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Architect Will Alsop on the Public Realm

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Fearghus

Today the situation is more open and the opportunity exists for the artist to redefine the space itself rather than simply produce work to be sited by others. The role of the artist in determining our external experience is essential. … read more…

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Don Sheehan’s exhibition Urbis Modo

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Fearghus

Broadstone Studios sent me an invitation to see Don Sheehan’s photographic exhibition Urbis Modo. It’s a collection of photos taken at night in Dublin between 1998 and 2008. Many of the images of people in various states of intoxication but … read more…

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Three+1 Barnardo Square

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Fearghus

For Culture Night, we screened Three+1 on the side of the Dublin City Council Building on Barnardo Square, off Dame Street, near the City Hall (the tortuous description of the location is testimony to the fact that Barnardo Square is … read more…

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Great Art for Everyone

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Fearghus

I was invited to speak today at conference held by the Yorkshire Regional Office of Arts Council of England. So I left Cork last night, having seen the dancers do their dress rehearsal and wishing them well with the opening … read more…

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Match and the Olympics

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Fearghus

EdfesttTV made this short promo for our performances of Match at Dancebase. While Matthew and I made Match fit in to another space in Edinburgh, the Olympics opened in Beijing. I wondered about what manicured lawns or gracious walkways now … read more…

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Catching up with myself

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Fearghus

I haven’t posted for a while. The past month has been busy with preparations for Edinburgh and with the creation of Dialogue, the new collaboration with Xiao Ke and Yin Yi that premiered in Dancehouse at the end of July. … read more…

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Michael Seaver in the Irish Times

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Fearghus

Thanks to Michael Seaver who wrote an article in today’s Irish Times about my work on bodies and buildings. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2008/0728/1217013338321.html Choreographer Fearghus Ó Conchúir is using the changing face of Dublin as the backdrop to his innovative dance performances, writes … read more…

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Filming Three+1 for now

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Fearghus

Taking advantage of the sunshine we started filming today on wasteground just off Sherrif St. The builders ignored us after yesterday’s cheers of ‘encouragement’ but today we still felt watched by the circling helicopters and the feral cats. Maybe the … read more…

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Ai Weiwei on the politics of Beijing building

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Fearghus

Ai Weiwei, celebrity Chinese artist and design collaborator for the Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium, on the construction boom in Beijing: While some gasp at Beijing’s extraordinary new skyline, with its statement buildings and rows of cranes, Ai remains singularly unimpressed. … read more…

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Skerries installation

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Fearghus

Working in these Martello Towers is quite an experience. There’s the adrenaline rush of scaling the walls, the mental and physical agility required to respond to the tricky terrain on top of the towers but there’s also the human encounters … read more…

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