Niall de Buitlear – Visual Artist’s Blog

June 27, 2008

Bookish at Lewis Glucksman Open

Filed under: Conceptual art,Exhibitions,My Work,books,sculpture — Niall @ 8:32 pm

The exhibition “Bookish: When Books Become Art” at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery at UCC in Cork opened last night.

My favourite piece in the show is John Latham’s film which shows every page of the Enclyopedia Brittanica at high speed. The text has a strange, rythmic pulsing quality that appears animated and images flash up intermittently.

I also particularly enjoyed the sculpture by Jonathan Callan which is similar to the one pictured below:

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My own contribution to the show consists of three wooden tables with objects that were found between the pages of books in the UCC library. The work also includes a video which presents a letter written in 1979 and a song by Joan Baez the handwritten lyrics to which I found in a book.

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June 23, 2008

“Compensation for being Scammed” Scam Email

Filed under: misc — Niall @ 6:49 pm

Attention Please!!!

   We are delegated from the British High Commission to pay 104 identified victims of 419 scam. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims. get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payment of your compensations funds. On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last UN meetings held in Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scam artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, in other to retain the good image of the country, the president of the Country in collaboration with the British high commission is now paying 104 victims of this operators.

    Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid through (Mr. Robert Dewar) British high commission under funding assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria. According to the number of applicants at hand, 84 proved victims has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States and Asia, we still have more 20 left to be paid the compensations.

    Your particulars was mentioned as one of their victims of the operations by one of the syndicates who was arrested, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason for whatsoever, the US secret service is already on trace of the criminal.

    You will receive your compensations payments via an ATM cashable at any ATM center around you. I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you. In reply, provide your:

1. contact telephone number
2. Delivery address.

    Respond with Your Personal information including your phone number and you can also contact my office on: (+234 802-285-5473)

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Robert B Dewar
British High Commission)
(+234 802-285-5473)

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June 18, 2008

Umbrella House by Kengo Kuma

Filed under: architecture,sculpture — Niall @ 11:57 am

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“Kengo Kuma used modified umbrellas to create this unique building. The umbrellas have zippers along the perimeter that, when connected, form a geodesic dome. There are even some extra “flaps” allowing for several different variations of the dome structure.”

Via make

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June 16, 2008

Letter from 1979 Found in Library Book

Below are some excerpts from a letter I found in a library book at UCC while working on The Found Bookmark Project for a group show at the Lewis Glucksman gallery.  The letter is dated 1979 and a note has been added by another student which is dated 1983.

2 mount pleasant,
gardiners hill,
Cork

3rd December 1979

Dear Mr Quigg,

I am prompted to write this letter because, once more, the encyclopaedia of philosophy has been vandalized. This encyclopaedia as, no doubt, you are aware, is housed in the reference library and is constantly in use by staff and students. Not only has volume 7 been missing for some years, but today I also noticed and reported that a huge portion of volume 4 has also been cut out by some “wanton”. Because I have constantly reported the fact that vloume 7 is missing to no avail, I have now little confidence that the missing portions of volume 4 will be replaced in the immediate future, which is why I have decided to write to you…

…As it now stands it is notoriously easy not only to rob books and journals but also to steal other people’s belongings from the library. It would seem ro me to be totally unfair, and somewhat naive to expect students to leave bags and coats outside the library area, or in the case of the reference where they are not in the owner’s view, where there is no one to attend to thse belongings. Many people, including myself, have had our possesions taken from these areas. In the case of the science library that area for coats and bags is inadaquate and one’s coat is often knocked off and trampled upon…

…I trust that my complaints and suggestions will not go unheeded,

yours sincerely,

Anne O’ Neill (M.A, Student)

April 1983

This Anne O’Neill person sure knows how to complain!

Jimmy Lynch (1st year student)

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June 13, 2008

Work in Progress for “Bookish” at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery

Filed under: Conceptual art,My Work,books,installation — Niall @ 7:16 pm

Here is a preview of some of a new version of my Found Bookmark Project which I am working on for an exhibition called Bookish at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery in Cork. I searched the library at the University and collected a lot of material that had been left behind between the pages of books. I found some interesting stuff including a letter dated 1979 with a note added by another library user in 1983. The letter is a complaint about vandalism of the Encyclopedia of Philosophy and library security in general.

Here are some scans of objects:

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June 4, 2008

Olafur Eliasson – Your House

Filed under: books,sculpture — Niall @ 2:30 pm

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A Laser cut book by Olafur Eliasson commissioned by MOMA.

Each page represents a 2cm cross section of Eliasson’s actual house.

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June 2, 2008

A Couple of Images from Berlin Residency

Filed under: My Work,drawing,photos,residencies,sculpture,studio — Niall @ 8:22 pm

I’m coming to the end of my residency at Ard Bia Berlin. I’m flying home to Dublin in on Wednesday. During my residency I’ve made a sculpture, a series of drawings, and a series of photographs of covered motorbikes.

Here’s a few images of my studio and some work.

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I recieved an arts council travel and training award to avail of this residency opportunity.

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