked through clever cinematic sleight of hand.
 
De Palmas use of split focus lens is a useful reference point when considering how artists are free to use the conventions of lens and screen based cultures and work within the blurred areas of accepted conventions. This public panel discussion will feature presentations by three emerging practitioners - Gary Reilly, Istvan Lazlo and Justyna Kielbowicz, and discuss some of the strategies employed by a new generation of artists currently in both lens and screen based practices. The discussion will be led by DIT lecturer in photography Martin McCabe
 
Image: Istvan Laszlo, # 1L7xX6tfx4QE9fVYwZy6w1d6yMTCsFSkKH, 3D asset, 2018. Image courtesy of the artist

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