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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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Removing barriers is good for us

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Fearghus

An article in today’s Irish Times caught my attention because it acknowledges that not all the architecture of control in the urban space is helpful or as protective as it seems to be. Transport chief’s Dublin plan: confuse drivers to … read more…

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Ireland’s eye

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Fearghus

The Martello towers used to have a gun emplacement on the roof that rotated three hundred and sixty degrees. We’ve got a central camera rotating through three hundred and sixty degrees capturing some of the activity that is placed in … read more…

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‘Tattered Outlaws of History’

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Fearghus

I’ve mentioned the Public Art project for Fingal County Council that Dan Dubowitz and I are collaborating on. We’ve been developing the project over year and a half and are on our final phase of shooting this week. We’re filming … read more…

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