Darklight creativity festival unveils line-up
15 September 09

Art, film and technology event, Darklight, has unveiled its line-
up for this year. The three-day festival of creativity will see performances, screenings, workshops, seminars, symposiums, visual art happenings and more.

Highlights include: A public interview and workshop with legendary music video director Mark Romanek. Mark directed the classic video for Hurt by Johnny Cash, and has worked with everyone from Michael Jackson and Madonna to Nine Inch Nails and Jay-Z; The Irish premier of a major new video installation, Three Potential Endings, from two-time Turner Prize nominee Willie Doherty, on Smithfield Plaza; A celebration of Oscar-nominated Irish animation company Brown Bag; Collaborations with cutting-edge Irish companies thisisnotashop, Synth Eastwood, Nartystation and Performance Corporation; A discussion with Anna Troberg, the vice-chairwoman of Sweden's Pirate Party - the political outfit dedicated to radical copyright reform who recently won two seats in the European elections.

2009 marks the 10th anniversary of Darklight and the organisers are celebrating the occasion by taking the party to Dublin's Smithfield district, where the Lighthouse Cinema and other venues will host a feast of events.

More details from darklight.ie