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    [EFF19S9] Session 9: The Joycean Society

    Cite as: Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew (2023): [EFF19S9] Session 9: The Joycean Society. Birkbeck College, University of London. doi: https://doi.org/10.18743/DATA.00000316

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    31 March 2019, 16:30, ICA Cinema

    Dora García’s film documents a Swiss reading group which since 1985 has met every week to explore the mysteries of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. Before the screening, a special reading event dedicated to Finnegans Wake took place in the ICA Studio, hosted by director Dora García and Finn Fordham, Royal Holloway London.

    Film: The Joycean Society, Dora García, Belgium, 2013, DCP, 53 minutes, English

    A famously mammoth and difficult text, James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake (1939) has long been regarded as a labyrinth of interpretations. In her film The Joycean Society, Spanish artist and filmmaker Dora García follows the activities of a small, Zurich-based group of Joyce enthusiasts who have met weekly for over thirty years to share their observations and interpretations of the Irish writer’s famed text. The film documents the group’s debates and discussions over their heavily annotated and well-thumbed copies of the book, depicting the importance of both the text and the rituals surrounding the group’s meetings.

    This screening was followed by an informal discussion led by Joe Brooker (English and Humanities, Birkbeck) and Finn Fordham (Royal Holloway London)

    This screening is presented in collaboration with LUX Artists Moving Image and with the support of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E).

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    1 - EFF19S9 Introduction (EFF19S9 Dora Garcia Joycean Society introduction 31-3-2019.MP3)

    2 - EFF19S9 Q&A (EFF19S9 Dora Garcia Joycean Society Q&A 31-3-2019.MP3)

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    [EFF19S9] Session 9: The Joycean Society
    Creators:

    Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew
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    ContributionNameEmailORCID
    CollaboratorMcCabe, Janetj.mccabe@bbk.ac.ukORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2916-9876
    CollaboratorYapp, Emmaeyapp01@student.bbk.ac.ukORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2646-6066
    CollaboratorFreeman, Nicolasnicolasfreeman@outlook.comUNSPECIFIED
    Subjects:

    Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
    Data collection method:

    The Essay Film Festival, active since 2015, presents a global range of contemporary and restored essayistic works. The events are now archived here for research purposes.
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    31 March 201931 March 2019
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    All film stills were provided by participating artists.
    Depositing User: Emma Yapp
    Date Deposited: 07 Jul 2026 14:04
    Last Modified: 07 Jul 2026 14:04
    Publisher: Birkbeck College, University of London

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    Cite as: Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew (2023): [EFF19S9] Session 9: The Joycean Society. Birkbeck College, University of London. doi: https://doi.org/10.18743/DATA.00000316

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