The Poorhouse Revisted
18th January 2012
As part of the Joinery’s Selected Stories series, The Poorhouse Revisited was presented here for the first time. In a unique event that elaborates on the randomness of the film’s rediscovery and physical decay, it was screened to a live, improvised performance by Brian Conniffe, Diarmuid MacDiarmada and Suzanne Walsh.
Michael Higgins is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Dublin. He has completed 5 feature films and numerous short films. His work involves a range of both digital and analog technologies concerning people’s perception of time and reality.