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AUTUMN | WINTER 2019
Jacob’s Biscuit Factory II by Joe Lee
From Dublin, Joe Lee graduated from the
National College of Art and Design as a Fine
Art Printmaker specialising in screen printing
in the early 1980s. He has worked predominately
as an independent film and video maker since
then, directing film and television documentaries
in a range of art and production contexts.
His work includes the arts documentary films
‘Heartfield’ (1991) about the life and work of
John Heartfield and ‘Hindesight’ (1993) about
the life and work of the photographer and
postcard producer John Hinde on the occasion
of an exhibition of his work at the Irish Museum
of Modern Art.
He has also made an extensive series of
film/arts projects with local communities in
areas around Dublin including; Inchicore,
O’Devaney Gardens, North West Inner City
Markets Area, the North East Inner City and
the Fairview Marino areas. The feature
documentary film ‘Fortunes Wheel: The Life
and Legacy of the Fairview Lion Tamer’ (2015),
produced and directed by Lee won the Dublin
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The Source Arts Centre
Film Critics Circle Award for Best Irish
documentary at the Dublin International Film
Festival 2015.
Joe Lee is currently working on a digital film
archival project with the IMMA, an oral history
project with the Sisters of Mercy congregation,
a centenary film project with Marino Residence
Association and a photomontage Giclée print
portfolio with Dominic Turner at Exhibit A.
Growing up through ‘The Troubles’ had a
significant effect on Sean Hillen’s choice of life
and career, as his parents bought him a camera
as one means to keep him out of harm’s way.
Additionally his work has often engaged with
issues directly related to the conflict and further
to those of nationality and nationhood.
Born in Newry, Hillen studied at Belfast College
of Art, moved to London in 1982 to study at
the London College of Printing and then the
Slade School of Art. Hillen began working on