Artbeat 27/01/10
On tonight’s Artbeat with Sadhbh Murphy:
An interview with the Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings in the NGI, Niamh MacNally, who spoke of the everlasting appeal of the annual Turner exhibition ‘A Light in the Darkness’, which continued until Sunday. She also spoke about the beautiful Silhouettes and Miniatures exhibit bequethed by Mary A.McNeill, running alongside Turner yet again.
Press release reproduced below:
*HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUNDRAISER!!!!*
Monster Truck Gallery & Studios
*”It fell off the back of a Monster Truck”*
*Bring and buy sale* – please bring something to sell, in aid of Haiti
*More info contact Chris Reeves at 0857772865 or info@monstertruck.ie*
Every day news papers, radio and television are bringing us new horrific
scenes from the devastation of Haiti. Monster Truck, like so many others
has decided that it would like to help. If you want to help the people of
Haiti, why not join in Monster Trucks ‘”It fell off the back of a Monster Truck”
sale on Saturday the 30TH from 3pm to 9pm. Artists affiliated with Monster
Truck will be bringing along artworks to sell, as well as other assorted
ephemera and cool stuff that they don’t need any more. Be warned, if you
want to BUY something, you have to BRING something. That’s why its called a
BRING and BUY sale, right?
So, *bring anything of value that you think you can sell *(from a can of
Guinness, to an oil painting, to a pair of lovely old shoes, you get the
idea). All sales and donations will go to the Haiti fund. We will have
other *entertainments on the day* such as the wonderful *DJ James ‘Slik
Blik’*Kirwan and *singers with international reputations.* There will also be a *raffle *of
a wonderful work of art from one of our Monster Truck Artists *and cake sale *so you can expand your art and cake collection and de-clutter your gaff
while also helping the worthiest cause imaginable.
Come along for a day of fun, music and bric a brac treasure hunting down at
your favorite independent art space, Monster Truck!
Artbeat 20/01/10
3fe © Colin Harmon
Colin Harmon of the newly opened Third Floor Espresso cafe came in studio to talk coffee and cafe culture. He expanded on the ‘cafe as third space’ concept and the challenges opening up in Dublin. This Sunday afternoon sees 3fe open officially and there’s a launch party from 12-4pm to celebrate. Coffee roaster Steve Leighton of Hasbean Coffee will be on hand for a Q&A session, taking questions on anything from roasting techniques to his favourite brewing methods. He will be joined by the current Norwegian Barista Champion Oda Misje Haug who will be flying in from Kaffemisjonen, Bergen.
Des’ interview with Colin is now online. Click here.
Plus Sadhbh interviewed Jessica Fuller from www.platformireland.ie, a new Irish arts and culture site. The site (in live test mode at present) showcases leading Irish arts and cultural content to audiences worldwide. It is an online venue which features all audiovisual arts content across Ireland from interviews with actors to touring arts online. It also acts as an arts archive and features the latest arts news where new content can be presented and promoted.
Sadhbh’s interview with Jessica is now available as a podcast. Click here.
Artbeat 13/01/10
Hello and welcome to the first Artbeat blog post of what we’ll try to call Twenty Ten. There’s plenty of arts activity happening in Dublin and this week’s programme focussed on matters musical.
More than 70 singers from around the world will compete in Dublin later this month for a prize of €10,000 in one of Ireland’s most famous competitions, the 6th Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition. Dr Veronica Dunne joined Artbeat to talk about the history of the competition and this year’s contest.
After 15 years since the very first competition (in 1995), this bigger and better competition event boasts the largest ever applicant count of 73 singing competitors from 25 nations around the globe (15 Irish, 12 Korean, including more hopeful applicants from the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, China, Serbia, Iceland, Russia, Lithuania, Italy, Romania, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Netherlands, Hungary, Ukraine & Germany).
The competition runs from January 20–26 at the National Concert Hall. Full details here. You’ll find this interview now available to hear through iTunes. Click here to listen directly.
The Irish Baroque Orchestra is having a very busy start to 2010 with a series of six concerts this month at the National Gallery. Entitled Masterworks, the series explores works by three of the giants of the Baroque era: Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. Claire Duff, leader of the Irish Baroque Orchestra took time out to give Artbeat some idea of the history of the orchestra; the idea behind the Masterworks series; and talked about the orchestra’s artistic director Monica Huggett.
Full details are available at the Irish Baroque Orchestra’s excellent website. The interview with Claire is now online here.
The Irish Baroque Orchestra
Artbeat 25/11/09
Sadhbh Murphy spoke with Tim Casey, the director and star of Blank Canvas’s production of Richard II by Shakespeare. This will be commencing in the Smock Alley Theatre on Essex Quay, next Tuesday December 1st until the 8th. Tim spoke about his theatre company Blank Canvas, the challenges of producing such a complex play and the genius of Shakespeare. He also dispelled any recent myths that Shakespeare did not write his own work!
For details on booking go to www.ticket.ie.
Music Network recently announced the release of ‘3’, the début CD from the Donegal fiddle trio, Fidil. Described as, “Stunning” (Rod Stradling) and “Mind-blowing” (allcelticmusic.com), the award winning trio are three of Donegal’s finest young musicians. Just about to embark on a short nationwide tour, Des FitzGerald talked tonight to trio member Ciarán Ó Maonaigh, en route to Kerry for the opening gig.
Fidil
This edition of Artbeat is now available as a podcast. Click here (and the programme will open in a popup window) or subscribe through iTunes using this url.
Artbeat 11/11/09
On this week’s show, Sadhbh spoke to Alan Stanford, director of A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, which is in the Helix Theatre until November 27th. Alan told her about his new version of this famous play, bringing it out of the 19th century and setting it in the 1930’s. He spoke about the deep controversy the play caused in Norway upon its opening in 1880, due to its “feminist” nature. Interestingly, many themes in this play are still not far from the truth today. The play is produced by Second Age Theatre and has an excellent Irish cast.
For more information on A Doll’s House and booking a ticket, visit http://www.thehelix.ie/2009_Q4/SecondAge.htm
There was more theatre this week when Annick spoke with Jim Culleton, director of the brand new play ’Strandline’ in the Project Arts Centre in Temple Bar. The production company, Fishamble, is the same company behind the hugely popular recent Dublin play Pride of Parnell Street. This is another great production being staged in the Project until December 5th. It is both a comedy and a drama and it was written by Abbie Spallen, recent winner of the Steward Parker Trust Award.
For more information on the play, go to: http://www.projectartscentre.ie/programme/whats-on/752-strandline
Artbeat 04/11/09
Sadhbh interviewed Mr. Pip Utton, the creator and writer of Adolf which is on in the Tivoli Theatre and is directed by Guy Masterson. This one man show performed by Mr. Utton is a study not just on the psyche of Hitler and fascism, but it also brings a strong message to the audience about the state of our world today. This world is still full of “mini Hitlers” in various countries who cause ethnic cleansing and inhumanity, for political and financial gain. Adoft is showing in the Tivoli Theatre until November 14th and has already been performed in about 18 countries worldwide.
She also spoke with Chris Judge, the promotions officer of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland, about the Guild’s new group exhibition. This opened last night in the Solas Bar on Camden St and is running until Saturday. It features prints of thirty of it’s members over the last year. Its part of ‘Offset 2009‘, an international creative festival which is on in Dublin this week, culminating in a three day conference in Liberty Hall.
llustrators Guild of Ireland's poster from new group exhibition
Artbeat 28/10/09
On tonight’s Artbeat, Des spoke to photographer Simon Burch. Simon’s exhibition ‘Under A Grey Sky‘ is currently showing at the Gallery of Photography. It explores the landscape of the Irish Midlands, described by the gallery as “the most intensively industrialised landscape in the country”. It’s a landscape that many pass through on their way to a more picture postcard Ireland, but has provided Simon with many haunting images taken over the last four years.
A podcast of the interview with Simon Burch (recorded at the Gallery of Photography) is available here.
All images © Simon Burch
Annick spoke with Eimear Chaomhánach Cultural Development Executive of the Temple Bar Cultural Trust about the Temple Bar Chocolate festival running this weekend (Friday 30th November to Sunday 1st November) in various locations around Temple Bar. From chocolate demonstrations to colouring competitions- experts will be on hand to illuminate the myths and mysteries surrounding chocolate as well as reveal how chocolate can be used in face masks to medicine!
Various bars and restaurants are offering chocolate themed food and drinks and there will be entertainment in the form of live bands and screenings of the magical original version of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”. Look out for the chocolate themed symbols around Temple Bar denoting participation venues.
For more information log onto www.templebar.ie
Artbeat 14/10/09
Annick interviewed Paul Maloney, press officer for Dublin Viking
Festival. The Dublin Viking Festival takes place at the Amphitheatre,
Wood Quay and Essex Street West from Friday the 16th October until
Sunday 18th October 2009. The Vikings were the first settlers at
Dublin and old reminants of their settlement have been found at Wood
Quay in Dublin City Centre on the site of Dublin City Council’s civic
offices. An action packed weekend filled with recreations of viking
battles, viking music & art.There will be tours of Dublinia, Viking
splash tours, walking tours of vikig settlements along with an open
air screening of Beowolf at Meeting House Square. There will be also
be a food and craft market and Norwegian Mandala on display. The
entire event is free. Anyone looking for more information can find it
at www.dublinvikingfestival.ie
Meanwhile Sadhbh interviewed the artist Helen McNulty about her new solo painting exhibition ‘Cloud Burst’ in the Crow Gallery, Crow Street, Templebar. This exhibition was inspired by her arrival to Dublin in Summer 2007 amidst 61 days of continuous rain! She imaginatively used a blend of oil and wax on canvas to capture the affect that the rain had on the city those months. Helen is also a performance artist and more information on her can be found at www.helenmcnulty.com.
Helen was also promoting the new Core Dublin play by Euripides ‘ The Trojan Women’, which is currently on in Smock Alley Theatre Studio until October 17th. It’s directed by Rodrigo Rodriguez and Alan King and stars Gerard Byrne as Poseidon (Malachy” from Fair City.) For more information go to www.thecoredublin.tk.
Another play to see:
SETANTA MURPHY by Garrett Keogh
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Setanta Murphy is a young man with a lot of time on is hands. Paddy is
his grand-uncle, a cantankerous 90-year-old with a razor-sharp tongue
who spends his days around town and his nights at the dog track. When
Paddy gets sick, they are thrown into the messy world of public
hospitals until Paddy finds himself in a nursing home, plotting his
escape. The touching and funny story of a relationship between an old
man and his nephew as they attempt to navigate their way through ups,
and downs, of the Irish health system.
Contact Information:
phone:(01) 6703361
email: info@thenewtheatre.com
Artbeat 07/10/09
Annick O’Brien spoke to Nathalie Weadick, director of the Irish Architecture Foundation, ahead of Open House Dublin 2009. This gives the public an unmissable chance to explore some fascinating buildings in and around the city. Full details here.
Des FitzGerald talked to award winning jazz singer Christine Tobin. Christine’s based in London but back in Ireland for a nationwide tour. She reaches the Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray on Thursday 8th with the tour closing in J.J. Smyth’s on Aungier St this Sunday. Have a look at Christine Tobin’s Myspace page to hear some of this fantastic artist.
Artbeat 30/09/09
The continuing perilous state of Ireland’s finances coupled with the suggested arts funding cuts as outlined in the McCarthy Report, has galvanised the arts community into action. A week ago today, a new initiative – The National Campaign for the Arts – was launched. One of those involved is Gerry Godley, director of the Improvised Music Company, who spoke to Des FitzGerald about the aims of the campaign.
Podcast of this interview available here.
Further information about the campaign:
Blog: http://nationalcampaignforthearts.wordpress.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Campaign4Arts
Pictured at the launch of The National Campaign For The Arts at The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children on 23 September 2009 were Don Wycherley, Una Kavanagh, Damian Dempsey and Garrett Phelan. The Campaign highlights the value of the arts to Ireland's economic recovery, among other things the retention of the Irish Film Board and Culture Ireland. Photograph: Aidan Crawley
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