SoundSet Microfestival

SoundSet Microfestival

27th August
Back Loft Gallery

2/2.15pm: Gypsy Rebel Rabble
3pm: Silkbeard
3.45pm: Let’s Set Sail
4.30pm: The Pigeons
5pm: SoundSet String Quartet
5.30pm: Eilo loop-based stuff
5.45pm: Piaras Hoban piece with strings
6pm: Enda Bates hexaphonic guitar
6.30pm: Allison Sleator
7.15pm: Wicker Bones
8pm: Nick Roth – Water Music
8.30pm: Dying Seconds
9.30pm: Ana Gog

TheNestXtage - 21st August 6pm

TheNestXtage is a one night showcase of emergent contemporary art, incorporating durational performances, interactive/kinetic installations and live music.

The aim of the show is to provide a platform where performative / live art can be enjoyed in a context that is equal part gallery exhibition and entertainment event. The organisation of the show is anchored on four medium scale installations dispersed throughout the atmospheric event space of The Back Loft. With eight durational performances, overlapping throughout the evening, a constantly changing and evolving visual and aural experience is to be topped off by a number of experimental musical acts. The whole promises to be something well worth seeing. I promise.







Participating artists will include;

Louise Brady
Darren Caffrey
Aoife Casey ( http://aoifecasey.ie/ )
Moya Clarken
Hugh Cooney ( http://hughcooney.com/ )
Craig Cox
Terence Erraught ( http://www.terenceerraught​.com/ )
Stephanie Golden
Rory Grubb ( http://breakingtunes.com/r​orygrubb )
Joan Healy ( http://www.mart.ie/index.p​hp/artists/j/joanhealy/ )
Mairead Hutchinson
Corrosive Joseph ( http://soundcloud.com/corr​osivejoseph )
Marc O'Connor
Hugh O'Donnel
Hilary Williams

Curated by Seamus Bradley ( http://aroomforimprovement​.com/ )
Doors open Sunday 21st August 18.00
7 euro (5 euro concession)
BYOB

MORE INFO http://thenestxtage.blogspot.com/

The Acoustic Picnic - Riona Sally Hartman and guests

Friday, August 26th, 8pm.

Music by
Riona Sally Hartman
Peter Delaney

Poetry from
The Poetry Chicks
Stephen James Smith

8/10 euro











A one night only pop up festival of music and poetry. Bring along a picnic, or a few beers and enjoy the best thing to happen to Irish literature since the Beatnicks and goosepimple-inducing music, all in the beautiful setting of one of Dublin's hidden gems. An eclectic picnic of local Irish talent. Sponsored by iloveminibike.com
8 euro tickets available in advance from http://www.rionasallyhartman.com
10 euro on the door.

Spark Your Dance Imagination

“Spark your Dance Imagination” is a fundraising event for 50% Male Experimental Theatre to go towards the production of ‘Seekers’ – a new performance by the group that is programmed in ABSOLUT Fringe 2011.

50% Male Experimental Theatre are delighted to invite you to a fantastic evening filled with lots of fun and entertainment. You can take part in our specially designed dance classes which are sure to put you in a great mood for the night! There will also be live music performances and video projections throughout the evening. This is a BYOB event so bring a bottle and be assured that we are more than ready to get your weekend buzz started!


If you consider yourself lucky, be sure to take part in our raffle to be in a chance to win great prizes. What’s more you will be able to bid on a selection of fantastic auction items, including original artworks, photographs and an exclusive photo-session with a top fashion photographer!

- LIVE MUSIC - RAFFLE - AUCTION - FOOD - VIDEO PROJECTIONS -

Tell your friends and join us on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/50​percentmaletheatre

The event will take place on:
Saturday, 13 August 2011 in The Back Loft, 7/11 Saint Augustine Street Dublin 8 from 5.00-10pm.
Tickets (amazing low price) €2.

OFF THE SHELF GRAD TALKS

Time	18 July at 13:00 - 22 July at 13:00

Created by:	Donna Kiernan
More info	Off The Shelf returns to La Catedral Studios for it's 2nd year at PhotoIreland Festival. These Off The Shelf-grad talks aim to allow recent graduates the opportunity to present a theme or research in a public forum. The public are invited to ask questions and challenge the speakers research in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

This year's line up of speakers includes -

18th July @1pm - David M. Floo

...The Representation of Labour in Corporate Photography

19th July @1pm - Anthony Champa

'where we stood changed the View'

20th July @1pm - Rodrigo Orrantia

Photography and the Search for Lost Time: Definitions of time and duration in contemporary photography

20th July @2pm - Jan Urant

Notes on the audience participation

21st July @1pm - Sinead Mc Donald

Criminalising the Photograph

22nd July @1pm - Ruby Wallis

Relating to the gaze

For full information on topics and speakers please go to:

http://offtheshelf-gradtal​ks.blogspot.com/

Please note there are 2 speakers on Wednesday 20th July

This is a free event so no need to book but if you'd like to tell us you're coming that'd be nice too.

VAI @ PhotoIreland - Professional Development Session for Photographers

Visual Artists Ireland in partnership with PhotoIreland are pleased to present a limited run of professional development workshops aimed specifically at both emerging and established photographers:

4 sessions will take place over the closing weekend of PhotoIreland Festival on 23rd and 24th of July in La Catedral Studios off Thomas Street.

Professional Practice: Online Marketing w’ Mary Carty

Money Matters: Preparing Proposals & Grant Applications w’ Eilis Lavelle & Sarah Searson

Negotiation: Dealing with Public/ Private Galleries w’ Jerome O’ Drisceoil & Karen Downey

Experience: Career Options w’ Anthony Luvera; Dragana Jurisic; Liam Campbell & Stephanie Joy

Prices are as follows: €20 for non-members and €15 for VAI members or €60 for all 4 sessions.

For booking or further information please go to http://visualartists.ie/education

"A ROYAL WEDDING or How To Live Happily Ever After"

By The
collective "Five Eleven Ninety Nine" presented in conjunction with PhotoIreland festival 2011






Featuring work
of Hannah Lucy Jones, Jonny Cochrane, Maria de la Iglesia, Samuel Bland, Simone Massera and Teresa Cos, 51199 has transformed the Back Loft into a dark, immersive space, with six projections, fortune cookies and a recipe for happiness.

For PhotoIreland Festival 2011, the collective has created a collection of individual projects exploring the human quest for happiness in contemporary Western society. Everywhere people are dreaming of something more and better than what they currently have: aspiring to be more successful, to earn more, achieve more, be loved more – and thereby attain the state of happiness. A Royal Wedding is a metaphor for this very human characteristic. Each photographer has explored this area from a different angle, and the resulting projects use still photography, screenshots, video and sound, in the hope of encouraging reflection on how to live “happily ever after”.
Runs until Saturday 30th July, Daily viewing Monday to Sunday 11am-6pm.

Five Eleven Ninety Nine / http://fiveelevenninetynine.com/
Photo Ireland / http://2011.photoireland.org/program/a-royal-wedding/