Flotsam – carved polystyrene
April 29, 2007
April 26, 2007
Tina O’Connell – Installation from 1999
In Dublin – 1999. Off Site Commission. Project Arts Centre, Dublin
A one tonne sphere of solid bitumen, collapses through a circular aperture, pulled down by the force of gravity into the space below. Relayed back to the viewer on CCTV, or captured by Polaroid film, the spectacle exists just outside of a normal visual register of change. It maps the transformation of the object and the space that it moves between.
April 24, 2007
April 23, 2007
Circa Online Review – Launch Making Do
“Niall de Buitléar’s drawings are equally understated. He catalogues the aleatory traces of discarded chewing gum: an index of the body, of personalised consumption returned to pavement anonymity.A parody, perhaps, of attempts to decipher the pathological or prophetic from the unwanted and unintended, or of current obsessions with forensic investigations – the drama of the incriminating detail. De Buitléar partakes of the seriality that is a key trope of many works here, but, more so, he continues the Baudelairean avocation of (modern) poet-as-ragpicker: a position far more in keeping with the character of his co-exhibitors than that of de Certeau’s ‘tactician’. “
More here: http://www.recirca.com/reviews/2007/texts/md.shtml
April 19, 2007
April 10, 2007
Walking in the City: Spatial Practices in Art…
Walking in the City: Spatial Practices in Art, from the Mid-1960s to the Present was an exhibition at Apex Art, New York held in 2003 there is an online catalogue available for download
Christina Kubisch – Electrical Walks
“In 2003, Berlin-based sound artist Christina Kubisch began an ongoing project called “Electrical Walks.” This project employs specially built headphones that receive electromagnetic signals from the environment and convert them into sound. Kubisch maps a given territory, noting “hot spots” (ATM machines, security systems, electronic cash registers, subway systems, etc.) where the signals are particularly strong or interesting. She then loans the headphones to the public, allowing participants to undertake an auditory dérive through the invisible network of electromagnetic information.”
Real Audio Samples:
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/21/kubisch.php
