Triskel Christchurch

The Esposito Quartet

Carrigtwohill Gospel Choir

Overburden by Fiona Kelly

Thu 16 Jan - Sun 22 Mar

Cork World Book Fest

Tue 21 Apr - Sun 26 Apr

Beethoven Reflected

Sat 18 Jan - Sat 7 Mar

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#TriskelCork - the best in live music, visual art, cinema, book readings & heritage at the heart of Cork city.
Proud to be funded by the Arts Council

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The #documentary Midnight Traveler (@midnighttravelerfilm) shows tonight at #TriskelCinema at 9.10pm! Don't miss this gripping vérité story made by a family on the run. Their unique access and artistic vision provide an intimate portrait of a loving family and the myriad fellow travellers they meet on their odyssey. This film is not to be missed, so come by tonight for the last showing.⠀
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#film #filmdocumentary #cinema #cork #corkcinema

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"What an extraordinary film: creepy, humid, unwholesome - touched with moments of crazed inspiration" - The Guardian ⠀
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Don't miss the final film of the Alejandro Jodorowsky Season here at #TriskelCinema. Screening tonight only at 6pm!⠀
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#cinema #cork #corkcinema #arthousecinema #film

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Only two more showings of the #documentary @midnighttravelerfilm at #TriskelCinema. Call by either tonight or tomorrow at 9.10pm to see what the Guardian calls a "gripping...powerful, personal piece of work."⠀
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#film #movie #autobiography #migration #cinema #cork #corkcinema

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It is the final showing of the film @AHiddenLifeFilm tonight at #TriskelCinema! Make sure not to miss this film by Director Terrence Malick, which tells the real-life inspired story of hero Franz Jägerstätter who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. ⠀
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Screening starts at 6pm, so pre-book your tickets online now or call in to the box office before the screening!⠀
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#film #movie #cinema #cork #corkcinema

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With the finale of the Alejandro Jodorowsky Season quickly approaching at #TriskelCinema, what has been your favourite film by director Jodorowsky so far? Is El Topo, The Holy Mountain or Fando y Lis one of your favourites, or are you holding out for Santa Sangre to be your new favourite?⠀
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Pre-book your tickets now for the final film of the season Santa Sangre, which screens tomorrow evening at 6pm! Hope to see you there!

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Did you know... in 1863, a human heart was found enclosed in a lead cyst within the crypt here at Triskel Christchurch. It was uncovered when a workman was lowering a portion of the foundation of a pillar from the old church. In a recess he found the heart resting on a coffin lid, which had a metal plate with ‘1549’ inscribed up on it.⠀
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The lead cyst has no information as to whose heart resides within. It is not known how long the heart remained entombed in the crypt. Neither is it known what station in life the owner of the heart occupied in life, nor if it was a religious rite or sentimental gesture.⠀
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What we do know is that for the medieval mindset the heart represented the entire body and functioned as the receptacle for the record of a man’s life. Separate burial of the heart is a funerary practice based on mystical belief in the power of the heart. The practice of heart burial derives thus from the soul and human consciousness being associated with the heart. The part most sought after, the noblest part, was the heart, the secret of life and emotion. The funerary practice of heart removal and separate burial was a widespread custom among the elite classes of northern medieval Europe, amongst royalty, nobility, warriors and ecclesiastics and nobles who died away from home.⠀
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If you want to learn more about the heritage of Triskel Christchurch, take a look at the Triskel webpage and click 'Heritage' under the About section. ⠀
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#heritage #history #cork #ireland

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Read on for more information about the costume design in @AHiddenLifeFilm, very interesting material!⠀
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The family’s various pursuits required a wardrobe that reflected not just their interests but their economic status, all part of costume designer Lisy Christl’s commitment to authenticity.⠀
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“There is always imagination with costumes. But in this case, the most important part was getting as close to the reality as possible,” Christl explains. Christl, who is from Bavaria in Southern Germany, said the plethora of little museums in the mountain villages provided good research materials. “We made costumes especially for the characters but there are many original costumes out there. It was important to find nice, worn, old pieces.”⠀
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“I have quite a lot of books from this time period. You can still find flea markets with original pictures,” says Christl. “When we started to work in South Tyrol, I found a fantastic book about people in the mountains in these rural valleys. It was inspiring and the faces of the people were inspiring, real people working on the fields.”⠀
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Christl’s eye caught many small but pivotal details. For instance the Wehrmacht German army uniforms that that the Austrian recruits wore had one difference.⠀
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“The piping around the shoulder pieces were different—they were light blue for these special units (of the German army). It is very important to get it right but it is what I do in my daily working life.”⠀
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Don't miss the final three showings of A Hidden Life, today Sun 23 Feb from 1pm and 6pm, with the last screening being Mon 24 Feb at 6pm. This film is not to be missed, so pre-book your seats now or call into the box office to book your seats for today or tomorrow!⠀
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#film #biography #german #cork #cinema #corkcinema

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‪Save the date! Our #TriskelWedding coordinator will be at the Wedding Showcase in @kinsalehotelandspa tomorrow from 2-5pm - come say hi! 🌹👰🏻❤️‬
#irishbride #corkbride #civilceremony #weddingwithadifference #bride #wedding #weddingshowcase #weddingfair

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Did you know that the film @AHiddenLifeFilm was mainly shot using natural light?⠀
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Early on, Malick and Widmer decided to shoot primarily using natural light, turning to artificial illumination only on rare occasions. At the mercy of nature, Widmer and his crew had to be flexible.⠀
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“Changing lighting conditions required a continuous attention for stop changes to ensure proper exposure,” explains cinematographer Widmer. For all the other sets, including the prison cells, the team worked with the sun, adjusting the schedule to the appropriate time of day until they lost the light. “The barns were always shot when the openings of the buildings provided sunlight or at least brightness,” says Widmer.⠀
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The team only had to change the shooting schedule once: When the weather forecasters said it wasn’t going to be sunny on the day they planned to shoot the interior of the water mill.⠀
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The production was shot digitally on the Red Epic Dragon camera system. The camera was selected for its ability to handle stark contrast within a scene, preserving details in both the highlights and shadows of the image, while still maintaining realistic color.“We were prepared to keep the camera gear small,” says Widmer. “The lighting gear consisted mostly of bounce boards and blacks.”⠀
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A Hidden Life is at #TriskelCinema until Mon 24 Feb. Come by tonight or any night until the 24th from 6pm, with an extra showing at 1pm Sun 23 Feb.⠀
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#film #cinema #cork #corkcinema

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Santa Sangre will be screening this coming Tuesday, 25 Feb at 6pm. Be sure to join us for the finale of the Alejandro Jodorowsky Season at #TriskelCinema!⠀
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#film #cork #cinema #corkcinema #jodorowsky

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Don't miss out on the Artist Talk with artist Fiona Kelly (@freerangedfiona) and curator Miguel Amado happening in the #TriskelGallerySpace at 12pm TODAY! Hope to see you there and that there will be lots of questions and discussion around work as an artist and/or curator.⠀
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In a recent Triskel Gets to Know, we interviewed Fiona Kelly. The interview is up on our website under Latest News, check it out. When asked who are the three dream people to have at a dinner party, she answered: "Peter, Teresa and Michael. I am never good in formal situations, I can’t imagine what I’d be like with one’s heroes… to be honest, I’d probably faint! Spending time with my partner and hilarious friends is far too rare, so, I’d choose them." If you had a dinner party, who are your three dream people you'd like to attend?⠀
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#TriskelVisualArts #artist #art #contemporaryart #irishart #cork #corkprintmakers

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#TriskelCinema has two new films screening today, @AHiddenLifeFilm and the Academy Award Nominated @midnighttravelerfilm. ⠀
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Based on real events, from writer-director Terrence Malick, A Hidden Life is the story of the unsung hero Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keep his spirit alive. ⠀
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Midnight Traveler is a gripping vérité story made by a family on the run, directed by Hassan Fazili. In 2015, after Hassan Fazili’s documentary Peace aired on Afghan national television, the Taliban assassinated the film’s main subject, and this put a price on Hassan’s head. Hassan looked at his wife and his daughters, and he knew they had to flee their home. Over the course of their multi-year saga in search of safety, the family grasped onto the only means they had to assert control over their situation: their camera-phones.⠀
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@AHiddenLifeFilm: 21 February 6pm, 22 February 6pm, 23 February 1pm/6pm and 24 February 6pm⠀
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@midnighttravelerfilm: 21 February 9.10pm, 22 February 9.10pm, 23 February 4.10pm/9.10pm, 24 February 9.10pm and a final screening 25 February 9.10pm⠀
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Don't miss these films. Make sure to pre-book your tickets now!

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For the final concert of the #BeethovenReflected series, Donnacha Dennehy presents a new companion piece for Beethoven’s last and most reflective quartet, his F major quartet Op.135. Join us Sat 7 Mar at 1.10pm for a perfect #lunchtimeconcert, make sure to pre-book your tickets because this series has been hugely popular.⠀
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‘The pieces in this concert reflect upon each other, their makers or the myths around the music. Janacek’s first string quartet, “Kreutzer Sonata”, not only relates to Beethoven’s sonata for violin and piano of the same name but also to Tolstoy’s novella in which the Beethoven piece features dramatically. It’s a response to a kind of myth that’s built up around Beethoven – Beethoven the romantic hero.⠀
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But Beethoven was not just that of course. Many think of his final complete quartet, Op. 135, as the most Haydnesque of his late period. It hearkens back to the wit of his teacher, probably the leading writer of string quartets before Beethoven himself. I love the joy and the playful pushing of form in this quartet, where wrong turns work like viruses in the music. The quartet flies in the face of any kind of grand narrative for Beethoven’s final works. I like that it throws a spanner in the works. My short quartet, “Wig”, builds off some of the wrong turns in the 2nd movt. of Op. 135.’ – Donnacha Dennehy⠀
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The Esposito Quartet will perform pieces by Beethoven and Donnacha Dennehy. ⠀
Mia Cooper, violin⠀
Anna Cashell, violin⠀
Joachim Roewer, viola⠀
William Butt, cello⠀
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Commissioned by the National String Quartet Foundation with funds from The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.⠀
#TriskelLiveMusic #TriskelClassical #classicalmusic #classical #viola #violin #cello

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ECM Recording Artist and Saxophonist Iain Ballamy has composed a setting of the poem ‘The Owl’ by the late Matthew Sweeney. Co-commissioned by Triskel Arts Centre and Cork World Book Festival, and supported by The Arts Council Commissioning Award for Music, this work will be performed as a world premiere as part of Cork World Book Fest 2020 (@corkworldbook) and is a personal tribute by the Composer to Matthew Sweeney who was a leading poet of his generation. ⠀
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Iain Ballamy – saxophones⠀
Matthew Sharp – cello⠀
Kit Downes – piano / keyboard⠀
Roy Dodds – percussion⠀
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Don't miss this tribute to Matthew Sweeney on Sat 25 April, at 8pm. Tickets are already starting to sell, so we advise to pre-book your tickets now, so you don't miss out on this event! Remember, there are #nobookingfees.⠀
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#TriskelLiveMusic #TriskelMusic #cork #bookfest #bookfestival #music #poem #poetry #authors #writers #saxophone #cello #piano

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With the end of February nearing that means we are also coming close to the end of our Alejando Jodorowsky season here at #TriskelCinema. ⠀
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Come join us next week at 6pm on Tuesday 25 February to see the screening of Jodorowsky's 1989 film Santa Sangre. Santa Sangre lives up to the surreal heights of his earlier films, and many consider this film to be his masterpiece.⠀
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The film flashbacks to a young Fenix, the son of two circus performers – his father being the adulterous circus master and his mother a trapeze artist who leads a cult of the Santa Sangre temple. The temple is the site of a gruesome crime, where a young girl was dismembered. However, more crimes as such are to follow Fenix, like the death of his beloved elephant. We then see Fenix into adulthood, where his painful memories from childhood come to haunt him and also, become a reality.⠀
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Tickets from the link in the bio!⠀
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#cinema #cork #corkcinema #arthousecinema #film

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