Terminal Convention (NR)

synopsis

Terminal Convention was an ambitious hybrid event that inhabited the disused terminal of Cork Airport for two weeks this year. In the visual art strand of the programme, curated artists were invited to create pieces that were more or less specific to the building where they would be exhibited. The resulting film, Terminal Convention, considers these new arrivals in the light of their surrounds: a terminal devoid of people as the artworks obliquely converse, and the air is heavy with the weight of all that has passed through and on. Terminal Convention was commissioned by Static Gallery, Liverpool, where it will be simultaneously exhibited throughout the duration of the film festival.