BOOM/BUST Live@8 at The Exchange, Temple bar Dublin 9.12.11
The final Live@8 2011 tour happened at the Exchange in Dublin at 8pm Friday 9th December with a programme of live art and video responding to the theme BOOM/BUST by artists from Ireland, England and Sweden. These artists use images and actions that address our contemporary political context sometimes with satirical voices and often using humour to speak about harsh social and economic realities. Some of the works represent transformative personal experiences with work and relationships, showing psychological and philosophical ways out of our present imbalanced crisis.
Curated by Live@8 featuring:
Mitch & Parry, Austin Ivers, Mary Ahearne, Noel Arrigan, Suzanne Walsh, Ann Maria Healy, James Ward & William Smith, Cecilia Danell, Mary Ahearne, Isabella Oberlander, Noel Arrigan, Suzanne Walsh, Ann Maria Healy, Monica Ross, Dave Callan, Áine Phillips, Lisamarie Johnson
Special thanks to all the artists involved, The Exchange for hosting Live@8, Market Studios for equipment and to everyone who came along to the event!
photo credits, from the top: Dave Callan, Ann Marie Healy, Isabella Oberlander, Noel Arrigan, the audience. Images by Áine Phillips and James Ward.
Live@8 ON TOUR to The Guesthouse, 10 Chapel Street, Cork on the 9th September 2011
http://www.theguesthouse.ie/
Many Thanks to The Guesthouse Cork and our Cork audience on the night!
Live@8 The Guesthouse is responding to the theme "Currency", artists include Austin Ivers, Breda Lynch, Dave Callan, Jonathan Sammon, Louise Manifold, Aideen Barry, Vivienne Dick, Lewis Goodman, James Ward, Ann Maria Healy, Economic Thought Projects, James McCann, Noel Arrigan, Suzanne Walsh, Áine Phillips, Mary Ahearne.
Photo credits, from the top: Mary Ahearne, Ann Maria Healy, Suzanne Walsh, The Guesthouse audience viewing the screening programme and Noel Arrigan. All images by Jonathan Sammon.
W.U.D. Feast of Fools Live@8 ON TOUR to The Trades Club Sligo, 5th August 2011
http://themodel.ie/exhibitions/seamus-nolan-trades-club-revival
Many Thanks to the Trades Club and all involved, and to the Sligo audience who came along on the night!
The second date on our National Tour happened in The Trades Club, Sligo on the 5th August 2011. The trades Club is a Model Niland Commission by Seamus Nolan, it is a recently reopened cultural centre that offers space in Sligo for developing local arts initiatives, music, events, training and socialising.
Curated by Vivienne Dick, Aine Philips and Maeve Mulrennan, the event featured:
Lisa Marie Johnson, Knee Jerk, Paul Timoney, Suzanne Walsh, Ann Maria Healy, Breda Lynch, Aine Phillips, Alice Maher, DJ Des Mulcahy, Vivienne Dick, Aideen Barry, Maximilian Le Cain & Vicky Langan, Abigail Child, Austin Ivers, Louise Manifold, James Nares, Jonathon Sammon, Moira Tierney, Ruby Wallis, James Ward.
Live@8 ON TOUR to Occupy Space Limerick, 5th May 2011
http://www.occupyspace.com/
Live@8's first Irish Tour date happened at Occupy Space on the 5th May, Limerick's artist-led non-profit gallery on Thomas Street. Curated by Live@8's organisers Vivienne Dick, Maeve Mulrennan and Áine Phillips who presented the work of 23 film, video, installation and performance artists who have been associated with Galway's Live@8 since 2008.
Artists: Austin Julian, Michael Ryan, Vivienne Dick, Tom Flanagan, Sherry Millner & Ernest Larsen, Anthony Kelly & David Stalling, Masha Godovannaya, Aideen Barry, Jennifer Cunningham, Austin Ivers, Michael Ryan, Jonathan Sammon, James Ward, Louise Manifold, Dave Callan, Cecilia Danell & Majella Dowdican, Ann Maria Healy, Áine Phillips, Victoria McCormack, Knee-Jerk.
Many Thanks to all at Occupy Space for hosting Live@8, especially Emmet Kierans. http://occupy-space.blogspot.com/
Thanks to Tom Sheridan of Eight Bar & Restaurant for providing refreshments and very special thanks to all the artists who were involved, especially those who traveled to Limerick for the event.
Photos from the top: Video installation Vivienne Dick/Áine Phillips; Installation Cecilia Danell/Majella Dowdican; video installation Dave Callan; Knee Jerk; Live@8 audience in Occupy Space; Victoria McCormack and Aine Phillips; detail of Knee Jerk's performance; Knee Jerk outside Occupy Space; detail of installation Cecilia Danell/Majella Dowdican.
Live@8 is hosted by Eight Bar & Restaurant, 8 Dock Rd, Galway and supported by Tulca, 126 Gallery and funded by Galway City Council and the Arts Council of Ireland.
