1.0IFFR ENhttps://iffr.com/enrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="M4u5LqH2zC"><a href="https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2007/events/short-profile-desperate-optimists">Short Profile: Desperate Optimists</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2007/events/short-profile-desperate-optimists/embed#?secret=M4u5LqH2zC" width="600" height="338" title="“Short Profile: Desperate Optimists” — IFFR EN" data-secret="M4u5LqH2zC" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Couple Joe Lawlor (1963) and Christine Molloy (1965) work together calling themselves desperate optimists. Hailing from Dublin, they have lived and worked in the United Kingdom since 1987, making works for a variety of media and contexts including digital arts, video, film, radio and performance. From their first creative engagements twenty years ago with community […]