Chruthaigh Keith Wallace, ceoltóir agus ealaíontóir atá lonnaithe i nGaillimh, 'The Plassey Project'. Tionscadal é faoi longbhriseadh an MV Plassey i Márta 1960 agus an chaoi ar tharrtháil na hoileánaigh an criú. Is fuaimrian é an 'Plassey Project' lena dtéann scannán seachas scannán ar cuireadh fuaimrian leis.

Ba le linn cónaitheacht ar Inis Oírr a tógadh míreanna an scannáin, déanadh taifid taobh amuigh ag suíomh an Plassey agus nascadh isteach iad leis an bhfuaimrian muirí a bhí cumtha, seinnte agus taifeadta ag Wallace (seinneann sé ceol faoin ainm Loner Deluxe). Trí chomhcheangal an fhuaimriain leis na píosaí scéalaíochta insítear scéal mór na heachtra seo a tharla 65 bliain ó shin amach ó chósta fiáin agus gaofar iarthar na hÉireann.

Eachtra dodhearmadta, hiopnóiseach agus tumthach. Osclaíonn an ‘Plassey Project’ doras chuig an am atá imithe. Léirítear brú agus tarraingt na taoide i scéalaíocht shonach an fhuaimriain – na foinn ar nós cód Morse, ag ardú agus ag sleamhnú, an long agus an gusta agus meirg. Déanann an soitheach folamh seo torann.

Seolfar taispeántas an scannáin ealaíne closamhairc seo (23 nóiméad) in Áras Éanna, ar Inis Oírr - an tIonad Ealaíon is faide siar san Eoraip, ar an 4 Iúil 2025 ag 2i.n. agus ina dhiaidh sin taispeánfar é ar feadh dhá mhí.

Buíochas le Comhairle Ealaíon na hÉireann, Éire Ildánach agus Áras Éanna a chuir tacaíocht ar fáil don scannán.

Created by Galway-based musician and artist Keith Wallace, 'The Plassey Project' recounts the shipwreck of the MV Plassey in March 1960 and the subsequent rescue of its crew by the islanders of Inis Oírr. 'The Plassey Project' is a soundtrack accompanied by a film as opposed to a film augmented by a soundtrack.

The film elements were shot during a residency on Inis Oírr, where field recordings from the site of the shipwreck were also captured and woven into the fabric of the maritime soundtrack that was composed, played and recorded by Wallace (who makes music under the name Loner Deluxe). The film soundtrack and storytelling strands all come together to tell the mythic tale of the epic events of 65 years ago off the wild and windy west coast of Ireland.

An evocative, hypnotic and immersive experience, 'The Plassey Project' opens a portal to the past. The push and pull of the Atlantic tides are reflected in the sonic storytelling of the soundtrack - the morse code melodies, the lift and drift, the ghost ship and the gust and rust. This empty vessel makes noise.

The exhibition of this 23 minute audio-visual art-film will have its launch at Áras Éanna on Inis Oírr - Europe's most westerly Arts Centre on July 4th 2025 at 2pm, where it will be screened for two months.

This project was kindly supported by The Arts Council of Ireland, Creative Ireland and Áras Éanna.