A Shut and Open Case
Photographic Imaginings Beyond the Borders of Orange Halls
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21875540 |
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| Authors | Philip Arneill (0000-0002-9755-2682, University of Ulster, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 132-146 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Architecture and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2050-7836 • E-ISSN: 2050-7828 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/20507828.2024.2368988 |
| OpenAlex | W4408674981 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Orange Halls are traditional meeting places for the Orange Order, a religious fraternal organization active in Ireland since 1795.They are ubiquitous on the island of Ireland, where the preoccupation with and importance of boundaries is endemic.This visual paper focuses on my photographic research of these outward-facing architectural markers of Protestant cultural identity.Through a selection of eight images, I demonstrate how I am creating both a photographic archive of this Protestant architecture and a more subjective body of images, the latter achieved by digitally manipulating photographs to imagine alternatives beyond the borders of their (b)locked windows and doors.Drawing inspiration from the work of artists such as Victor Sloan and Se an Hillen, I digitally manipulate my images of Orange Halls to generate a transparency, albeit imaginary, and thus assert control over their physical and ideological borders.It's not so much that I want to get inside -I can imagine the smell, the slightly suffocating silence.Ill-chosen carpets or burnished wooden floors conjure the church halls of my youth.It's more that I
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| Highly cited | No |
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