The title of this group exhibition is taken from the Belfast punk band Stiff Little Fingers’s song ‘It’s A Long Way To Paradise (From Here)’, which deals with the daily grind of living in an economically deprived urban environment – a broken city. The song’s title set the tone for this exhibition, which sets out to reflect the current frustrations resulting from the recent economic collapse and political upheavals, as interpreted through the urban environment and its inhabitants.
This exhibition will show the work of 10 engaging photographers from Ireland and around the world, whose work explores the contradictory nature of living in a modern city; combining a sense of anxiety and hope, of inertia and freedom, and of dreams and reality.Mark Curran
David Blackmore
Yaniv Waissa
Dan Shipsides
Diarmait Grogan
Paul Corcoran
Virginie Rebetez
Stephen Gunning
Sarah Sudhoff
Angela Darby & Robert Peters
