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Photography Film Video

Megan Aann Dylan Lawlor

This project, titled “Ennui”, explores the emotions that have arisen from the unrelenting lockdown that we have found ourselves subject to over the past year.

 

“Ennui” is a un mot français, a French word that has no direct translation into the English language. It is often incorrectly used by French students as its closest translation into English is the word “Bored”. However although It is described as a “feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction”, to say it is how one is feeling is to say that one has become weary of life itself and can no longer find pleasure in the everyday or the spectacular. Perhaps it is time we had such a word in the English language as this is a feeling many of become accustomed to over the last fourteen months.

 

When exploring the etymology of the two words, one discovers that the word “Bored” comes from the boring of holes, a dull repetitive motion. The word “Ennui”, derives from the Old French word, “Enui”, meaning “annoyance”, but look further into its etymology and it derives from a Latin word “Inodiare”, meaning “to make loathsome” . This further emphasises the modern meaning of the phrase and reveals another facet of melancholy to the word, an aspect that greatly lends itself to the feel of this artwork.

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Welcome to the Limerick School of Art & Design Graduate Show of 2022 featuring the work of final year LSAD Graduates from Animation & Motion Design, Creative Broadcast & Film Production, Ceramic Design, Creative Media and Design, Digital Animation Production, Fashion Design, Fashion & Textiles for Product & Costume, Game Art & Design, Graphic Design Communication, Music Technology & Production, Painting, Photography Film Video, Print Contemporary Practice, Sculpture & Combined Media and Professional Masters of Education in Art and Design with Digital Media.