The Hood will be making an appearance at the new performance night in Exchange Dublin this Tuesday.
Just letting the world know.
Also performing are Hugh O’Donnell, Brian Loughran, James King and Ruby Staunton.
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Hood
Been taking some shaky steps out of lethargy recently. Took my hood out for a spin around town, trying to get a sense of how Hood Creature would move and act.
This is what happened
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… worked out a few things. More to come.
(Thanks to Conor Vella for the photographs)
Papergirl Dublin: Postal Address for Submissions
This was announced last week via Papergirl Dublin’s Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr
Announcing an open call for art for Papergirl Dublin:
Now, anyone anywhere in the world can get involved, have their art displayed in a gallery in Dublin AND have it distributed for FREE (well, apart from postal costs)
Address is
Papergirl Dublin
c/o Blackchurch Print Studio
4 Temple Bar
Dublin 2
Ireland
Anyone in Dublin and surrounding areas, no need to post! I will be organising a Papergirl Meet somewhere soon, it would be nice to meet people.
Relics
Found a completely forgotten piece of Die Blechtrommel in der Leipziger Stadtteilbibliotheken project today: the posters I pasted around Leipzig to Publicise The Event.
Still no feedback from this, that’s probably for the best.
Why do Papergirl Dublin?
Why indeed:
1) I think it’s a great idea. I heard about Papergirl Berlin only in 2009, while I lived in Leipzig. The entire concept of the project made perfect sense with my own views on art. Around this time much of what I was doing involved making/doing small things and leaving them in public space for someone to find them. Akin to ringing doorbells and running away.
2) Cycling’s time has come in Dublin. For many years Dublin was a rather hostile place for cyclists, but in the last three or four years – excuse me, let’s not mince our words here: Since The Economy Went Tits-Up* – people have been slowly coming around to the idea that a dorty big car is not necessarily the most ideal mode of transport. Especially considering that Dublin is actually pretty compact, and it’s public transport system leaves SO much to be desired. There are a lot more people cycling in the capital, and accordingly, more lobbying for better conditions and recognition of cyclists*.
3) I am loathe to keep mentioning the e-word, but you know the way The Economy is dying a thousand more deaths every day? Well, it seems to be making people and businesses and organisations more open to doing things for fun, that won’t actually make money, heaven forbid. There’s a lot of pop-up restaurants, galleries, and other such things around the place right now, and somehow a Papergirl Action seems to be the next logical step. Papergirl makes absolutely no money for anyone (in fact, I am 100% certain I will be out of pocket by the end of it) and that, generally speaking, is the way I think art should be.
4) Selfish personal reasons: I finished Art College in 2010 and couldn’t bring myself to do anything much for over a year afterwards. This is my way of getting back into the proverbial groove, where ever that may be.
On a more light-hearted note, here’s the Papergirl Dublin Christmas Poster. I intend to do several posters with famous Dubliners on bikes (preferably women, but Jedward transcend all classifications). The general rule is Only Dubs Allowed, so this is Santa from Clerys, obviously.
* Please note that I actually wrote the bulk of this about two months ago, and since then the economy has actually digested itself, as has the job of Dublin’s Cycling Officer.
Papergirl Dublin – For Real This Time
Well 1,000 apologies for not updating this sooner.
Papergirl Dublin is doing good on Facebook so far, I have got to grips with Twitter and am in the process of designing a Christmas poster (done by tomorrow I hope). Also the Tumblr‘s doing ok.
I will probably hold off on announcing the postal submissions address til the new year, there’s a time and a place for these things.
The above is the official Papergirl Dublin Poster but obviously there are more famous people from Dublin that look charming on bicycles;
More to come soon. Promise.
Papergirl Dublin
I have decided to go ahead with my long-neglected attempt to bring Papergirl to Dublin.
At the moment I am finalising the WordPress, Tumblr and Facebook pages, designing a logo and poster, and also on the hunt for a good exhibition space.
I will not be accepting submissions for a few weeks, until things are more concrete, so check back soon.
For now, I’ll leave you with some basic information about Papergirl:
Papergirl began in Berlin in 2006 and has since happened in about 20 other cities. It is “a non-commercial art project which aims to take art distribution out of galleries and into the streets”. Art is collected via open call, exhibited for free, carefully rolled up and then distributed all completely at random by bicycle to passers-by (in the style of a paper-boy).
And here’s a link to my previous post concerning Papergirl
**** UPDATE ****
Tumblr – this will be the primary blog for Papergirl Dublin. To be updated regularly (more regularly than this page).
Restart
I am slowly coming round to the idea of making some new stuff.
Posting here will hopefully give me some more motivation, so I intend to do so slightly more frequently… last night I recorded myself speaking in order to sort out the mass of ideas in my head, the result is this:
The Gap, 27th April 2011
I am turning over ideas for some performance/action-based things, but due to a complete lack of opportunity for performances I’m not sure what form these will take yet. Hence the audio file.
Contextomy Exhibition in SolArt
Haven’t updated here in a very long time, but at the moment I have some work showing in a group exhibition in SolArt Gallery, Dawson Street, Dublin 2.
Contextomy brings together the work of ten Fine Art graduates, spanning contemporary drawing, print, installation and video. The works displayed in the show are the results of ideas conceived, developed and exhibited within the shared environment of NCAD.
In their second installation, the work is revised and elements are altered so that it may adapt to the current gallery space within the public domain. It is this recontextualization of the work that is the exhibition’s focus point. In the derivation from its original setting, the work undergoes a transformation that opens up potentialities for new interpretation or indeed risks being lost in its translation.
Chloe Brenan
Grace Campion
Ruth Clinton
Mice Hell
Ruth Kelly
Ann-Marie Lynch
Vera McEvoy
Anja Mahler
Niamh Moriarty
Chanelle Walshe
As the poster says, the work will be on display until 17th February.
Also, expect actual updates on this website sometime in the near future. Apologies for the lack of activity (I’m sure there are people out there who’ve been holding their breath).
Yawn Together Exhibition
This week I am exhibiting as part of the Yawn Together artist group in Monster Truck Project Space, Francis Street Dublin 8.
This is our first ever exhibition as a group, and I have included some brand new work (as in, completed two days before the opening) which involves Monster Truck’s beloved fireplace hole-in-the-wall.
Opening night is 7th of October from 6-8pm, and the exhibition continues until the 16th October, from 12-6pm daily.
Gallery write-up can be found here.
Photos to follow.
