Design and Destroy

An Exploration of Irish Design through the Medium of Virtual Reality

Presented in Virtual Reality, the Irish exhibition is curated by Jo Mangan, Artistic Director of Carlow Arts Festival and The Performance Corporation. This exhibition meets designers and their work within a Virtual Reality world – in their studios, on stage, in 360 visualisations, and during the inevitable destruction of their creations. With this approach we try to capture the fact that stage design exists for short and beautiful periods of time and struggle to capture the essence of the live experience.

Film Credits:
Director – Jo Mangan;
Camera and Editing – Jack Morrow – RETìníZE;
Associate Director – Peter Power;
Sound Design – Peter Power;
Digital Artist “Hoffmann’s Eye” – Istvan Laszlo;
Writer and Performer – Emmet Kirwan;
Dancer – Justine Cooper;
Technical Team – Laura Honan, Bill Woodland – The Lir, Pádraig O’Grady & David Cosgrove – RETìníZE;
Producer – Tríona Ní Dhuibhir;
Curator – Jo Mangan;
Featured Designers
John Comiskey – Set and Lighting Designer in his home studio;
Peter Power – Composer, featuring music from
In Clouds co-composed with Michael Gallen;
Katie Davenport – Set Designer, featuring Hoffmann’s Eye from The Tales of Hoffmann;
Sarah Jane Shiels – Lighting Designer, featuring excerpts from Dublin Oldschool;
Ciaran Bagnall – Set and Lighting Designer,
featuring the set of Hard to be Soft – A Belfast Prayer,
Red, and The Luminaire Club in his home studio;
Niall Rea – Set Designer, featuring the set
for The Belfast Tempest;
Catherine Fay – Costume Designer, featuring costumes
from Bastard Amber, Totems, The Return of Ulysses
and Orfeo ed Euridice

Country/Region Ireland

Curator Jo Mangan

Team Producer: Tríona Ní Dhuibhir, Production Manager: Aisling Mooney, Marketing: Noelia Ruiz, Publicity: Cerstin Mudiwa, Front of House / Stage Managers: Pádraig Ó Grady and Christina Quill

Partners Funded by Culture Ireland, supported by the Arts Council