PURE Multi Media Environmental Awareness Exhibition

Coláiste Bhríde students participating in PURE MUSIC competition

The PURE (Protecting Upland and Rural Environments) project is hosting a Multi Media Environmental Awareness Exhibition in the Courthouse Arts Centre in Tinahely on the 12^th July which will run for a period of 3 weeks.  The exhibition concentrates on the various multimedia projects PURE has produced to create environmental awareness, featuring 16 award winning short environmental animations, 7 environmental music videos, a short film on the community/environmental initiative, the PURE Mile and short films on illegal dumping in the Wicklow/Dublin uplands.

The exhibition opening will also include the first public screening of the recently completed primary school project entitled PURE WISDOM.  This short documentary interviewed and filmed 24 junior and senior students (4 to 6 years old) from Kilcommon National School in Tinahely, Co. Wicklow and asked for their opinions and thoughts regarding the environment, illegal dumping, litter, pollution and nature.  The interviews form an insightful 12 minute production which is both humorous and wise.

At the launch of the exhibition PURE will also announce the winners of the first PURE MUSIC competition.  The 6 secondary schools from Wicklow, South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire who completed the PURE MUSIC environmental training programme are competing for the prize of a one day professional recording session at Temple Lane Studios in Dublin where acts such as Snow Patrol, Kanye West, Rihanna and Morrissey have recorded.  Renowned Irish musician and PURE MUSIC judge Dave Hingerty will present the prize to the winning group.  Dave has played with The Frames, Josh Ritter, The Swell Season, and most recently Irish band Kila, composers of the original music score for this year’s Oscar nominated feature animation, ‘Song of the Sea’.

For further information visit  www.pureproject.ie

Author: Ian Davis, PURE Project Manager