Vivienne Dick | |
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| Born | 1950 (age 74–75) |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, Lecturer |
Vivienne Dick (born 1950) is an Irishfeministexperimental anddocumentaryfilmmaker. Her early films helped define theNo Wave scene.[1] According toTheIrish Times, Dick is "one of the most important film-makers Ireland has produced".[2]
Dick was born inDonegal and grew up in Ireland during the 1950s, attendingUniversity College Dublin there in the 1960s. After travels in Europe, India and Mexico, she emigrated to theUnited States in 1975.[3] She relocated to London in the mid-1980s and returned to Ireland in the mid-1990s.[4] Dick currently lives inGalway and teaches filmmaking atGalway-Mayo Institute of Technology.[5]
Upon her arrival in the U.S., Dick became an integral figure inNo Wave film culture and produced a series of seminalSuper8 short films.[6] Living in New York, which was undergoing a recession and an inexpensive place to live, many of her films were staged around well-known sites such asConey Island, theStatue of Liberty, and theWorld Trade Center. The films featuredpunk performers such asLydia Lunch,Pat Place (of the bandBush Tetras) and Adele Bertei (ofThe Contortions). Film critic and authorJ. Hoberman has called Dick the "quintessential No Wave filmmaker".[7]
After leaving the United States, Dick's work took on a more political tone. She was an active member of theLondon Filmmakers Coop during her time in the city. Her 2014 film,The Irreducible Difference of the Other, acknowledges her longstanding interest inLuce Irigaray.[8] Her work is examined in the 2010 documentaryBlank City, which discusses the No Wave movement. Her name appears in the lyrics of theLe Tigre song "Hot Topic."[9]
Dick's work formed part of two major retrospectives of Americanavant-garde film:No Wave Cinema 1978-87 (1996) at theWhitney Museum, New York andBig as Life: An American History of Super8 Film (1999) at theMuseum of Modern Art, New York and thePhiladelphia Museum of Art. Vivienne's work was the subject of a retrospective at the Crawford Arts Centre, with an accompanying monograph co-published by the Crawford Arts Centre and theLUXTate Modern,London in late 2010. It included a collection of her remarkable films and included a performance byLydia Lunch as well as discussions withNan Goldin, Claire Pajaczkowska, and Maeve Connolly, as well as films by other artists selected by Dick.[citation needed]
"In 2017 IMMA presented 93% STARDUST, a survey exhibition of Dick’s work."[10]
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