History of the Present (solo exhibition)

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History of the Present (solo exhibition)

Salmon, Margaret, Fusco, Maria, Werner, Héloïse and Lockwood, Annea (2025) History of the Present (solo exhibition). Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 15 Feb - 29 March 2025 [Show/Exhibition]

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Salmon, Margaret, Fusco, Maria, Werner, Héloïse and Lockwood, Annea

Abstract:

History of the Present is an exhibition based around the critically acclaimed work of the same name, History of the Present (2023). This 46-minute experimental opera-film was made collaboratively by myself and Maria Fusco, featuring new compositions by Annea Lockwood, libretto by Maria Fusco and improvisational vocal work by Héloïse Werner.

The solo exhibition encompasses two floors in the new Golden Thread space: History of the Present opera-film is presented in the Upper Gallery, while in the Lower Gallery we are showing a site-specific installation with photo wall mural and sculptures as well as resources and research materials collected by myself and Maria Fusco. This exhibition brings our collaborative work and research to audiences in Northern Ireland for the first time.

The exhibition includes journal materials selected from Golden Thread Gallery’s NIVARLA archive, and ex-display furniture from the building’s prior use as Craftworld.

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https://goldenthreadgallery.co.uk/event/history-of-the-present-maria-fusco-and-margaret-salmon/

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Show/Exhibition

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History of the Present is an intersectional, intergenerational feminist work which forefronts working-class women’s voices to ask: who has the right to speak, and in what way? Layering sociological, cultural, and political themes from the recent history of Northern Ireland, the work exercises voice, breath and field-recording composition through a range of film techniques and operatic articulations, to amplify marginalised stories. Filmed by myself on 35mm film and video on the streets of Belfast, in the Ulster Museum, and the Royal Opera House in London, History of the Present observes how defensive architecture defines movement to enforce intersectional histories and identities within daily experiences in conflict and post-conflict zones on an international level.

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feminist film, defensive architecture, interdisciplinary, practice-based research, PTSD, post-conflict

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School of Fine Art > Fine Art Critical Studies

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