Things To Do: Scale Phibsborough Tower for a film festival, study the ways of the magazine writer, dwell on the unstable material world
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The jumping-off point for the exhibition is the way that living life on Zoom and other virtual platforms leaves people “with a false sense of community”, says Aoife Banks, one of the artists.
“There’s always a sliver of humour in [director Philip] Doherty’s approach to the film. Even its most dramatic material leaves room for a gag.”
Visual artist Tamsin Snow spent 12 hours once drawing dissected human body parts. She hasn’t looked back.
John Gunn misses the conversations with customers, he says. Those are why, in normal times, he still mans the counter, 26 years after he was meant to retire.
Seán Keenan and Gearóid Peggs – buddies “separated by sea, producing remotely from Dublin and London” – have spent the longest year recording nostalgic tunes.
In this first English-language edition of an Irish-language classic, Seosamh Mac Grianna “writes with searing honesty on topics that engage or provoke him” in his travels in Dublin city, and Wales.
“Like dogtooth dresses, white-stripe boating blazers or block-heeled shoes, this book is sure to appeal to those who have lived, loved and revived the Dublin mod scene.”
In her city-centre studio, Kelly Ratchford is putting together works for new exhibitions, with some sadness and some humour.
Almost half of recent proposals from artists for one council commission – what to put on the plinth outside City Hall – were junked right away.
The Digital Hub has applied for planning permission to convert the old brick windmill into a gallery and conference room.
“I like a certain amount of tradition, such as the long-form music project, and ‘92 Degrees’ is, for me, the most complete drill release this island has produced yet. If this isn’t the best Irish album in a while, it’s for sure the hardest.”
The cover of the book asks: “What if the weird news is the real news?” A reasonable question to pose in 2021.