[Digital Arts] Culture Night 2023: ’Painting Mirror’ [fr]
Take part in this fun, interactive outdoor digital art installation presented by the French Embassy in association with the National Gallery of Ireland.
A real-time digital exhibition that puts you in the frame of your own masterpiece on a grand scale as we project your portrait or landscape onto the historical Merrion Square façade. For kids & adults alike, join in and have your picture taken & mirrored on the walls in the style of Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Mainie Jellett or other masters.
Be our muse and take part in this fun digital experience inspired by Irish, French & European chefs-d’oeuvre from the NGI collection & accompanied by Dj sets!
From anywhere in Ireland, France & beyond you can view the live projection on our Facebook Live & participate by sending your landscape photo in advance.
National callout for landscape photographs
From anywhere in Ireland, France and beyond, member of the public can participate by sending a photograph of a landscape or cityscape, along with their name, email address, name of the place and county to culturenight@ngi.ie by 18 September (by 12pm).
A selection of shortlisted photographs will then be stylised onto the exterior of the National Gallery of Ireland at Merrion Square in the heart of Dublin on Friday, 22 September 2023. The original, unedited photographs will be projected onto the wall, followed by a display of the same photographs, mirrored in the style of much loved artists such as Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Mainie Jellett and Harry Clarke and more.
Read more & Submit your photo here
Snap your picture on our Photo Booth
Visitors on Culture Night will also have the option to snap their portraits in a photo booth. These images will then be stylised in real-time and projected onto the walls of the Gallery too.
Painting Mirror is a new digital arts project that uses AI technology developed by Maxime Touroute, French digital artist and engineer, and Tom Veniat, PhD/Researcher in Artificial Intelligence.
Inspired by Irish, French and European chefs-d’oeuvre from the Gallery’s collection and accompanied by Dj sets, Painting Mirror will run from 8pm to 11pm outdoor in the Merrion Square court. It will also be broadcasted live on Facebook, so participants can watch their pictures being displayed as they appear on the live projection.
The French connection with the National Gallery is further celebrated as visitors will have an opportunity to see and know more about the gallery’s new acquisition of Paul Cézanne’s La Vie des Champs in the Modern European galleries (until 8.30pm).
This event is part of the European Culture Trail– a EUNIC Ireland (European Union National Institutes for Culture) initiative for Culture Night in cooperation with the European Commission Representation in Ireland.
Immerse yourself in the diversity of European languages and cultures on the European Culture Trail, where delights from France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, and Spain await you.
For those visiting European Culture Trail events in person, you are invited to download our “European Culture Trail Treasure Hunt” Passport and collect stamps or signatures at each stop. The passports with the most stamps at the end of the night will then be entered into a raffle for the chance to win some wonderful prizes. Download your European Culture Trail Passport here
Painting Mirror is presented by the French Embassy in Ireland in association with the National Gallery of Ireland.
Friday 22 September, 8pm-11pm
@ National Gallery of Ireland, 87 Merrion Square West, Dublin 2
Outdoor event - Admission Free no booking required
Suitable for all ages
Facebook Event Page - Culture Night website
Submit Your Landscape/Cityscape Photo in advance - by 12pm on 18 September to culturenight@ngi.ie
Watch on Facebook Live
