2 Channel Land

2 Channel Land is a north-western docu-fiction film exploring the history of analogue signals spilling across the borders of Ireland and Britain. Guided by a mysterious threshold deity, we take a journey through Ireland's borderlands in search of community.

The film is part of a series of works relating to cross-border media. The research included several new oral history interviews relating to illegal deflector systems (built to hijack UK television signals), country music pirate radio stations on the Irish border and the use of church bells as early forms of communication. Archival and research materials were presented in a radio installation at the Centre for Contemporary Art Derry in July 2022. The film emerged from this research through collaborations with artists from the Irish border region and included the commissioning of 3 original country music tracks.

Commissioned by aemi & SIRIUS Arts Centre.

Additional Funding from the Arts Council of Ireland.