Maria McManus.
Maria was born in Enniskillen and lives in Belfast. Her poetry collections are Reading the Dog, We Are Bone, and Available Light, pamphlets, The Cello Suites and Ellipses.
Collaborations include Wretches, Ellipses, and Tierra Salida (libretti), BIND, Epilogue, TURF, and Roots (poetry/dance) and Medusa’s Notebook (immersive digital poetry). She founded Quotidian with Poetry Jukebox. She serves on the boards of Irish PEN and Poetry Ireland.
Medusa’s Notebook
Location: Bank of Ireland buildings, Royal Avenue
For the Look North Festival we present a 5 minute excerpt from the original 12 minute composition
For 100 years, Medusa has cast her unflinching gaze from the Art Deco Bank on Royal Avenue.
Medusa’s Notebook is a digital immersive experience - a unique perspective of Belfast from the 1920’s to the present and into the future in the voice of Medusa. Her effigy, intended to ward off the 'evil eye', appeared on Bank of Ireland banknotes for many years and it is carved into the Art Deco bank on Royal Avenue.
BAFTA nominee Roisin Gallagher is the voice of Medusa, scripted as a vivid narrative poem written by the acclaimed Belfast-based poet Maria McManus.
The soundscape is designed by NI Music Album of the Year Award winner ARBORIST (Mark McCambridge).
Credits / Collaborators:
Writer & Producer: Maria McManus | Quotidian - Word on the Street NI
Voice of Medusa: Róisín Gallagher
Composer: Mark McCambridge (Arborist)