Just in time for Valentines Day Dr. Rebecca King O'Riain was invited to blog about her research on global love and the use of skype to coincide with a major exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
In their fourth and final 'Love Blog', Dr Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’Riain examines “notions of love over distance and meditated by technology”.
'What we call love is shaped by a changing society – changing notions of sexuality, marriage, and increasing acceptance of same-sex couples. In this exhibition, even physical representations of love reflect different ideas about where love resides in the body – the brain, the heart, the genitals. But what effects are globalization and technology having on these collective notions and social practices of love? Are globalization and technology use making the world a smaller, more intimate place, or do they take us away from those we love?' Read the full blog post at http://immablog.org/2016/01/15/how-do-bodies-of-lovers-who-are-not-together-in-the-same-space-love/
The Love Blog series is presented as part of the exhibition 'What We Call Love' which runs into its final three weeks, ending on 7 February 2016.
Upcoming Events in association with What We Call Love include:
IFI + IMMA Film Series
A film series, presented in partnership with the Irish Film Institute, will take place this weekend.
Saturday 23 Jan 2015, 1.30pm, IFI – Un Chant D’Amour (A Song of Love),Dir. Jean Genet, 1950, and L’age D’or, Dir. Louis Bunuel, 1930.
Sunday 24 Jan 2015, 1.30pm, IFI – Under The Skin, Dir. Jonathan Glazer, 2013.
Seamus Nolan, F**K IMMA
Exhibition: 12 January – 7 February 2016, Project Spaces.
Elmgreen & Dragset
Live Performance: ’24/7/365′, 2009, on Thursday 4 Feb, 1 – 5pm.