FORCE 10

When FORCE 10, a journal of Irish writing founded and edited by Dermot Healy, first appeared one of its keenest champions was the Cork based poet and reviewer Sean Dunne.

He captured the essential character of FORCE 10’s mix of work by new and established writers, interviews and photographs when he said: “The country is full of oddity, darkness, laughter and strangeness. It is also full of ordinary things and people. When you combine the two you end up with a marvel.”

Photography was an essential element in FORCE 10, and this one-off event in the Leitrim Sculpture Centre highlights work by the photographers who contributed to the thirteen issues of the journal published between 1998 and 2007. Along with documentation of that era, the exhibition incorporates a selection of posters and original cover art tracing Dermot Healy’s writing career, portraits from Mike Bunn’s Talking Heads series, and writer Winfred McNulty with photographer Heike Thiele’s High Shelves and Long Counters in situ in McKenna’s Shop.

Exhibition curated by Brian Leyden & Sean O’Reilly

Special thanks to Helen Gillard and the Dermot Healy estate.

The Fierce Moon Festival is directed by Susan McKay and curated by Vincent Woods.