Keeper - The Maze/Long Kesh Project for the Triskel Gallery - Cork 2005 European City of Culture
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Keeper in Triskel featured the film 'Billy's Museum' and premiered the video installation 'The Portraits', plus the audio installation 'Strikers, Narrative #1'.

The Portraits - Silent DVD video Installation. 2005. Shown in main space (6x17meters, 85sq.m). Using two unicol stands with Sony 29" PVM video monitors.
The aim of this piece is to create a portrait which is based on the more traditional painted representation. The portraits seem still, silent, but they are moving. They are watching, perhaps the audience - they are infact watching 'Billy's Museum for the first time and often register surprise and amusement. There is power in their silence. It is unusual to find politicians - who usually talk at us from the television - being silently represented on this familiar format.
 
 
 

 

 

Capital Culture – Cork 2005 on Sunday May 15th on RTE One Writer Brian Keenan reviewed ‘Keeper’

 

  
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Comments Book made by the Triskel for Billy Hull

 

· Just, worth the time and to take and listen, very important to our future children - Cllr. Chris O' Leary.
· Brilliant & amazing stories/images…thank you for such an important perspective on our shared history - L. Cumming.
· Surprising - A. Solch
· Very important for us here in the South, we do not understand what our friends in the North are experiencing - P. Madden
· Belfast exposed. Well done Amanda, really great - K. Downey & P. Hadaway.
· Mighty strong stuff. Very strong. 'Congratulations Billy Hull' - T. O Con
· Highly informative & clearly presented - J. Riordan
· Amazing collection of a collection really good to see whats what, down in these parts - Well done to who ever brought this to Cork "Up the Real Rebels" - P. Byrne
· Billy Hull must be a really interesting man - D. Durham
· You expect to go to a gallery and see, you don't expect to hear! Thought it was amazing.
· Such a powerful piece of work - a real reminder of how art and its practice functions as a powerful tool in the narrative of difficult subject matter. Well Done!
· Gorgeous to be sitting on such soft seats in a dark room that is neither frightening or threatening: but comfortable…?
· Visited from Germany, very impressing documentation - few of this is known about among Germany /European people. This was worth documenting! - S. Moller
· Sorry but think you have mistaken social history for art making
· Very insightful - so often we in the Republic are so ignorant of the events and people - we don't understand the situation. Narrative adds to the overall theme without compromising its impact.

The show was also reviewed by the Irish Examiner (read review).
Thank's and acknowledge to the following: Staff from Triskel, The Arts Council. The Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Dave Hydeman of Northern Visions, Belfast. Mike Moloney of the Prison Arts Foundation, Belfast. Billy Hull. David Ervine, MLA. Toiste Na N-iarchimi. Northern Ireland Prison Service. Robert Corrigan.