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film · Saturday 5 September 2026 · 5:00pm 
Assembly: Cotter & Naessens Documentary Screening
At Dunamaise Arts Centre · Church Street, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
At Dunamaise Arts Centre · Church Street, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Dunamaise Arts Centre and Theatre screens Assembly, a documentary by filmmaker Alan Meredith made with sound artist David Stalling, on Saturday, 5 September 2026. The film explores the making of sound and space within a pavilion structure, examining the relationship between craft, resonance and collective experience, made by the pair known as Cotter & Naessens. The screening is free but ticketed, and is followed by a discussion between Meredith and Stalling on how the piece was made.
Assembly is a short documentary rather than a feature-length film, built around a single question: how sound and physical space shape each other inside a constructed pavilion, and what that means for the people experiencing it together. Because the film sits at the intersection of sound art, craft and architecture, the post-screening discussion is a significant part of the evening rather than an add-on, with Meredith speaking to the filmmaking process and Stalling addressing the sound design and composition that runs through the piece. It is a good fit for anyone interested in experimental documentary, sound art or the craft process behind a gallery-adjacent film rather than mainstream cinema. The event runs for an hour and a half in total, including the discussion, in Dunamaise’s theatre space.
Dunamaise Arts Centre is on Church Street in Portlaoise town centre, a short walk from the train station and the main car parks. Portlaoise sits on the Dublin to Cork and Dublin to Limerick rail lines and just off the M7 motorway.
An early evening screening leaves plenty of time either side for dinner in the town centre, with Church Street’s cafes and restaurants a short walk from the door. There is more to see in Portlaoise and across Co. Laois.
Heading to Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise? Laois has plenty more to see. Read the Portlaoise area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.