Following from the popularity of his recent Documentary, Born That Way, which screened twice at Galway Arts Centre, Nuns Island in December and was broadcast on RTÉ One, Éamon Little’s 2011 documentary, Living Colour, will screen at Campbells Tavern in Cloughanover on Wednesday May 27 next at 8pm, with proceeds going to support a beleaguered family in Gaza, one of whom has made it to live in Galway.
Like Born That Way, Living Colour also offers an insight into the wonderful world of the Camphill approach to life, this time in the setting of an eclectic art studio, some of the artists in which designed the memorable Big River Parade brought to life in great style by Macnas for Galway and Kilkenny Arts Festivals in 2006.
Living Colour is a film about an abstract watercolour painter who takes three and a half minutes to climb into a van, a chatterbox stone carver with the shakes, a woman who colours her dreams, a precision ink-drawer who stares into fires, a diminutive sage who makes satirical animations and the motley collective of other artists with special support needs with whom they share a studio. It is a charming, moving and hilarious reflection on the deeply human need to make art.
This 82-minute observational documentary explores the world of an unusual artists' collective in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, a studio which focuses on the artists' lives and extraordinary work. As it takes us farther into their unique world, the film builds into an often hilarious and intimate portrayal of a medley of charming and vibrant characters. Living Colour is a rich and rewarding cinema experience and is, in itself, a celebration of what it is to be human."
