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ArchiveBorn 1967 in Ireland
Fulbright scholar and cinematographer, Clare Langan is one of Ireland's most celebrated artists. She represented Ireland in the 25th Bienal de Sao Paulo, 2002. With previous experience working in the world of commercial high-budget films such as Braveheart, Some Mother's Son and The Boxer, she refrains from elaborate manipulation of images in post-production, relying instead on the inherent sensuality of film. Her much acclaimed A Film Trilogy - Forty Below, Too Dark for Night and Glass Hour was presented at numerous important venues and biennales worldwide, most notably at MoMA in New York as part of its Mediascope Program, 2003, Tate Liverpool, 2002, the Irish Museum of Modern Art 2002, and the Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Tokyo, 2003.
Following the Prinicipal Prize Award for Metamorphosis at Oberhausen Film Festival in May 2007, Langan’s work was selected by Isabelle Bertolotti, curator of Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyons as part of Rendez-Vous for the Lyons Biennale. It was also included in Terra Infirma, curated by Berta Sichel, Director of Audiovisual & Film, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Spain, at Pratt Institute Gallery, New York later that year.
The ICA, London commissioned Langan in 2007 to make new film I Gaer with musicians Sigur Ros for Becks Fusions, shown on 12 screens in a 360º pod in Trafalgar Square and toured to other important museum venues.
 Clare Langan, I Gaer, three screen projection, 6 mins 16 secs, commissioned by the ICA, London, 2007. |
