Michael Holly
Pass Me For I Am Strange

Pass Me, For I Am Strange is a short film by Askeaton Contemporary Arts’ long term collaborator Michael Holly that engages with myths and histories associated with Askeaton’s Franciscan Friary, one of the most extensive sites of its kind in Ireland. Holly’s film listens closely to points of view from characters embedded in the very stonework of the friary, including Fitzgerald, one of its reputed founders; Don Martinez de Mendoza, a repentant Catalonian nobleman who took shelter there, and a now faceless stone carving of Saint Francis.

Considering the interpretation of Askeaton’s medieval heritage as an experiment in time and space, Pass Me, For I Am Strange is developed collaboratively through research, dialogue and contributions by and with fellow artists Niamh Moriarty, Ruth Clinton, Carl Doran, Eulàlia Rovira and historian Anthony Sheehy, in association with The Pilgrim, a residency programme developed between Askeaton Contemporary Arts and Latitudes, Barcelona.