Art + Literature Book Club: Derek Jarman, 'Through The Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping'

This is a free event. Spaces are limited, booking is essential.

Jarman's only work of narrative fiction, this book is 'a literary fairytale acid-trip road movie hybrid'. Written in 1971, in the context of the then emerging ecological crisis, the book provides a unique juxtaposition of the beauty of nature with the reckless consumption of modernity. Using theses themes of consumption and ecology, and in the case Liliane Puthod's Beep Beep, the road-trip, the book offers an entry in which to discuss the exhibitions of Longest Way Round, Shortest Way Home.

Longest Way Round, Shortest Way Home presents two off-site solo exhibitions by Yuri Pattison and Liliane Puthod at the Pumphouse, Dublin Port. dream sequence by Yuri Pattison simulates the subconscious somatic, and psychological dream state, as well as how environmental shifts can influence the perception of reality. The work is an analogy of virtual metaverses and a transgressive escape from a hostile world. Liliane Puthod's Beep Beep consolidates her research on handmade and mechanised production, commodity fetishism, and the archaeology of consumerism through reanimating her late-father's Renault 4. This large-scale immersive artwork is a culmination of a road trip from her home town in France to the exhibitions at Dublin Port.

The event will start with a brief tour of each exhibition, followed by a group discussion, led by Sadbh O’Brien (TBG+S). The discussion will focus on the various shared concepts and thematic approaches between Jarman's Through The Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping and each of the artists' exhibitions. In advance of the event, participants will be sent information including an extract from the book, although reading the book in full is encouraged.

A limited number of copies are available for the unwaged. Please contact TBG+S Learning + Public Engagement Curator Órla Goodwin to request a copy.