Aughty film plan

A FILM about the community, landscape and culture of Sliabh Aughty will be made as part of a series of public art projects curated by Clare-based lecturer and artist, Dr Áine Phillips.

Galway-based film artists Tom Flanagan and Megs Morley are spending the next six months in the Sliabh Aughty region making a film about this unique rural region. The film is part of number of public art projects commissioned by Galway County Council and supported by Clare County Council called Aughty Public Art Projects.
Tom Flanagan and Megs Morley have been working together on short films for the last seven years and this film project aims to be a feature-length exploration of the Aughty Region and its hinterlands, spanning from Loughrea, Woodford, Tuamgraney, Crusheen to Ardrahan, aiming to capture the unique landscape of the region and its impact on everyday life for the people that live there.
They are calling on the people on both sides of the county borders living in the Aughty Region to help them identify the key agricultural, environmental, cultural and community moments, events and dates over the next six months.
The artists are interested in filming traditional and modern farming methods such as lambing, ploughing and planting along with any key events such as fairs or marts. Community examples might be local interest groups, sporting and school events such as concerts and religious activities. Environmental examples might include documenting natural lifecycles of native plants and animals of the woods, lakes and mountains. Cultural examples might be traditional music, singing and stories that might be told at home with family or at the pub, and special celebrations.
Tom and Megs are also very interested in the everyday, normal routines that take place in people’s lives in the area.
To provide any information that could help the artists create the film, contact them on 087 92020432 (Tom); 087 9140131 (Megs) or by emailing aughtythefilm@gmail.com