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'Re-staging Minimalism: On and Around Recent Works by Gerard Byrne',
MA ACW at Lismore Castle Arts, September 11th, 2010
Massimiliano Gioni (Trusardi Foundation, Milan & New Museum, New York) in conversation with Rachael Thomas, IMMA, at the first MA ACW Curating in the Contemporary World seminar, April 2009
recent writing
Fri Mar 12, 2010
Holding Space: on the work of Kennedy/Browne, by Declan Long
Essay included in the catalogue for Ireland's representation at the Venice Biennale, 2009.
Tue Feb 09, 2010
Power to the People
A response to the Radical Philosophy conference by Edia Connole
Power_to_the_People__Edia_Connole.pdf
Wed Jan 27, 2010
Aesthetics and the Good Society
aestheticsandthegoodsoc.pdf
This is a work in progress, but it makes reference to Mark Fisher's "Capitalist Realism" so might be one way into a discussion on his work. This can be discussed further via the topic in the blog: http://www.acw.ie/blog.php
Sun Jan 24, 2010
papers on Luhmann, systems theory and art by Francis Halsall
Following the class on Luhmann, here is the paper I presented recently on Luhmann and the art of Phil Collins.
sepaper.pdf
Also, there is another paper on Danto and Luhmann that was published at an online conference:
here
Tue Dec 15, 2009
Edia Connole interviews Clodagh Emoe
Artist Clodagh Emoe talks to Edia Connole about God, breaking the law, the Event and the ritual as important 'technologies' and her new solo show, Cult of Engagement, at Project, December 18th - January 30th 2010.
cultofengagement.pdf
Tue Dec 01, 2009
Wed Nov 25, 2009
Article on art and the state
The art of the state
And here are two letters to the editor responding to it:
here.
Thu Nov 19, 2009
Thu Nov 05, 2009
Article on new art initiatives
New art initiatives involving Art in the Contemporary World participants are mentioned in the following article at Forth:
Cutting the edges from culture
Fri Oct 23, 2009
Edel Horan wins art writing competition
ACW participant Edel Horan recently won a criticism competition run by Draiocht and Fingal Co. Co. You can read her winning submission here.horan.pdf
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Thu Sep 02, 2010
Re-staging Minimalism: On and Around Recent Work by Gerard Byrne
An afternoon of commentary and conversation at Lismore Castle — organised by Lismore Castle Arts and MA Art in the Contemporary World, NCAD, Dublin.
Featuring Gerard Byrne in conversation with Lynne Cooke (Chief Curator, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid) and presentations on minimalism and its legacies in contemporary art practice.
September 11th 2010, 12-5pm
This event coincides with the continuing exhibition of Gerard Byrne’s 'A Thing is a Hole in a Thing it is Not' at Lismore Castle Arts. This is an ambitious set of four new films on minimalism co-commissioned by Lismore Castle Arts (with the 2010 Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art and The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, in collaboration with the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven). The exhibition runs until September 30th, 2010.
A bus will be leaving the front gates of NCAD in Dublin (100 Thomas St., Dublin 8) at 8.30am on 11th September and will return to Dublin directly after the conclusion of the event. Numbers are limited so please contact Declan Long (longd@ncad.ie) or Francis Halsall (halsallf@ncad.ie) about places.
Attendance is free of charge to NCAD students.
An entrance fee to ‘Re-staging Minimalism’ at Lismore Castle (€10) will apply to non-NCAD students.
www.acw.ie
www.lismorecastlearts.ie/
Mon Jul 26, 2010
PREFACE, new show by ACW participants
Preface
Opening reception: 6pm to 8pm Wednesday, 28th July 2010, open discussion at 5pm.
artists: Adrian Duncan, David Eager-Maher, Tonia Larem, Miranda Driscoll, Ciara McMahon, Roisin McNamee, Laragh Pittman & Kathy Tynan.
Prior to the opening reception there will be an informal discussion at 5pm with Declan Long (critical writer and co-ordinator of the Art in the Contemporary World Masters Programme, NCAD), Greg Baxter (fiction writer and essayist) and the artists involved.
The exhibition will also feature an accompanying catalogue edited by Imelda Barnard and Emma Dwyer. This will feature the participating artists as well as a number of contributions from invited artists, writers and curators.
Preface arose from a preoccupation with the travels between art and literature, and the spiralling, labyrinthine and multiple points at which these meet. The artists approach the visual by taking writers such as Jorge Luis Borges, W.G. Sebald and Samuel Beckett as starting points, adopting fictive or narrative elements into the artwork or presenting the text as visual. The various ways to negotiate the literary in the visual are explored through text, drawings, photography and installation.
Pallas Contemporary Projects - 111 Grangegorman Road Lower, Dublin 7.
Exhibition continues: 28th to 31st July 2010
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Wed Jun 16, 2010
MA ACW AT THE BERLIN BIENNALE
Public MA Art in the Contemporary World seminar with Kathrin Rhomberg , Curator of the 2010 Berlin Biennale
Friday June 18th, 5pm. All welcome.
Venue: Oranienplatz 17, D-10999 Berlin, U8 Moritzplatz, U8 Kottbusser Tor
www.berlinbiennale.de
Since 1990, Kathrin Rhomberg has worked as a freelance curator of exhibitions of contemporary art. She has organized projects on art and art theory, lecture series and symposia, and has numerous publications.
Mon Jun 07, 2010
Norbert Schwontkowski in Conversation with Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith: Kerlin Gallery, Thur 10th June, 5pm
Kerlin Gallery & MA Art in the Contemporary World present: Norbert Schwontkowski in conversation with Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith.
5pm Thursday June 10th, Kerlin Gallery, Anne's Lane, South Anne Street, Dublin 2.
Kerlin Gallery and the MA Art in the Contemporary World (NCAD) are pleased to present the second in a series of talks with leading artists, following the recent conversation between the Kerlin Gallery artists Liam Gillick and Isabel Nolan.
Dirty, an exhibition of new work by Norbert Schwontkowski will run from 10th June to 17th July 2010 at the Kerlin Gallery. www.kerlin.ie
Wed May 05, 2010
ACW Graduates at Tate Modern
Thisisnotashop will be participating in the No Soul for Sale show at Tate Modern this month. For more information visit:
Tate
thisisnotashop
Wed Apr 28, 2010
Art and cinema: A day of discussion and screenings at the Irish Film Institute
May 8th, 12-6pm
Following on from our recent /Art Through a Lens/ course, the Irish Film Institute is delighted to present in collaboration with the MA Art in the Contemporary World (NCAD Faculty of Visual Culture) a day of discussion and screenings to further explore the complex relationship between visual art and cinema - the evidence of which is increasingly visible in both galleries and cinema.
This event will consider art's relationships with film from the perspective of a number of acclaimed artists, allowing these invited guest to discuss their own film-making processes and interests, or the issues arising out of the different contexts of making and showing film work or, just as importantly, their enthusiasm for specific film works that have been inspirational in the development of their own practice. This day of conversations with artists will therefore provide a stimulating insight into the multiple ways in which we can understand the relationship between the worlds of cinema and contemporary art.
Speakers:
Andreas Bunte
Duncan Campbell
Declan Clarke
Aurelien Froment
Jaki Irvine
Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor (Desperate Optimists)
James Armstrong, Sarah Glennie, Declan Long (Chairs)
The day will conclude with a screening of Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor's award winning film 'Helen'.
Please contact the IFI for booking details.
http://www.ifi.ie/
Mon Mar 29, 2010
Liam Gillick in Conversation, Tue, April 6th
Art in the Contemporary World hosts Liam Gillick in conversation with Isabel Nolan, Francis Halsall and Declan Long.
TUESDAY APRIL 6, 2010, 5PM at the Kerlin Gallery, (Anne's Lane, South Anne Street, Dublin).
Booking essential. For more information contact Darragh Hogan: gallery@kerlin.ie
Fri Mar 12, 2010
Ireland Northern Ireland: Works from the 2009 Venice Biennale
Presented by The National College of Art and Design/Gallery and Farmleigh Gallery in partnership with Culture Ireland, The Arts Council of Ireland, The Arts Council of Northern Ireland and British Council Northern Ireland.
Sarah Browne - Gareth Kennedy - Susan MacWilliam
At Farmleigh: 12 March – 15 May 2010
Susan MacWilliam
At NCAD Gallery: 12 March – 10 April
Kennedy Browne
At NCAD Gallery: 16 April – 15 May
Contact: Rayne Booth, NCAD Gallery boothr@ncad.ie
See MA ACW Co-ordinator Declan Long's essay on Kennedy Browne here:
http://www.gkennedy.info/indexhibitv070e/files/dl-text.pdf
Tue Feb 23, 2010
MA Art in the Contemporary World: discussion with Kenneth Anger
NCAD, Thursday 25th Feb., 2010, 2:30pm.
MA Art in the contemporary World (www.acw.ie) is delighted to announce a public discussion by Kenneth Anger hosted in association with the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival and the Irish Film Institute.
One of the true masters of experimental film, Kenneth Anger has influenced generations of filmmakers. Anger's work constitutes a radical critique of Hollywood, often evoking and referencing pop icons within occult settings and depicting youth counterculture in the midst of violence and eroticism. Anger does not use a narrative-based style, but rather lyrically explores
themes of ritualistic transformation and transfiguration. His formidable oeuvre has influenced generations of artists and filmmakers: from Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Derek Jarman to Martin Scorsese and David Lynch.
In his eighth decade, he remains as bold, uncompromising and innately creative as ever, continuing to produce new films and artworks, while performing live as Technicolor Skull.
The event is associated with "Art Through a Lens," a four-week evening course run collaboratively by IFI and NCAD, that looks at key figures from the world of art and cinema who have experimented with film or developed a cinematic aesthetic to their work.
The event is free and open to NCAD staff and students, but numbers are limited. Anyone interested should contact James Armstrong (MA, ACW) armstrongj@ncad.ie for further information.
James Armstrong will lecture and present screenings on the work and life of Kenneth Anger in the Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre from 11:00 - 2:00. This lecture is available to all NCAD staff and students.
http://www.jdiff.com/
http://www.irishfilm.ie/
Tue Feb 02, 2010
The Public Role of the Critic, NCAD, Monday 15th Feb., 2010
The Public Role of the Critic, A forum hosted by Art and the Contemporary World and Gradcam.
NCAD, Monday 15th Feb., 2010
Participants: Irving Sandler (art critic), Jennifer Thatcher (director of talks at the ICA, London), Maeve Connolly (critic, author and lecturer, IADT), Shumon Basar (architect, writer, curator), Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith , Chair, (writer and critic), with introductions by Francis Halsall & Declan Long (MA, ACW).
What is the public role of the critic? What are the expectations and responsibilities of criticism today? And is it possible to conceive of a coherent public to which critical practices would in fact be responsible? This forum will address these questions and assess the extent to which contemporary criticism, in discipline-specific or more general contexts, in written or broadcast forms, assumes and performs a public role. Perhaps, as Ronan McDonald has recently argued, the role of the critic today can be revivified through a renewed commitment to artistic merit: "if criticism is to be valued, if it is to reach a wide public ... it needs to be evaluative". Equally, however, given the drastic social circumstances in which the work of artists and critics now takes place, we might see significant potential for new, as yet untested, modes of critical work; as J.J. Charlesworth recently claimed, "historically its when arts relation to society is seen to be critical that a dynamic of criticism has emerged."
This forum is the first in a series of events hosted by MA Art in the Contemporary World that will interrogate related issues about the aesthetic, political and economic implications and responsibilities involved in the production of publics and knowledge(s). These are questions that have particular relevance to the contemporary Irish context in which debates about the various meanings of "public" take place against a background of economic instability, population change and national uncertainty.
Format:
There will be 2 parts to the seminar:
1 - a small, closed seminar in the afternoon
2 - a public roundtable.
The closed seminar is free but numbers are strictly limited. Anyone interested in participating should send a short expression of interest (explaining why they would like to participate) accompanied with a short biographical note to: halsallf@ncad.ie ; or longd@ncad.ie
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