Past Exhibition

Re-considering #8 - Art + Writing: EYE: Dragana Jurisic and Kevin Breathnach

Dimitra Xidous was chair of 'Art + Writing: EYE', a discussion with visual artist Dragana Jurisic and writer Kevin Breathnach about their practices, hosted by the LAB. Dimitra Xidous reflects in 2020 on the discussion that happened in 2016:

'Art & Writing, organised by Paper Visual Art and gorse journals, is a series of conversations between practitioners who work at the intersection of writing and the visual arts. Chaired by writer Dimitra Xidous, Art + Writing: EYE brought together Dragana Jurisic and Kevin Breathnach to discuss the shape and form of seeing in and for their work, eye-hand coordination (and craft), the evolution of the gaze, and Beauty.' 

Re-considering #7 - The Expanded Field

Maeve Connolly was the chair of a panel discussion at the LAB hosted by ARC, IADT about, 'The Expanded Field' that took place in April 2018. This was a group exhibition and series of residencies, co-curated by Lismore Castle Arts and Askeaton Contemporary Arts, that explored the nature of the Irish landscape. Maeve Connolly reflects in 2020 on 'The Expanded Field' panel discussion:

'The discussion took place a few months before the exhibition The Expanded Field, co-curated by Askeaton Contemporary Arts and Lismore Castle Arts at St Carthage Hall. The show featured a contribution from the Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI), a fascinating organisation that usually focuses specifically on uses of land within the US. In her talk Aurora Tang explains the work of CLUI, and the conversation afterwards provides a very helpful ‘behind the scenes’ look at the early development of the exhibition, which was very organic and exploratory. So it provides a valuable insight into curatorial research, and the process of collaboration between several organisations.'

The LAB would like to thank Aurora Tang, CLUI, Lismore Castle Arts and Askeaton Contemporary Arts.

Image: CLUI https://www.clui.org/

Reconsidering #6 - A Different Republic

Pádraig Naughton, Executive Director of Arts and Disability Ireland ADI, reflects in 2020 on 'A Different Republic', an exhibition at the LAB co-curated by ADI and Fire Station Artists' Studios in 2016-2017:

‘Set in a year of commemorations A Different Republic was a series of 4 commissions, an exhibition, seminar and publication responding to the 1916 Proclamation and the 20th anniversary of the Commission on the Status of people with Disabilities. It was also an exploration of equality in contemporary Ireland. The strategies involved in commissioning new work for A Different Republic contributed to the development of a subsequent partnership between Arts & Disability Ireland and Project Arts Centre to commission an artist with a disability through the Realise production award. Realise saw the presentation of Roderick Ford’s The Spider’s House in March 2020. We hope our past successes with A Different Republic and the Realise production award in theatre are paving the way for a future partnership to commission work by an artist with a disability for children, young people and their families.’

Here is the 'A Different Republic', artist talks in two parts held on February 1st 2017 at the LAB Gallery:

Re-considering #5 - Barbara Knezevic in Conversation with Maeve Connolly as part of 'Ultra'

Barbara Knezevic reflects in 2020 on her conversation with Maeve Connolly at the LAB in 2014 as part of her exhibition at the LAB 'Ultra', by creating a short video entitled 'Artefacts of Accident', rather than a quote for the 'Re-considering' programme.

Alan Magee reflects on his recent panel discussion in March 2020, 'The Future of Work', as part of his exhibition 'Among the dregs of daily toil'. This discussion happened on the eve of the gallery closing due to Covid 19: 

'Covid-19 has altered the future of work more rapidly than all of the books, journals, manifestos, and protests in recent history. The automation of fragile, corporeal labour forces is accelerating, whilst proponents of Universal Basic Income now have tangible global test-cases to build from. The reestablishment of work into the domestic domain is beginning to challenge the gendered nature of industrial capitalism, while a decentralised 3D-printing network has signalled the power of adaptive swarm production. Whatever the future of work may be…it just got a whole lot closer.'

Meet Luke by Mairéad Folan BLOCTG4 video from Dublin City Council Arts Office on Vimeo.

Jane Locke - Tales From A Green Postbox from Dublin City Council Arts Office on Vimeo.