TWO NEW WORKS
Lust and the Apple, at Temple annouces the latest in the series of THE ARTIST IS NOT PRESENT exhibitions – the important neo-conceptual artist Jonathan Monk has instructed two new significant large scale outdoor works for January 2016 – FATHER AND SON and A BLUE CIRCLE FOR C.B. (CHRIS BURDEN). Exhibition for three months from the end of January. For information:lustandtheapple.com/
Project Arts Centre
Till 19 March 2016 11am – 8pm
FREE ADMISSION
Artist Núria Güell has created an international fiscal disobedience consultancy against the Troika that will be the subject of her solo exhibition here at Project Arts Centre in 2016.
The artist in collaboration with Catalan activist Enric Duran has created an agency that will consult on the complexities of tax avoidance, playing within the rules of the European Union’s single market.
The consultancy advises on strategies borrowed from international financial tax assessors that reduce the tax liability of neoliberal companies.
Created in the context of our year-long programme of exhibitions and events conceived around REBELLION, contemporary artist Núria Güell will be exhibiting this agency as the latest project in her ongoing commitment to conceptual art and political and social activism.
The exhibition will include continuous screenings of the films Debtocracy (2011), Castroika (2012), Everyday Rebellion (2013) and How To Start A Revolution (2011).
Núria Güell uses her artwork for political and social activism, believing that art holds the power to rethink ourselves as a society. Through installation, writing, performance, and video, Güell rethinks the ethics practiced by the large institutions that govern our society and suggests alternative methodologies.
Some of her projects have included publishing a book explaining how to expropriate money from a bank, entering into a marriage of convenience in order to give legal status to an individual, and creating a company to hire a construction worker to demolish doors to enable squatting.
She graduated from the University of Barcelona with a degree in fine art and continued her studies under Tania Bruguera at Behavior Art Master in Cuba. Her work has been exhibited in biennials in Havana, Pontevedra, Ljubljana, and Liverpool, as well as in the Print Triennial of Tallinn, and her projects exhibited in Museums and galleries around the world, including recently the VanAbbemuseum, Eindhoven, and the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Shona Shirley MacDonald’s exhibition ‘Juniper’ in the Children’s Gallery at the Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge. Running from Jan 7th – Feb 16th.
Doug DuBois: My Last Day at Seventeen
Till 5 March 2016
Crawford Art Gallery is delighted to present My Last Day at Seventeen by American artist-photographer Doug DuBois (November 10, 2015 – January 23, 2016). Combining portraits, spontaneous encounters, and collaborative performances, the images of My Last Day at Seventeen exist in a delicate balance between documentary and fiction. The series looks at the bravado, adventure, fragility and inevitable loss of childhood.
What began as a month artist residency at Sirius Arts Centre, developed into a five year project, from 2009-2014, with DuBois spending his summers in the Irish coastal town of Cobh, Co. Cork. Working with an extraordinary group of young people from a housing estate area in Russell Heights, DuBois gained entry to the community when two of its residents, Kevin and Erin (who would later become one of the central subjects of his work), took him to a local hangout spot, opening his eyes “to a world of the not-quite adults, struggling—publicly and privately—through the last moments of their childhood.”
Dubois has commented ‘the place you grow up in is what forms you as an adult – coming of age is an experience that everyone goes through –it can happen at 17 or 12 or 45 but it’s that moment when you realise that your youth is behind you and no longer in front of you which can be a very difficult moment’
DuBois’ photographs try to project his subjects into the future while honouring their present and their potential. ‘Life has limits and maybe one of the important signs of leaving childhood behind is understanding some of your limits and hopefully never ever forgetting your potential’ he observes.
Moving through the transitions of life, people who came and left, the relationships formed and dissolved, and babies were born, DuBois is quick to mention that his ‘eye’ was that of a ‘middle-aged American photographing a group of young people from a few blocks of a housing estate’ in Ireland. However, despite remaining the outsider looking in DuBois has noted “There is a sense of family and identity attached to neighborhood, town and county that is much stronger than what I felt growing up in New Jersey.”
The photographs, situated viewed in the historic Sculpture Gallery and the Modern Galleries, offer ‘to honour the idea of being young’ says DuBois.
The exhibition also features a fourteen page illustrated narrative series by Patrick Lynch, which together creates a unique dialogue that mixes documentary and creative fiction echoing DuBois concept of the project. (see patrickl.net)
Everything Must Go at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery in Cork explores the relationship between contemporary art, economics and value. Featuring works by Irish and international artists, the exhibition emphasises the ways in which monetary and historical value accrues through qualities that might appear peripheral to the artwork itself: context and display, provenance and ownership, reputation and rarity.
Value is never fixed; it is determined by the calculations of investors, the impulses of shoppers and the fluctuations of the marketplace. From the homes of private collectors to auction houses, luxury department stores to informal black markets, Everything Must Go looks at the spaces where objects are validated, appraised or, in some instances, overlooked.
Artists: Lida Abdul, Karmelo Bermejo, Walead Beshty, Victor Burgin, Colin Darke, Eric Fischl, Meschac Gaba, Antonia Hirsch, Kathi Hofer, Suzanne Mooney, Ni Haifeng, Raqs Media Collective, Amie Siegel, and Christopher Williams.
Curated by Chris Clarke and Declan Jordan in association with the School of Economics, University College Cork.
28 November 2015 – 6 March 2016
glucksman.org/
Songs From The Parlour
Labyrinth Management & Events Saturday,
23 January 2016 at 20:00 – Sunday, 24 January 2016 at 00:00 (GMT)
Waterford, Ireland
Beauty Team Studios and Labyrinth Management & Events return with another episode of Songs From The Parlour.
The Parlour is Waterford’s new vintage tea rooms & event space ‘with a twist’ located in the historic and atmospheric ground floor of the Port of Waterford Building. The second event from our Vintage series is a Rockabilly themed night with all the hits of the 50’s and 60’s.
Kelly & The Cosmonauts and Cal McGrath will each play a set in the centre of ‘The Parlour’ with the crowd all around, with our new Electro Blues room supplying yet more entertainment.
TICKETS ONLY AVAILABLE FROM THE PARLOUR VINTAGE TEA ROOMS
“Kaleidoscope Night is a unique salon music experience that happens on the first Wednesday of every month at the Bello Bar, 1 Portobello Harbour, Dublin. Now in its seventh year, the series has been described by The Irish Times as a “genre-blind mini festival” and “one of those life-saving, spirit-lifting, pioneering cultural ventures we keep hearing about”.
The series is undertaking a national tour of Ireland in Spring 2016, having been presented previously in Galway, Kilkenny, Bantry, Clifden and Waterford.
Founded by violinst Cliodhna Ryan and cellist Kate Ellis, the series brings the worlds of classical, contemporary and experimental music together, in a magically intimate and informal setting. Showcasing Ireland’s premier performers of all genres of music, Kaleidoscope has become something of a cultural institution in Ireland, though we like to think of it as more of a cultural community.
In 2014, violist Karen Dervan and cellist Lioba Petrie assumed the curatorial roles for Kaleidoscope Night, starting an exciting new chapter in the series and they are ably supported by Sorcha Coller (social media manager), Adrian Hart (sound engineer) and Juraj Jablonka (stage manager).
Longstanding Summerhall resident Michael Pedersen of Neu Reekie outlines the background and expanding interests of this spoken word/music and publishing phenomena established over four years ago by himself and Kevin Williamson.
Following their sell-out success in August, The One Ensemble have been invited back to Summerhall to perform ‘Saint Seven’. Performed in the round, the piece is a dramatic hybrid of voices and instruments that seamlessly interweaves elements of experimental, folk and classical chamber music.
Creditors at The New Theatre, Dublin
by August Strindberg in a version by David Greig
C Company
Jan 25th – Feb 6th
Opens 26 Jan, Previews 25 Jan (Matinees Jan 30 & Feb 3)
@ 7.30pm ( + @ 2.30pm on Jan 30 & Feb 3)
Tickets: €16 (€12.50 conc. €10 groups of 10+)
Darkly comic. Razor-sharp. A thrillingly intimate examination of seduction, betrayal and the ways we never let go.
About the Show:
“I still remember what you look like, Tekla. Under those nice clothes.”
In a holiday hotel by the sea, Adolph anxiously awaits the return of his new wife, Tekla, and finds solace in the words of a stranger.
Creditors, by Swedish master playwright August Strindberg, is a darkly comic sexual triangle. David Greig’s razor-sharp translation captures the thrilling intimacy of this examination of seduction, betrayal and the ways we never let go.
Directed by Aoife Spillane-Hinks with Ronan Leahy, Susan Bracken, Kevin Olohan
Producer: Aisling O’Brien
Sound Designer: Ivan Birthistle
Costume Designer: Barbara McCarthy
Lighting Designer: Hanna Bowe
Set Designer: Cait Corkery
Stage Manager: Chris Nugent
Lorna from Venture English shares the story behind her Language School and why Edinburgh and Summerhall is such an inspiring place for students. Part of the Summerhall Residents series by Summerhall TV.
DÚLRA was founded in 1998 in New York City by singer Caitríona O’Leary. Dúlra is the Irish word for “elements” and the name expresses the band’s mission of returning to the roots and performance practices of early Irish song, and innovating within this tradition in order to bring contemporary audiences a new musical experience.
Dúlra has recorded several internationally critically acclaimed albums; Sleepsongs, a recording of Irish lullabies and songs of sleep (Heresy Records), Ecstasy, an album of Irish music on the theme of joy and rapture (Heresy Records), I am Stretched on your Grave a recording of rare laments (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi) and Dúil, Songs of Love and Nature (Virgin Classics).
In 2014 Caitríona O’Leary and Dúlra were joined by legendary guest artists Tom Jones, Rosanne Cash and Rhiannon Giddens for The Wexford Carols, an album of old Irish traditional Christmas music that reached number 1 on the Billboard and Amazon world music charts in 2015.
Dúlra has performed at concerts and festivals throughout Europe including SRO programmes at The Handel Festival – Halle, Tage Alter Musik in Herne, Beethovenfest Bonn, St John’s Smith Square (London), Zagreb Summer Evenings, Split Summer Festival, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Musical Evenings in St. Donat’s (Zadar) and numerous tours throughout Ireland.
The Annual AAI Awards exhibition is Ireland’s longest running architectural awards programme, the only internationally peer-reviewed architecture awards in Ireland that publish the discussion which takes place among the adjudicators. As a result the awards give the public an unprecedented insight into the critical conversations that shape the quality of our built environment and future heritage. The awards have a track record of recognising emerging talent, and the exhibition is curated and designed by emerging talents, Steven McNamara of Roji Design, and Darragh Breathnach.
A compilation of current clips produced for Art in Ireland and Culturefox TV.
The Far Flung Trio, Katherine Hunka, Dermot Dunne and Malachy Robinson, play everything from classical music to folk: Baroque, South American, Klezmer, film classics and more. Their performances are very much enjoyed by audiences with whom they engage in an entertaining way.
Leader of the Irish Chamber Orchestra violinist Katherine Hunka and the extraordinary accordion player Dermot Dunne have been playing together since 2007. They have toured Ireland and China playing everything from Baroque to Piazzolla. In 2014 they were delighted to be joined by Ireland’s most sought after and versatile double bassist Malachy Robinson for performances packed with musical gems.
In January/February 2016 they will tour to Galway, Castlebar, Sligo, Listowel, Fore (Co.Westmeath), Clifden, Cork, Portlaoise and Waterford. Full details are on classicallinks.ie
Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Fri 4 Dec – Sat 9 Jan
An exhibition of artwork from An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Mythical Creatures. Scottish fine artist Kate Leiper – and Summerhall Resident – exhibits the stunning artwork created for this new book, written by award-winning author Theresa Breslin.Theresa’s retellings of traditional folk tales from across Scotland are brought to life by Kate’s evocative illustrations of mysterious selkies, bad-tempered giants and even Loch Ness’ most famous resident.
ARTS-NEWS VERSION II Till Sunday 14th February. FOUND Collective (Ziggy Campbell and Simon Kirby) have been commissioned by Grampian Hospitals Art Trust to create new work for the exhibition Terra Nova. The project is a response to photographs taken by Dr William Clark Souter from his time on board the ship the Terra Nova which travelled to Antarctica in 1903 to rescue Captain Scott’s RRS Discovery from ice. Dr Souter was a junior doctor based at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary when he was asked to travel as doctor on board the ship. He then continued his career at ARI as an Ophthalmic Surgeon for over 40 years, and was one of few Britons to be awarded the Polar Medal, for his services during the Terra Nova expedition.
Dr Souter was a keen photographer, and was tasked with documenting the expedition, the crew, their shared lunches of lemons and biscuits, journeys by dog sled, and particularly of the pioneering ballistics work to force a safe path through ice led by Captain Harry McKay of the Terra Nova. His photographs are now housed within the University of Aberdeen Special Collections.
The Royal Hibernian Academy offers residences to a select number of artists from all over the country. Bernadette Kiely, a painter from Kilkenny, has been working on a body of work for an upcoming exhibition while on her residency.
Mark Thomas explores the importance of public spaces, how we work and relate to each other in his Edinburgh Fringe play, ‘Trespass Work in Progress’.
Trespass carries on from where Mark’s previous show 100 Acts of Minor Dissent left off. Mark asks the question: If the ramblers of the 1930s were here now what would they do to open up the cities? How do we turn the skyscrapers and corporate squares into our playgrounds?
Mark sets out to try and carve a small space in the urban world where mischief and random chance can lurk. No one knows where this show is going to end up so join Mark at the start of the project.
Inverleith House’s exhibition Raoul De Keyser : Paintings 1967 to 2012 is on for one more week, culminating in a talk with art historian Professor Steven Jacobs on the 11th April. The show focuses on different elements of De Keyser’s five decade career, bringing pieces together from family and private collections, as well as International galleries. De Keyser led a quiet life, which is reflected in the subject matter of his paintings, creating works studying monkey puzzle trees or gardening tools, but working between abstraction and figuration.
Raoul De Keyser was born in 1930 in Deinze, Belgium, and died in 2012. His work has been shown as part of many large solo shows around the world, in galleries such as Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent (2001); Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium (2002); Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium (2007); Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France (2008); and De Loketten, Flemish Parliament, Brussels (2011).
Raoul De Keyser : Paintings 1967 to 2012 is on at Inverleith House, Edinburgh, until the 12th April 2015.
Nick Kavanagh introduces the Waterford Spraoi Parade. “Spraoi Festival has become something of an August Bank Holiday institution. For three days, the city devotes itself to a variety of street art and spectacle, featuring hundreds of performers, live music, and an array of new street theatre – Irish and international.” The Sunday Business Post
Director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Christopher Baker, introduces the gallery’s newest commission, an abstract portrait of the famous Scottish actor, Alan Cumming. Painted by artist Christian Hook, the commission came about as a result of the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of The Year 2014 competition, which lasted over 10 months and involved heats held around the country to find new portrait painters.
The commission now forms part of the gallery’s permanent collection and can be seen in the Great Hall on the ground floor of the gallery.
Head over to Writer Stories TV and see an interview with Alan Cumming, about his film The Anniversary, back in 2002.
Speaking at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, author Ian Bell discusses his book Time Out of Mind, the second part of his documentation of the life and career of Bob Dylan. While not serving as a biography as such, the book aims to present a critical analysis of Dylan’s work from the 70s onwards.
Born, raised and educated in Edinburgh, Ian Bell is a past holder of the George Orwell Prize for Political Journalism and the award-winning author of Dreams of Exile, a biography of Robert Louis Stevenson. Formerly the Scottish editor of The Observer, he is a columnist with The Herald and the Sunday Herald.
Reviewer in residence, Thibaut Clamart explores the work of Genesis and Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge, as they bring their first British exhibition to Summerhall since 2003. Often uncomfortable and occasionally shocking, the work delves into the idea of the nuclear family and aims to present an alternative way of living.
Life as a Cheap Suitcase (Pandrogeny & a Search for a Unified Identity) is on in the Upper Church Gallery, Summerhall, until the 26th September 2014.
Writer and activist Cat Boyd, was interviewed in October for www.writerstories.tv at the Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair, held at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall. Boyd co-wrote ‘Scottish Independance: A Feminist Response’ with Jenny Morrison, which aims to explore the contemporary relevance of Scottish feminist history, and what kind of challenges it faces today, and aims to present positive alternatives for after 2014.
Swiss/Danish duo PUTPUT present their first Scottish exhibition, Fruitless, at Lust and the Apple. Situated in a greenhouse, in the garden of the gallery space, PUTPUT explore the perceptions of every day items and what context and environment can do to change the meaning of these objects.
Fruitless is on at Lust and the Apple, Temple, Midlothian, until the 18th October 2015.
The Gate Theatre in Dublin is seeped in history and strongly associated with the likes of Beckett Pinter and Oscar Wilde. We interview the Director of the Gate Theatre Michael Colgan and talk to others with an intimate knowledge and experience of the theatre to tell us why it’s such a compelling venue.
First in a series of longer clips forming part of a twenty-four minute compilation on Ireland’s arts-venues. These being prepared for screening on transatlantic flights and broadcast TV.
72 graduates from Scotland’s art colleges and architecture schools present their work at this year’s New Contemporaries show, held in the Royal Scottish Academy. This show displays a vast selection of work in a variety of disciplines such as painting, sculpture, film making, photography, printmaking, architecture and installation, offering graduates a great platform to exhibit their work. The gallery continues its commitment to fostering emerging talent within Scottish contemporary art by providing £40,000 worth of monetary, residency, studio and purchase prizes.
The New Contemporaries exhibition is on at the RSA, Edinburgh, until the 8th April 2015.
Angela Haggerty is a journalist, broadcaster and editor based in the west of Scotland and works at The Drum magazine and Common Weal. Haggerty was at the Radical Independence Conference, which was held in Glasgow, in November 2014, and saw an attendance of 3000 people. The conference included talks from a number of speakers such as politicians, writers, journalists and many others involved in the independence movement.
The Radical Independence Campaign is dedicated to working towards creating an alternative vision of independence for Scotland. The campaign has played a key part in supporting the independence referendum, boosting grassroots support from around the country and providing a platform for those wishing to discuss Scotland’s future.
This clip was first published on Bella Caledonia.
Arthur Miller was a giant of 20th century American theatre. With a writing career that spanned over 50 years, he will be best remembered for the classics Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, All My Sons and A View from the Bridge. Set in 1956, Brooklyn, New York. Longshoreman Eddie Carbone agrees to shelter his wife’s Italian cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, who have arrived to work illegally. But trouble begins when his orphaned niece Catherine becomes attracted to the charming Rodolpho. Familial love turns to sexual obsession and retribution ultimately leads to tragedy in Arthur Miller’s captivating tale of illicit desire.
Previews from 3rd September
Opening on 8th September
Gate Theatre, Dublin. For tickets and more information, go here: gatetheatre.ie/production/AViewFromTheBridge2015
