Dumbworld is going to Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023!

10th – 20th August

Dumbworld presents… A New Topography of Love, The Scorched Earth Trilogy and the beginning of Where We Bury the Bones.

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A New Topography of Love

An opera, infused video game elements played on a bespoke arcade console.

Mon 14 – Tues 15 August

Free Entry

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The Scorched Earth Trilogy

A co-production with Irish National Opera

A trio of satirical films inspired by environmental disaster and the lack of serious climate action. Experienced in a way whole new way – through your headphones with the audio transmitted by Isolde, a ground-breaking new mobile app!

Mon 14 – Tues 25 August, 5.30 – 6.30 pm

Tickets: On Sale

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Where We Bury the Bones: roundtable discussion

In 2021 the Abbey Quarter skatepark provided the canvas for Dumbworld’s site-specific work, Carnival of Shadows: # 1 Possible Human. For KAF 2023, John McIlduff and Brian Irvine lead a round-table discussion on the skatepark’s past, present, and future that will help to develop Where We Bury the Bones, a new work for KAF 2024.

Sat 19 August, 12 pm

Parade Tower

Tickets: On Sale