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April 16, 2009I arrived in Skerries yesterday to see what our installation of twelve Tattered Outlaws films look like. From the Skerries tower you can see the Martello Tower on Shenick’s Island, so I’m reminded straight away that however solitary each tower … read more…
Posted in Blog | Tagged Bodies and buildings, choreography, Dan Dubowitz, Fearghus Ó Conchúir, Fearghus O'Conchuir, Public Art, Tattered Outlaws | Leave a commentInferno – Paradiso – Romeo Castellucci
April 3, 2009Tonight, after the curtain calls, a child splashed in the water onstage, near where the barking dogs were chained, by the mangled car where the Andy Warhol lookalike had finished the show, the blood where the white horse shifted nervously, … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentMatch in Holyoke
March 30, 2009Match made an impact in Vancouver it seems. The Vancouver Sun picked it out as a ‘perfect example’ of the programme’s ‘arty sport films or sporty art film’. There was something illicit about seeing such intimate physical contact between two … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentThings I’ve been thinking about: Pick’n’Mix,
March 16, 2009I’ve been at home for over a month and thinking about what it would be like to make more work here. I’ve started to think about being Artist in Residence in Waltham Forest, by which I mean, I’ve been starting … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentMatch in ContainR
February 23, 2009This month, as part of the Cultural Olympiad in Vancouver, Match is being shown in an art installation/film festival called ContainR (because the installation is made of shipping containers). The theme is the relation between dance and sport on film. … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentArtists’ creative use of vacant shops brings life to desolate high streets
February 18, 2009The Guardian and the BBC have run pieces on how artists are reusing the shops that have been closed in the recession. It seems to work primarily for visual arts projects but I’m sure there’s potential here for performing arts … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentFinding a place for Niche in Paris
February 14, 2009I spent a few days in Paris this week at the invitation of Le Centre Culturel Irlandais. There’s the possibility of bringing Niche there but the question is where exactly. The Centre is beautifully situated, just behind the Pantheon, with … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentEamon O’Kane – a container in Bristol
January 31, 2009I was in Bristol today when I came across a container on the waterside not far from Arnolfini. Realising that it was an artist at work and feeling some sympathy, I dropped in to see what was going on. And … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentPearls before breakfast
January 26, 2009Someone sent me a link to this Washington Post article about an experiment where Joshua Bell, ‘one of the world’s greatest musicians’, played his Stradivarius in Washington DC metro station during the morning rush hour. The gist of the article … read more…
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