Can't contain myself any longer! The prestigious @Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam shortlisted my recent Iolaire animation, Tha thu air Aigeann m' Inntinn, along with my 2013 short film, Faodail, for their Municipal Art Acquisitions 2020 exhibition! @gaelicmedia 1/5
The curators were looking for works that "disseminate intangible, embodied, and personal forms of knowledge transfer to challenge prevailing knowledge power structures". I figured that my films, built around Gaelic oral history, did just that. @EU_SSSA 2/5
They didn't make the final cut (the curators couldn't find "a suitable framing") but it's so good to see Gaelic given serious consideration in the international contemporary art world. For me, personally, it was also a shot in the dark, and it has given me a tremendous boost. 3/5
There's part of me that wonders whether international institutions are more likely to treat Gaelic with fairness and respect than Scottish institutions, "the prevailing knowledge power structures". Okay then, I'll keep embracing the opportunities, and I'll keep challenging.👊 4/5
What I'm saying is this: don't let the buggers get you down. The ones who think they know all they need to know about Gaelic. Because out there, much bigger than all of them, is a world that wants to know more. 'S urrainn dhuinn seo a dhèanamh a chàirdean. We can do this.😎😘 5/5
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