ANUNA Presented by RAW CLASSICO

ANÚNA-presented by RawClassico
FRIDAY 27th AUGUST 2010
Doors open 7:30pm

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Directed by Michael McGlynn, Anuna the internationally reknowned choral group will launch the RawClassico concert series held in the Back Loft.

"Anuna, the Irish choral ensemble, is a stellar example of a crossover group that has avoided compromising its musical standards and has maintained a high level of involvement in the worlds of both popular and classical music� it is also an exceptionally virtuosic chamber choir, with the discipline and technique to excel in both traditional and contemporary music in the classical tradition".

Founded by Antonella Scanu and Frances Marshall, 'RawClassico' is a new initiative that promotes classical music in the raw setting of the Back Loft at La Catedral Studios.

Anuna at The Back Loft is part of Music in the Historic Quarter, a Contemporary Music Centre initiative, which consists of The Contemporary Music Centre Outdoor Music Trail and an event programme.

For more info go to: Music in the Historic Quarter www.cmc.ie/musictrail

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PHOTOIRELAND CONTINUES AT THE BACKLOFT IN JULY WITH DID IT!

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'DID IT!'

Opening Reception: 22nd July, 6pm – 8pm

Daily Viewing: 23rd – 30^th July, 12pm - 7pm daily,

Photograph by Irene Sirgausa

DID IT! is a celebration of creativity, confidence and completion. To mark the end of the first year of their degree course in photography at DIT, the exhibition provides a platform via which young emerging talent can display their work. DID IT! gives fresh talent a voice and creates newfound confidence. DID IT! allows each photographer to give individual and unique expression to an overarching concept, and will bring this newly created work to a new audience for the first time. The artists’ theme is 'Space'. Though the theme can be interpreted in a myriad of ways - workspaces, spaces for living, vacant space, null space - the space must be physical and not conceptual.
DID IT Exhibition

‘The Thing that Bruises You’

Opening Reception: 2^nd July, 6pm – 8pm

Daily Viewing: 3^rd – 11^th July, 11am - 7pm daily,
except Sunday 11th July 11am - 5pm

‘The Thing That Bruises You’ presents a salon style exhibition of works by a selection of recent photography graduates from across the island. Representing a broad range of innovative techniques, styles, and photographic practices, the exhibition promises to exhilarate, inspire and provoke. Works are mapped out floor to ceiling, wall to wall, representing a lavish visual survey of contemporary views and concepts undertaken by graduates in recent years. This exhibition attempts to address the vexed nature of being a graduate in the current climate, where the quest for gallery space, opportunities and recognition in the field are enduring issues. The wall space acts as a metaphor reflecting these concerns.

'LOOSE THREADS'
Opening Reception: 13th July, 7pm – 9pm

Daily Viewing: 14th – 20^th July, 1pm - 8pm daily

Except Tuesday 20th July until 6pm

In an ever-changing Ireland people are becoming more and more interested in their heritage and personal legacy. The exhibition ‘Loose Threads’ explores these legacies through a diverse collection of intriguing and highly creative images. From landscapes of a family’s favourite places to enigmatic images of teenage life, the exhibition hints at an Ireland redefining itself. This redefinition is identified by the intercultural mix of students indicating their emotional and actual relationships with the past and present, making this exhibition a unique documentation of Ireland today.

www.loose-threads.org

WORKSHOPS:
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More info on this link
Fri 9th July 6.30 pm

FESTIVAL TALKS:

"Off the Shelf" - Mon 5th-Fri 9th July

Daily lunchtime talks & debates on photogaphic thesis, presented by invited graduates. Curated by Donna Kiernan. More info on this link

"Photo Blogging" - Sat 10th july, 12pm

With Orla Fitzpatrick & guests bloggers

"Open Forum" - Sat 10th July, 7.30pm

Challenges and concerns facing the Art Photography practice in Ireland.

Moderated By Angel Luis Gonzalez, Festival Director.

OFF THE SHELF

'Off The Shelf' Grad Talks - 1pm daily
From Monday 5th July - Friday 9th July

Off The Shelf Grad Talks: an open discussion on theoretical questions to shake the dust out of graduate’s thesis, co-ordinated by Donna Kiernan on the back of The Thing That Bruises You.

The Back Loft in conjunction with PhotoIreland Festival are holding a series of talks based on the thesis arguments of recent graduates. Through an informal series of lunch time talks held in The Back Loft -see map- we will discuss questions raised by a selection of graduate theses in an open floor debate held by the graduates themselves.

Schedule of topics

Monday 5th July - 1pm

Aidan Kelly-Murphy presents 20th Century Toys: The rise, cultural development and parallel exploration of photography and gender studies
Aidan Kelly - Murphy looks at how a build up of gender ideas, in science and social studies, from the previous two millennia exploded in the pop art scene of the 1960’s and greatly accelerated in each decade that followed. Photography played a crucial part within this exploration and the two mediums of photography and gender intertwined with each other and pushed their outputs to new artistic peaks and to societal recognition.

Tuesday 6th July - 1pm

Leonie Tang presents The Archive: History and Memory
Leonie Tang investigates the role of the archive in the representation of public and personal memory while examining the contradictory discourses that surround the veracity of the photographic document. Her talk highlights key histories relevant to the development of the functions of the archive within a historical and social context. Drawing on contemporary practitioners works to explore these concepts of individual and public memory, Leonie attempts to negate notions of a ‘universal history’ and ‘photographic truth’.

Wednesday 7th July - 1pm

Donna Kiernan presents The Photographic Competition: Excelling at mediocrity
Donna Kiernan examines the way in which photographic competitions impact the natural evolution of photography. With more and more prize winning photographs being called into question, Donna asks are these competitions really pushing photographers to excel are or are we simply taking the photos with the best chance of winning the prize. Using the National Portrait Gallery’s Annual photographic portrait competition as a case study she asks can we identify this trend and considers how it may have come into being. Does the responsibility lie with the photographers, the institutions or the even the audience?

Thursday 8th July - 1pm

Steven Nestor presents The Fog of Photography
Steven Nestor investigates the rapport between conflict photography and its ability to represent the truth behind the image. Building on the works of influential writers engaged with photography in both a wider context and that of conflict photography, Steven explores the nature of the printed image through semiotics, the historical context and practical usage of the photograph. Focusing on the contested site and evolving position of the image in two major latter 20th century conflicts: Vietnam and the First Gulf War and by engaging with publications like Newsweek and Time Magazine as well as the iconic image in conflict, Steven highlights the contested veracity of the image, showing it to be a rather than the truth.

Friday 9th July - 1pm

Jacki Hehir presents Photography And The Archive will be examining photography’s role as archive and questioning whether or not it offers itself as a truthful form of representation. She will be looking at the currency of the photograph, the messages that may be transmitted by them and how they are housed within the archive.

Curated by Donna Kiernan

For more info contact info@photoireland.com

SAF - THE SOLSTICE ART FESTIVAL

The Solstice Arts Festival (SAF) has been designed to showcase the work of emerging artists and performers and to present a variety of work from different disciplines in a relaxed and informal setting.

SAF invites you to join this unique event for a truly inspiring, relaxing and thoroughly enjoyable weekend.

SAF is an initiative curated by classical musician Brenda Kearney in conjunction with a collective of young emerging artists.

WEEK-END LINE UP

Saturday, 26th June:
13.00: Opening of festival

14.00: The Real World BY Meadhbh Haicéid/Wildebeest Theatre
15.00: Short films/documentaries (BY Banbha McCann, Neasa de Barra, Shane Conolly, Kristina Peacocke)
16.30: Opera arias (Various singers, with piano accompaniment)
17.30: Jazz performance by Georgia Cusack
18.30: Nosferatu (silent film with live piano accompaniment by Peter Leavy)
20.00: Exhibition browsing time

Sunday, 27th June:
14.00: Story-telling with musical accompaniment by Maeve Bates (Music by Georgia Cusack and Patrick Groenland).
15.00: Jazz performance by Patrick Groenland
16.00: Readings/short stories by Adam Cullen Other guest
17.00: Music performance by Jonathan Creasy
18.00: Raffle, speeches
19.00: String quartet concert by Grace Notes
20.00: Cabaret performance by Alison Matthews (http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=128828197151528&ref=mf)
21.00: Close of festival

Visual artists contributing to exhibition:
Ingrid Casey, Niamh O’Reilly, David Turpin, Amy O’Meara, Lindi Campbell Clause, Rosie Keane, Banbha McCann, Max Kubiak, Kieran Broderick, Maeve Bates, Sinead Kearney, Sonya Cullen, Tom Helm.

More information on SAF: solsticeartsfestival@gmail.com.

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PROPHESYCHOSIS by IMMANUEL GODSON

Opening reception Friday 18^th June, 6-8pm

Daily viewing Sat 19th - Wedn 23rd June, 12-8pm

The exhibition comprises of old and new works and covers the work of almost a decade. At the turn of the millennium when Immanuel was studying for a degree in fine art. The Artists revelation and story of endurance, through his experience with deep psychosis, triggered by a number of events in his studies at the time, most notably the twin towers attacks in 2001.

Paintings in Oil, Sculpture and multimedia. Deeply personal and symbolic art. Works, intertwined with delusion and reality mixed together to try to evoke an emotional response. A decade of art to bring peace by design and closure to the soul.It is in his work presented At the Back Loft that Immanuel will portray through his paintings "some strange and even magic happenings that go far beyond any idea of mere coincidence".Poignantly Immanuel stated regarding his exhibition that in all his academic initiation in his college years, the greatest qualification that he attained was not an institute’s certificate of graduation but the “degree of insanity”.Even his childhood nickname “Gough” is a clue to the artists sense of self identity. This is the reason why he claims there is no such thing as an accident in art.

The work, consisting of a number of paintings, sculpture and videos, are chronological Insights into the onset of an individual’s psychosis. These, in his eyes are said to be the key to shamanic holy awakening and the source of all visions. Ultimately he says regarding the work, "The exhibition is the culmination of the whole venture of modern art and is likened to the closing of a history book and the beginning of a new journal that will be shared by all people regardless of who they are and what they formally believed about themselves in the past". Many of the works, as with any experience of trauma, are deeply subjective and portray a less ordinary personal biography that is laced with metaphor and symbolism rooted in a realm past the boundaries of what is generally accepted as normal and true today.

The artist hopes to invoke his audience into a new line of questioning as to where we came from and where we are destined to be in a possible future. Along side this aspiration is a paradoxical fear that the vision found in this exhibition is more than just his fantastic delusion. The future set out before us is carved in the very stone presented by the artist. This white stone Immanuel claims “is the key to our beginning and the omen to the end of ‘the Individual”. The artist illustrates through his personal experience, embodied in his work, a need to change the spiritual path that the world is on today. The answer, Immanuel says, is in the images and those who make them.

Everything is 'UP'

EVERYTHING IS ‘UP’ by THISISNOTASHOP

Tuesday May 25^th to Thursday May 27^th
Exhibition viewing outside events schedule is by appointment only: ph. 087 9867643

Thisisnotashop, with the Support of The Back Loft presents 'Everything is ‘Up’, a 3 day combined media group exhibition, featuring live performances & more.

Events schedule:

Tue 25th May 7pm – 9pm:

An Evening with "The Writing Workshop":

"The Writing Workshop" is a Dublin based open hub for writers and artists to explore text. The Workshop is catalysed by a shared desire to explore the expansive & pervasive possibilities of text & words, particularly through transdisciplinary arts practices.

Wed 26th May 7pm–10pm:

Thisisnotashop Performance & Film

An evening consisting of several live performances and also a performative 8mm film screening "For one, for all".

Thur 27th May 6.30-9.30 pm:

Everything is ‘Up’ CLOSING reception,

Featuring a live performance by Marta Fernandez Calvo.

To mark the finish of this incredible journey TINAS celebrates with a "Closing" rather than an "Opening". So please come along for a toast to Everything is ‘Up’ and the wonderful artists of thisisnotashop!

Participant Artists: Clive Murphy; Wendy Judge; Kathryn Maguire; Robert Carr; Marta Fernandez Calvo; Catherine Barragry and The Writing Workshop

Curated by Jessamyn Fiore

‘Everything is Up’, kindly sponsored by Culture Ireland, is returning from London's TATE MODERN where Thisisnotashop had the privilege of being the only Irish initiative to be included in the Tate's 10 year celebration exhibition ‘No Soul for Sale’, a festival celebrating alternative art featuring 70 independent art organizations from around the world.

Thisisnotashop is an independent not-for-profit arts organization committed to supporting emerging contemporary artists from both Ireland and abroad.

More info: www.thisisnotashop.com

THE MOVEMENT EXCHANGE

Free Movement Exchange Physical Theatre Workshop 11:00 - 15:00, 8th May 2010
Admission: Free

The Movement Exchange with the support of The Back Loft is glad to announce its first movement workshop. This workshop will be facilitated by Serena Brabazon and Jaimie Carswell and will consist of 3 parts: a "Movement Class" focusing on the body and the body in space; a basic "Acrobatics" class focusing on stretching and balance; and an "Improvisation" class focusing on the importance of play. The workshop aims to explore the theme of the "Natural Body" on stage. It also aims to be a lot of fun, and is open to all performers, writers, and directors from any level of experience and any background in theatre.

Anyone interested should RSVP as spaces are limited. Please note the workshop will start promptly at 11 sharp. Please be sure to bring comfortable clothes and expect to sweat.

For more information: Free Movement Exchange Physical Theatre Workshop