Mythlantics – performance programme

Join us in Galway Arts Centre on Saturday, May 3rd, from 1pm–7pm for Mythlantics – a unique programme of live performances curated by Alice Rekab, in the context of their exhibition Clann Miotlantach / Mythlantics.

The Mythlantics performance programme features: Alice Rekab, Gliogar, Oluwatobi & Risteárd Ó hAodha, Jasmine Wood, Olan Monk and Vaticanjail.

The participating artists respond to Rekab’s positioning of the Atlantic Ocean as a terrain of mythological recovery that encapsulates stories shared by Irish and Black communities — including change, repression, and resistance across history. The performances also reflect Rekab’s ongoing interest in the historical processes of revitalising the Irish language in relation to nationhood and culture.

Schedule of Performances: 

13:00 Alice Rekab

14:00 Gliogar

15:00 Oluwatobi & Risteárd Ó hAodha

16:00 Jasmine Wood

17:00 Olan Monk

18:00 Vaticanjail

Entry to both the event and the exhibition is free and all are welcome. Capacity is limited so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

About the Artists

Alice Rekab is an Irish Sierra Leonean artist based in Dublin. Rekab takes their identity as a starting point to examine the intersection of personal and shared historical and cultural narratives. They trace fragments of their mixed-race experience through body and mind, geographies and politics.

Rekab researches and operates through the framework of the family unit. The artists comments: “I am the white passing child of a mixed marriage born into a very white space. Dublin in the late 1980s and early 1990s was a monoculture and I was the only one I knew with a Black dad and grandmother. I learned our story by heart – who we were and where we came from. I carried a photograph. I taught people how to say our surname, Rekab… Because of my light skin tone, people questioned if I was my father’s child. I told different parts of my family story to different people. This auto-redaction was an editorial-process-as-defence-mechanism; it made me up as a new person every time.”

Gliogar
Ar An Dé Deiridh is the story of Éamon Coséadrom, a messenger to the armed forces of the Uí Fhlaithbheartaigh Clan of Iar-Chonnachta, 1256 AD. After witnessing his brother fall in their defeat to the Norman forces of Walter de Burke, Éamon embarks on a marathon run from Maigh Cuilinn to Inis Mhic Ádhaimh, or An Cheathrú Rua as it is known today. His mission is to warn his people of their impending doom, and to grieve with his family: but how can he face them? And what can save those who remain? In this dark and complex tale of survival, exploring questions of colonialism and national identity, Éamon knows only one thing for certain: he must keep running.

Oluwatobi is a Nigerian-Irish interdisciplinary artist whose work spans visual art, dance, film, and spoken word. Drawing on Yoruba culture, Afrofuturism, and his Irish roots, his art explores identity, history, and community. With his Ara series, he reimagines cultural narratives through surreal, mixed-media works that bridge African and Irish traditions while embracing contemporary expression.

Risteárd Ó hAodha is a musician and composer who plays piano, cello and makes electronic music. He has a particular interest in the texture of music and the mix between acoustic instruments and digital music. Risteárd makes music for concerts, dancers, plays and even online installations. He has collaborated with the likes of Róis, Princ€ss, Gemma Dunleavy and Crash Ensemble.

American multidisciplinary artist and composer Jasmine Wood is based in Dublin. Her performances have taken place at the National Concert Hall, IMMA, and Broadway’s Hedwig & The Angry Inch. Her current work blends analog instrumentation with electronic processing, exploring identity, architecture, and the body’s response to space. Her latest release Piano Reverb was recorded in an empty Irish church and is out now on London’s AD 93 label.

Olan Monk is a musician, performer and writer from Conamara. Their practice involves experimental and popular songwriting, performing as a solo act and in collaboration with musicians, both locally and transnationally. They have performed and toured extensively in Ireland and abroad, and continue to produce new work from their home studio in the Gaeltacht region of Cois Fharraige. They co-founded C.A.N.V.A.S. with Lugh O’Neill as an events series and record label, established in 2018 to give collective agency to an increasingly dispersed community of artists. They are currently expanding their research practice to consider Sean-Nós singing from the West of Ireland in relation to contemporary performance.

Chilean-born, Dublin-based artist/producer Vaticanjail invites audiences into a world of sonic magical realism through playful sampling and surreal musical landscapes. Her live set blends lush piano, layered vocals, deep bass, and groovy percussion, offering a dreamlike mix of alt-electronic, dance, and alt-pop. Her new single ANGEL explores whimsical motion through sound, with her debut EP arriving in 2025.

This closing performance programme is curated by Alice Rekab in the context of their exhibition Clann Miotlantach / Mythlantics. This exhibition is organised by Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork in collaboration with Galway Arts Centre, and presented as part of a tour. The exhibition is realised in part with funding from the Arts Council through a Project Award and the tour is delivered with funding from the Arts Council through the Touring of Work Scheme.