New Model Army at CUBEOpen 2011
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New Model Army- Aideen and Fionnuala Doran – balsa wood, corrugated cardboard, tape – 2011.
CUBEOpen 2011 Exhibition
16 December 2011 – 4 February 2012
Launched in 2007, artists, architects and designers are invited to apply with work that reflects current trends and debates surrounding the spaces and places in which we live. Each year the exhibition highlights contemporary insights into the urban environment. The CUBEOpen receives applications from around the globe and visitors to the exhibition will have the unique opportunity to see the diverse and engaging ways that artists, architects and designers have been influenced by our surroundings.An esteemed panel of judges are invited annually to shortlist the applications. Selectors this year included- Robert Powell – Creative Director, Beam Wakefield; Paul Herrmann – Director, Red Eye Photography Network; Jane Anderson – Creative Director, CUBE; Stephen Whittle – Collections Curator, University of Salford. More than 30 artists have been selected for exhibition, including a compactable TATE model (pictured), Guerrilla artwork and interventions that lead you outside the gallery.
“CUBE has consistently been the most interesting, dynamic, approachable and diverse creative space in Manchester; and the most influential independent gallery in the city centre. I was delighted to be on the judging panel for this year’s competition.” Paul Hermann, Director of Redeye, the Photography Network.
Participating artists:
Andrew Brown, Samuel Capps, Mark Clare, Justine Cook, Aideen Doran and Fionnuala Doran, Kelda Free and David Brazier, Becky Gee, Isabelle Hayeur, Flis Holland, Philip Kennedy, Seulki Ki, Ian Kirkpatrick , Elizabeth Kwant, Hannah Leighton–Boyce, Manchester Modernist Society, Fabien Marques, ,Katie McGown, Rosalie Monod de Froideville, Charlotte Mortensson, Lauren O’Grady, Simon Parish, Nathan Pendlebury, Kristin Posehn, Rosey Prince, Robin Pugh, Amanda Rice, Ailie Rutherford, Jennie Savage, Shift (from Shift//Delete), Jon Spencer, Jenny Steele, Matthew Thompson, Tristan Thomson, Pamela Valfer, Mary-Ruth Walsh, Peter Ward, Jiho Won.
More photos from CUBEOpen can be found on their FLICKR page.
A History of Ireland in Many Small Parts (work in progress)
I’ve been working on putting together a history of Ireland as seen through the medium of comics, although everything I’ve completed so far deals with things that happened after 1780. These two pages deal very, very roughly with Roger Casement’s pre-revolutionary life as British Consul investigator extraordinaire.
(It’s been brought to me attention that the map makes it look like Peru is in Brazil. The next version will have instructional arrows pointing to Peru’s actual location)
Multiples at Dublin Contemporary
Dublin Contemporary have announced their full programme for this September, including Catalyst Arts’ Multiples (including me).
A full list of participating artists can be found at Dublin Contemporary’s website. Save your pennies for that EXCLUSIVE, vintage Royal Wedding tea-towels and Buckfast memorabilia.
Multiples at in_flux, Limerick 26-29th May
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From 26th-29th of May Multiples and Catalyst Arts traveled to Limerick for in_flux, a large scale art fair exhibition that brought together ten different artist-led spaces from Ireland and Europe.
Participating groups included :
1646, The Hague
Block T, Dublin
Catalyst Arts, Belfast
126, Galway
Monster Truck, Dublin
Transmission, Glasgow
Transition, London
SOMA, Waterford
Wolfart, Rotterdam
Astoria
C’est Bon Kultur’s last call for submissions was along the theme of Astoria, or music, which was a fairly good excuse to make something new. This is the ‘Inspired by the Motion Picture’ equivalent for Muddy Waters’ Mannish Boy, page 1 of 2.
Buckfast and Royal Wedding Merchandise
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Exclusive Buckfast and Royal Wedding Merchandise was recently available at PS2, Belfast, The Golden Thread Gallery and Occupy Space, Limerick. If YOU would like some of this one off gear celebrating Northern Ireland’s national beverage and the Wedding of the Millenium, just contact the artist.
Multiples at GTG, Belfast 28 April – 03 May
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MULTIPLE by Catalyst Arts makes a visit to Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival with a freshly stocked pop-up shop and more than a few new arrivals. We’ll be featuring art ‘for sale’ in the form of lo-fi commodities, souvenirs, collectables, posters and paraphernalia by local artists.Expect curiosities and wry insights into the city by Sinead Bhreathnach-Cashell, Charlotte Bosanquet, Martin Carter, Ben Craig, Fionnuala Doran, Ciara Dunne, Phil Hession, Helen McDonnell, Miguel Martin, Simon Mills, Ryan O’Reilly, Catherine Roberts, Duncan Ross, Gemma Withers and the Catalyst Arts directors.
Location: Golden Thread Gallery, Project Space
84-94 Great Patrick Street
Belfast
My first Multiple, Portmanteau 1- Venice, was on sale in GTG. Multiples will be travelling down to Limerick shortly to Occupy:Space.
¿@#!*$ at Catalyst Arts
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What this unpronounceable series of symbols, ¿@#!*$, stands for is; ‘an exhibition and series of events incorporating the artistic mediums of Comics, Illustration and Zine making.’
Alongside the visual treats on display from the eclectic mix of local and international artists, Catalyst Arts will also play host to a library full of zines and comics from all over the place (basically anything we could get our hands on). Then, as if that wasn’t enough, there will a be series of events running throughout the duration of the exhibition to keep things interesting.
Exhibiting Artists
Malcy Duff
Travis Millard
Tom Gauld
Simone Lia
Chris Ware
Fionnuala Doran
Phil Barrett
Berlin
From the 16th to 20th of March, Aideen Doran and I visited Berlin on a research trip kindly supported by A-N and their NAN Go And See Grant.
As Aideen says on her blog, we found many interesting structures.
Multiples- work in progress.
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Since January I’ve been working on producing a series of three small books of drawings and comics for Catalyst Arts’ Multiples. Above is a preview of the work in progress. I’ve been developing these as part of the my residency at the Digital Arts Studios, Belfast.
¿@#!*$
¿@#!*$ coincides with the exhibition of the same name at Catalyst Arts, opening next Thursday, 14th April. It features work by Travis Millard, Nathan Crothers, Douglas Noble, Jonathon Ross, Phil Barett, Simone Lia, Gus Hughes, Miguel Martin, Malcy Duff, Rachel House, Jennifer Hanley, Boz Mugabe, Heather Purcell, Andy Luke, Stephen Millar and me, Fionnuala Doran.
¿@#!*$ is availble for free throughout Belfast.
?@#!*$ at Catalyst Arts
I will be exhibiting shortly in Catalyst Arts’ ?@#!*$, alongside the works of Tom Gauld, Simone Lia, Malcy Duff, Phil Barrett and Chris Ware.
Craigavon
Aideen Doran and I recently undertook a research trip to Craigavon Lakes.
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From Wikipedia:
Craigavon (from Irish: Creag Abhann)[2] is a settlement in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was a planned settlement that was begun in 1965 and named after Northern Ireland’s first Prime Minister — James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon. It was intended to be a linear city incorporating Lurgan and Portadown, but this plan largely failed and less than half of the proposed work was finished.
Multiples
I’m currently working on making a series of publications for Catalyst Art’s Multiples project, which is support by the British Council. Here’s a preview of some of the work:
Some Research
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Arrivals at the OBG
Aideen and Fionnuala Doran’s The Stars, Like Dust.
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Mainland at E:vent, London
The artist collective Aideen and Fionnuala Doran recently exhibited as part of 126, Galway and London’s E:vent Gallery’s collaboration Mainland.
Mainland
Saturday 28 August 2010 until Sunday 12 September 2010Opening: Friday 27 August 2010, 7.00pm until 10.00pmE:ventGallery, 96 Teesdale Street, London E2 6PUCian McConn, Damien O’Connell, Emmett Kierans, Fionnuala & Aideen Doran, Kevin Gaffney, Laura McMorrow, Linda Monks, Lorraine Walsh, Sercan Sahin, Thomas CarvilleMainland is guest-curated by Galway-based 126, Artist-run Gallery.
After an open call to emerging Irish artists, 126 has put together an exhibition which highlights a diverse and vibrant contemporary arts scene in Ireland.
Working in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, video and photography, 11 artists chosen for inclusion in the exhibition have responsed to the title of the show with a range of interpretations that are critical, personal and humorous. The resulting pieces comment on a term which is loaded in the context of the island of Ireland’s recent and current history, and its relationship with the UK and Europe, as well as taking a more ambiguous and international approach to the idea of place and life on the fringe.
126 was established in 2006 by a group of artists in their own living room, as a response to the need for more non-commercial gallery spaces in Galway, and is currently located on Queen Street in the city centre. 126 is a voluntarily led, artist-run gallery that is known for promoting challenging and experimental works that would not be seen in commercial galleries or conventional institutions. 126 is supported by the Arts Council, the Galway City Council and its membership.
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The piece was destroyed by means of fire after the exhibition.
Little Pieces of England
At our request, 126 and E:Vent London destroyed the sculpture Little Pieces of England by means of fire.
The Stars, Like Dust
Artist collective Fionnuala and Aideen Doran will be showing The Stars, Like Dust as part of Arrivals at the OBG, opening this Thursday.
Meteorites
Aideen Doran and I have been developing a new piece of work for the Ormeau Baths Galley’s July exhibiton Arrivals. We’ve been working with the idea of science fiction and space travel, and have developed a set of drawings involving meteorites, black holes and also images from art history being menaced by floating rocks. The plan is to work these out into something bigger.
Catalyst Arts: The Art Rebels
Catalyst Arts: The Arts Rebels (scenes from the Motion Picture) was displayed at Catalyst Arts, Belfast as part of Art Rebels, a celebration of Catalyst’s esteemed history. Art Rebels featured works made by the past Directors of the gallery, including current Turner prize nominee Susan Philipz, Phil Collins, Eoin McTeague, Dan Shipsides, Clive Murphy and others. Arts Rebels (scenes from the motion picture) was comprised on both selected script excerpts and a story board for the film’s potential trailer.
This is a work of fiction and any similarity to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
Dogs of Venice
Back in September 2009 I spent a month in Venice working as an invigilator on Northern Ireland’s exhibition (Susan MacWilliam’s F-l-a-m-m-a-r-i-o-n). To whole away the hours I started a mini photo project chronicling the many small dogs who can be seen toddling about the city. I figured they must be mostly the pets of the local Venetians, and that they’re conveniently apartments sized. A lot of people seemed to take their dogs along to work and leave them to sun themselves on the porch during the day.
The Dot
This is notable for being the first thing I’ve made from scratch on Illustrator (or on my computer, really).
THE DOT
