Between
April and June, Dublin Sketchers will sketch in some of the locations that
appear in James Joyce’s Ulysses, which takes place on one day in Dublin
in 1904. That day is celebrated every year as Bloomsday, 16th June.
The Olives,
Oysters and Oranges sketchbook project will take inspiration from Ulysses,
and in particular the references to
food in Ulysses. Our work will parallel the exhibition of the same name at the Olivier Cornet
Gallery. The title for this project is taken from Flicka Small’s current
research into the semiotics of food in Ulysses.
The
sketchbooks will be a record of time and place, now and then. They will
reveal Ulysses, one drawing at a time.
How
do I integrate food into my sketching? How do I link the locations we sketch at
and the text from Ulysses? These are a few questions you may have. The answer,
of course is entirely up to you. You may be inspired by the text itself of
course. The whole universe as we know it exists in Ulysses. You can search
through Ulysses online. Or you may be inspired by the locations themselves. Or let your imagination run wild. Whatever
your approach, have fun. Just like Joyce had fun when writing Ulysses.
If
you want to join the Olives, Oysters and
Oranges sketchbook project, the dates for the sketch crawls are below.
Extra dates will be added when other locations can be sorted out.
The
sketchbooks will be exhibited upstairs at the Olivier Cornet Gallery on 15th
and 16th of June, during the Bloomsday Festival. If you don’t want
to exhibit your sketches, that is totally fine. Just come out with Dublin
Sketchers as usual.
Olives, Oysters and Oranges Sketchbook Project Dates
Sunday
28th April noon – 4pm: Sketch crawl from O'Connell Street down Grafton Street,
past Davy Byrne’s pub and onto the National Library. This route follows the
course of the hungry Lestrygonians chapter of Ulysses and
ends up in the National Library for a heated debate about Shakespeare in
the Scylla and Charybdis episode
Sunday
5th May 2pm – 4pm: location to be advised.
Full
details of each sketch crawl will be available on www.dublinsketchers.com in the week
leading up to the event.
Further resources available
for inspiration:
This
short video gives some low down on the chapter. You can also take inspiration
from the Scylla and Charybdis chapter that takes place in the National
Library. Here's a short
video about it. Both are presented by John Singleton.
Another
good resource is the Joyce
Project
Here's
an 18 minute intro to the whole book.
And of course don't forget the classic movie:
