Beep Beep! Readings from Barry Kehoe on The Old Liffey Ferry

Join this unique boat tour down the Liffey with historian and writer Barry Kehoe who will be sharing his written contribution to Liliane Puthod’s solo exhibition Beep Beep.

For this reading, Barry will draw from several key critical theories including Mark Fischer's concerns about time in TV supernatural sci-fi/fantasy series Sapphire and Steel, Guy Debord's concept of psychogeography, and Marc Augé's idea of ‘non-spaces’. By exploring thematics present in Liliane Puthod’s Beep Beep, Barry will investigate how petro-consumerism, post-industrial decay, nostalgia, time travel, dystopias, ‘awkward objects' and the 'ghost in the machine' conflate to alter our perception of time and movement: a disruption to the chronospheric* flow of life itself.

* Definition by Steward Stafford, 2019: 'An infinite time superhighway containing chronological and coexisting past, present and future timelines and the wormholes within and around them where the theoretical possibility of time travel can occur.’

Meet at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. The tour will end at North Wall Quay. You are then very welcome to walk with us to The Pumphouse for a short introduction to the exhibitions, Longest Way Round, Shortest Way Home.

This is an open top passenger ferry trip on an historic vessel, travelling down the River Liffey. Lifejackets are not necessary to wear but are provided on the ferry. Total walking time is approximately 15–20 minutes.

Please note, the ferry schedule may be affected by weather and tide times. A member of the TBG+S team will contact you in the event of schedule disruptions.

For further access information please contact TBG+S Learning + Public Engagement Curator Órla Goodwin.

Text and public events commissioned for Beep Beep, a solo exhibition by visual artist Liliane Puthod. Beep Beep is supported by The Arts Council Project Award and is part of Longest Way Round, Shortest Way Home, two exhibitions at the Pumphouse, in partnership with Dublin Port Company.

Image descripton: A film photograph taken from inside a Renualt 4 as it boards a car ferry.