CONFESSIONS USES A QUEER AND LIBERATORY LENS TO REEXAMINE THE LEGACY OF CATHOLICISM AND ITS RICH VISUAL AND HAPTIC CULTURE, POSITIONING THE BODY AS A LOCUS OF BOTH HORROR AND DESIRE. CONFESSIONS FUSES THE SPIRITUAL AND THE SENSUAL, AND SEEKS TO CREATE SPACE FOR THE ‘HIGH-TEMPERATURE VISIONARY OBSESSIONS’ WE ARE DEPRIVED OF BY SECULAR SOCIETY.  TAKING ITS TITLE FROM THE LONG TRADITION OF ‘CONFESSIONAL’ TEXTS, FROM ST AUGUSTINE’S CONFESSIONS AND YUKIO MISHIMA’S CONFESSIONS OF A MASK TO MADONNA’S CONFESSIONS ON A DANCEFLOOR, THE EXHIBITION ASKS IF IT’S POSSIBLE TO FIND REDEMPTION THROUGH INTIMACY OR ARTICULATE AN EROTICS OF TRANSCENDENCE. 

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FICHA ARTÍSTICA: 
AUSTIN HEARNE, DAVID LEAL, AND M LISSONI. 
CURATED BY ROSA ABBOTT 

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LOCAL, DATAS E HORÁRIOS DE APRESENTAÇÃO: 
LISMORE CASTLE ARTS, IRLANDA
The Mill, Lismore Co. Waterford
Sat-Sun, 12-5pm
29 JUL - 03 SEPT 2023 

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INFORMAÇÕES SOBRE BILHETEIRA: 
ENTRADA GRATUITA  
CLASSIFICAÇÃO ETÁRIA: 
+18

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LINK PARA SITE: 
http://www.davidleal.net/​
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Data de publicação: 25-07-2023