Maurice Galway resides in County Kerry, Ireland with his wife, Catherine, and 4 children, Gabriel, Ri, Archie and Lila Grace. His work has been exhibited in Ireland, England, New York and the Cannes Film Festival. Maurice spent time on an intensive course, "Cleaning the House", with international artist Marina Ambromovic. His work has been in numerous publications both in the English and Irish languages. He has also curated exhibitions including, In Pursuit1, 2 & 3 and Gimme Shelter Scoip 2005. He is currently managing the % for Art Scheme for Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne. He is also founder & AD of the Dingle Film Festival.
www.mauricegalway.com
www.dinglefilmfestival.com
Born in 1957, Nico Brown was brought up in London where his primary school music teacher was Ivor Cutler. After working on North Sea trawlers, adventure playgrounds and as a coffee delivery driver he turned to music and theatre. After taking a degree in French he moved to Ireland in 1990 and has written and performed music for many theatre companies including the Abbey and Macnas. Musician in residence at The Ark, Dublin 1995-2000, he has specialised in music for children and families, appearing in ‘The Morbegs’ for RTE, regularly running workshops at the National Concert Hall and touring Irish and international festivals. A multi-instrumentalist, he has played sessions for film, including Mike Leigh’s ‘High Hopes’, and for artists ranging from Dustin the Turkey to PJ Harvey.
Maurice and Nico have previously collaborated on the exhibition Labelled: Art or french? in 1998 and the film Fallen Angels in 2005.
CLOUDS
Duration 4.49
Clouds have always been here, from the beginning of time. Always above us, drifting through history. What is a cloud? How is it formed? What is its propose? Where does it go after its time here with us? A lovely methaphore for our own lives perhaps. “ Keep Looking Up”.