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26 giu 2024 · The Japanese photographer Akihiko Okamura first visited Northern Ireland during this formative phase of the thirty-year conflict, and his images capture, with understated eloquence, a sense of reality as shifting and unstable, both not quite real and all too real.
5 lug 2024 · There is no doubt that Belfast has come a long way from the height of The Troubles, the ethno-political conflict that lasted from 1969 to the mid-1990s and which plagued Northern Ireland...
7 lug 2024 · From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, renowned Japanese war photographer Akihiko Okamura (1929-1985) created a remarkable, compelling and largely unseen body of work in Ireland, north and south. This exhibition also launches a major programme which include sa documentary film and the first publication on Okamura’s Irish work.
2 lug 2024 · And while the political messages on the murals in Belfast are deeply entrenched, they’re also often (not always!) impressive works of art that are unique to the Northern Irish capital. In the guide below, you’ll get a closer look at some of the most prominent murals from both the Republican and Loyalist areas of Belfast.
- You'll find the Belfast murals scattered right the way across the city. If you scroll back up to the Google Map above you'll find the locations of...
- The murals in Belfast display important aspects each community’s culture and history. In a nutshell, the Belfast murals are a visual way of showing...
- The Belfast murals tour mentioned above is worth checking out. The reviews are excellent and the guide lived in the city during The Troubles.
1 lug 2024 · The film is an unflinching exploration of the human toll of the conflict in Northern Ireland, and paints a vivid portrait of violence and despair. '71 (2014) 2.9 out of 4 stars
21 giu 2024 · A mural depicting Bobby Sands, a member of the IRA who, died in prison in 1981 after a 66-day hunger strike. Less than a month before he died, Sands was elected to the British Parliament....
25 giu 2024 · A look at Northern Ireland's iconic murals: 25 years after Good Friday Agreement (EuroNews) These murals lie at the center of a debate over Northern Ireland’s future (PBS) How murals illustrate Northern Ireland's political landscape (UK Imperial War Museum)
