Tuesday

Call for Work: Mamuska Dublin



 *MAMUSKA DUBLIN  returns Friday 1st March 2013 @ THE BACK LOFT, 7.30pm*

 La Cat Salons calls local, national and international artists to participate in the upcoming Mamuska Dublin! This is a unique occasion to present and view evolving works,  raw ideas, unrehearsed visions, trials and errors, short masterpieces,  playful nonsense, first steps... all in the context of an informal  environment where like-minded artists meet, mingle, discuss and receive  feedback from the audience. Be a part of it!
A maximum of ten artists will present their work, with lively musical breaks for discussion.

Submission criteria:

 * open to works in the fields of dance, live performance, live installation, sound and video art
 * all works must be under 10 minutes long
 * all works must have very simple technical set up and requirements
 * send title, duration and brief description of work submitted
 * send short CV of people involved
 * inclusion of supporting material is recommended

 *Closing Date For Submissions: Monday 18th February*

 Email all submissions to La Cat Salons curator Brigit McCone at lacatsalons@gmail.com. Mamuska Dublin is supported by the Arts Council Small Festivals Scheme and is an inhouse production of La Catedral Studios. Pictured artists: Hillary Williams & Carol Walsh.
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SALON D'EXPLORATION








ART HOUSE PRESENTS 

‘SALON D’EXPLORATION’
13th-20th February 
Opening reception: 6pm -9pm -Wedn 13th February                                                          


‘Salon D’Exploration’, is a collaborative initiative between ‘La Cat Salon’, the in-house programme of La Catedral Studios/The back Loft and Art-House, a group of seven fine artists recently graduated from NCAD and DIT which aims to establish an art studio in Dublin.
The Back Loft is a multi-disciplinary space in what was a Victorian textile factory for the Saint Bernard Brand. During the 80s it was also a warehouse space used to store rental televisions and it was hence nicknamed “Telly building”.   
Most of the work in the Salon’s exhibition is site specific since explores the architecture and the history of the ‘Back Loft’ building. The artists use a wide variety of media including sculpture, painting, embroidery, photography, projection and video work.
This exhibition will also feature the ‘Back Loft’ Café, a recently built-in charming cafe-saloon created with reclaimed materials, where members of the audience will be invited to leisure and mingle whilst sampling creative delights during the Salon’s rich calendar of satellite events.

Click on  this LINK to check out 

the SALON'S EVENT PROGRAMME 


Art House Artists:
Ian Nolan http://iannolan.weebly.com/index.html
Ruth Kerr & Eamonn Kennedy http://kerrut.blogspot.ie/
Steph Gallagher http://www.stephgallagher.com/
Nollaig Molloy http://nollaigmolloy.wordpress.com/
Amanda Doran http://amandadoranartist.tumblr.com/
Aisling Ní Chlaonadh  http://aislingnich.tumblr.com/
Dona Stankune http://www.flickr.com/photos/dona-snapkauskaite/

 Curated by Roisin Power hackett

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Monday

“TheOpenRehearsals”





TheOpenRehearsals in association with Opera Theatre Company & LaCat Salons

present

“TheOpenRehearsals”

10th December 2012 at The Back Loft, La Cathedral Studios


“An evening of improvised Opera”

Following their extremely well received performance in October, TheOpenRehearsals are delighted to announce their new performance on December 10th at the Back Loft (off Thomas St.) at 8.00pm. This unique experience is brought to you in association with Opera Theatre Company and LaCat Salons. 

TheOpenRehearsals are a group of professionally trained classical musicians/theatre artists who have come together to explore the possibilities of improvised music theatre. The music, which is improvised anew in each performance, lends itself to an uncanny sense of focus and unpredictability.  This combination of music and theatre in one entity is more reminiscent of traditional art forms from around the world than of Western theatre: using physical theatre, masks, and random text what we do is pitched on the boundaries between abstract music, text art and theatre.  We are currently exploring the concept of “the stage as a song”, a method of walking freely through a pre-set structure, whereby each place on the stage has its own musical atmosphere; actors and musicians can trigger changes when they choose by moving to another position. This is an original, fascinating new form of improvised opera.

The group is David Bremner (keyboard, composer, writer), Enda Collins (horn), Elizabeth Hilliard (soprano), Aidan McWatt (violin), Paul Nolan (actor), Andrea Scott (director/actor), Sandra Gonzalez Bandera (actor), Claire Fitch (cello), Alan Leech (tenor), Chris Stynes (percussion), Carolyn Goodwin (clarinet/saxophone),  Aodán McCardle (poet).

Venue: The Back Loft, La Cathedral Studios
Date: 10th Dec 2012 @ 8.00pm
Tickets: €8/5 available from the venue on the night

TheOpenRehearsals gratefully acknowledge the support of the Arts Council through the Opera Project Award.

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Tuesday

Big Smoke Winter Literary cafe


“Simply wonderful...one of those evenings that remind you how lucky you are to live in Dublin.”
  Big Smoke Writing Factory is a creative writing centre run by writers for writers. They are located in the heart of the city and provide creative writing classes and workshops for new and developing writers.
 The Back Loft has been a great supporter of Big Smoke over the last number of years and are delighted to host their 2012 Winter Literary Café! Always the highlight of the Big Smoke calendar, this event is set to take place on Sunday December 2nd from 6pm - 9pm.
Start the festive season in style with a wonderfully relaxing evening featuring readings from developing writers and guests, live music, mulled wine and plenty of winter cheer. A chance to see some fantastic emerging Dublin writers and hear all the exciting new work happening at the Big Smoke Writing Factory.
As always this event is FREE and open to everyone. The Big Smoke and the Back Loft look forward to seeing you there!
Email bigsmokewritingfactory@gmail.com
Twitter @Bigsmokewriting
                                            
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Friday

Cloister - Exhibition by La Catedral Studio Artists




Cloister
An exhibition of work by the artists of La Catedral Studios
The Back Loft
Opening reception Saturday 8th of December 6pm
Exhibition continues Sunday 9th December 1-6pm

Cloister: A showcase of work by the studio artists of La Catedral Studios in the heart of the Dublin Liberties.
La Catedral studios encompass a diverse group of artists working in all mediums of art in a converted Victorian warehouse. Over the week-end seventeen artists from the Studios will exhibit their works in the Back Loft to celebrate their artistic practice which unfolded in their studio spaces over the past year... The Back Loft is a bright open space adjacent to La Catedral Studios and is used as a multi faceted space for performance, exhibitions, art salons etc.  This exhibition promises to be a visual feast featuring video installations, illustrations, photography, mixed-media and paintings from the talented and diverse artists of La Catedral Studios.
Come along to celebrate and enjoy this exhibition in a warm, atmospheric and historical environment!

The Artists:
Damian O’ Donoghue – illustrator (Ireland)
Anthony Collins – Interactive/ Mixed Media artists (Ireland)
Pham Van Duc – Painter (Vietnam)
Emily O'Callaghan – Photographer (Ireland)
Karina Finegan – Photographer (Ireland)
John McCann – Painter (Ireland)
Karma Shawa – Painter (Jordan)
Miquel Montlló - illustrator (Barcelona)
Bridget Ryan- Painter (Ireland)
David Booth- Painter (Ireland)
Dee Walsh- Painter (Ireland)
Hugh Frazer – Painter (Ireland)
Rani  Sheilagh- Painter (Ireland)
Dave Folan – Sculptor / video artist (Ireland)
Anthony Cullen- Painter (Ireland)
Dee O’Shea- Installation /video/mixed media artists (Ireland)
Liam Meates/Painter (Ireland)

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Monday

Mamuska Dublin


Mamuska Dublin returns on Friday 30th November, featuring a packed line-up of experimental video work and live performance to challenge and inspire. Audience and artists mingle in an atmosphere of play and discovery. Starts 7.30pm. 


EVENT LINE-UP

1. Carol Walsh - 'A Medley of Shakespeare' - CLOWNING
2. Hillary Williams - 'Scars' - VERBAL PERFORMANCE ART
3. TheOpenRehearsals - PERFORMANCE
4. Paco Torres - 'The Rattle of Benghazi' - FILM
5. Roisin Power Hackett 'The Roche Limit' - SPOKEN WORD
6. Peter Moran - INTERACTIVE MUSIC / VOCAL PERFORMANCE
7. Sandra Estrada - 'The Hand of the Inert' - FILM
8. Peter Duffy - A Political Movement - PERFORMANCE PIECE
9. Rose Lawless - 'The Virgin Mary rap' - PERFORMANCE

Mamuska Dublin is a free event supported by the Arts Council Small Festivals Scheme and curated by La Cat Salons inhouse programme of La Catedral Studios.
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Wednesday

Tickling the Ivories



100 Years of Experimental Piano

At The Back Loft
Thursday 29th November 7.30 pm, Doors open at 7pmpm
€8/€5


The Back Loft/La Cat Acoustic is delighted to present an evening of experimental piano music in collaboration with curator/composer Peter Moran, with special guests Kian Geiselbrechtinger on piano and vocalist Olesya Zdorovetska.

This concert spans one hundred years of musical innovators, including acoustic, electro-acoustic and audio-visual works from Arnold Schoenberg, Henry Cowell, John Cage, György Ligeti, John Zorn and Irish composer Jennifer Walshe. The latter part of the programme will feature a selection of Peter Moran’s recent piano music, including the first full performance of “The Dublin Miniatures” – a collection of piano miniatures composed in different parts of Dublin city earlier this year, and performed with video projections of the locations where they were written.

Programme

Piano Sonata No.9, Op.68 (1910)                               Alexander Scriabin
Excerpts from Six Little Piano Pieces, Op.19 (1913)  Arnold Schoenberg
The Banshee (1923)                                                    Henry Cowell
The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942)    John Cage
Musica Ricercarta (1953)                                           György Ligeti
Memories of You (1964)                                             Cornelius Cardew
Cobra (1984)                                                               John Zorn
Table-ism (2005)                                                         Peter Moran
He Was She Was (2008)                                             Jennifer Walshe
Stahl (2008)                                                                 Samuel Gfrörer
Six Beageens and other piano miniatures (2010-11) Peter Moran
New Work (2012)                                                        Kian Geiselbrechtinger
The Dublin Miniatures (2012)                                                Peter Moran

More info: http://irishmusiceducation@gmail.com


Peter Moran and La Cat Acoustic are supported by the Irish Arts Council/An Comhairle Ealaíon

La Cat Acoustic is La Cat Salons' acoustic strand. La Cat Salons is the in-house programme of La Catedral Studios.
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