12 Angry Films
Artist Name(s) | Jesse Jones |
Artwork title | 12 Angry Films |
Context/Background | In 2006 artist Jesse Jones was commissioned by the Fire Station Artists' Studios in partnership with Dublin Docklands Development Authority to produce 12 Angry Films. The commission culminated in a site-specific event, a temporary drive-in cinema. This event took place in the disused industrial setting of the Pigeon House in Dublin's Docklands over a weekend in November 2006. The films traced the history of labour and social justice issues in cinema and were accompanied by specially made radio programmes that were broadcast on site. |
Description | Through re-staging and re-appropriating of the 'drive-in', the artist Jesse Jones created a collective social and political space. Set in the disused industrial setting of Pigeon House, a site formerly familiar for manufacturing in Dublin's Docklands. This concept of drive-in was reminiscent of the iconic 1950's American popular cultural phenomenon that emerged in the post war boom years. |
Mediation | 12 Angry Films publication was produced in 2007. This can be downloaded on Fire Station website |
Biographies | Jesse Jones is a Dublin-based artist, with a BA in Fine Art (Sculpture) from NCAD (2002) and an MA graduate in Visual Arts Practices from IADT (2005). Jones's practice focuses on the embedded political and social history within everyday life. She is interested in moments when this hidden history comes to surfaces such as the demonstration or strike and moments of convergence. Seeing popular culture as an expression of this collective narrative of history, her work often adopts elements such as the B movie or pop music as a site of shared memory. |
Commission Type | Other |
Commissioner Name | Fire Station Artists Studios and Dublin Docklands Development Authority(DDDA) |
Commissioning process | Direct Invitation |
Project commission dates | January 9, 2005 - November 10, 2006 |
Public Presentation dates | October 10, 2006 - December 11, 2006 |
Partners | Dublin Docklands Development Authority |
Artform | Film,Visual Arts |
Art Practice | Arts Participation |
Funded By | Other,Dublin City Council,The Arts Council |
Budget Range | 35000 - 70000 euro |
Project commission start date | 09/01/2005 |
Project commission end date | 10/11/2006 |
Location | Former Pigeon House Power Station, Dublin 4 |
County | Dublin |
Street Address | Pigeon House Harbour, Dublin 4 |
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Website | www.jessejonesartist.com/12-angry-films |
Content contributor(s) | Liz Burns |
Relationship to project | Project Manager |
Associated professionals / Specialists involved | Firestation Artists' Studio managed an invited competition. Artist proposed by Aisling Prior. |