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It encompasses and articulates our socio-cultural heritage through a range of art media. The photographic and video materials <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span>will form part of the Laois County Library Digital Repository and Archive.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Using photography and video<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">, Annie<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"> focus<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">es<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"> on how the process of documentation and storytelling can itself create space, physically and emotionally, for real dialogue and the narration of personal stories &#8211; past and present. <\/span> <span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">She also explores old family photos, dating back generations, as the only tangible bridge that connects the past with the present and her photographs that will connect current and future generations. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Speaking\u00a0about her work, Annie\u00a0says:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>&#8216;I believe that the past of any human being is never permanent, but constantly being reconstructed in the present&#8217;.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10746,"template":"","class_list":["post-10745","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Children of the Free State by Annie Holland - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the past 2 years, Laois artist, Annie Holland has begun conversations with older people from rural Laois born before or just after 1922, taking photograpic portraits\u00a0and engaging in conversations about the past and the present.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/children-of-the-free-state-by-annie-holland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Children of the Free State by Annie Holland - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the past 2 years, Laois artist, Annie Holland has begun conversations with older people from rural Laois born before or just after 1922, taking photograpic portraits\u00a0and engaging in conversations about the past and the present. 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