Laura Gannon Film Screening Double Bill - Architect Part 1 & Glass House

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A screening of two short films shot in the west of Ireland, by artist Laura Gannon. Each film is set in a specific architectural location, responding to female creativity, rural architecture, and migration.

Architect Part 1 will be screened alongside an earlier film Glass House.

In Architect Part 1, a farmhouse sits on a mountainside, uninhabited for decades, its interior and exterior eroded by the elements. This is a result of its owner emigrating to England and the house was sold along with the farm. A reveal of architecture and the body, rural landscapes and migration.

In Glass House, the film examines a modernist church built in Connemara in 1962. Local emigrants who emigrated to America send back money to pay for its construction and furnishing. It features a stained-glass window designed by artist Phyllis Burke. Making visible modernity, a rural setting and an emigrant community who funded the building.

Film credits

Architect Part 1 (2025) 5 min

Featuring: Architect Jessica Reynolds

Composition: Susan Stenger

Location: Mayo farmhouse, a former home of the architect’s grandmother

Glass House (2022) 5 min 34 sec

Narrator: Stained glass artist Phyllis Burke

Location: Modernist Church Connemara designed by Leo Mansfield

Followed by a conversation with film director Laura Gannon whom will be joined by architect Jessica Reynolds, vPPR architects, with Fiona Kearney founding Director of the Glucksman Gallery, Cork as guest moderator.

Host or Publisher Architecture at the Edge