On Thursday, October 17th, one of favourite Irish songsmiths, Rory Nellis will launch his stellar new single ‘When I Sleep’ at Voodoo in Belfast. As well as the Thin Air DJs, Belfast-based alt/ambient-folk artist Joel Harkin will support on the night. Doors are at 8pm and tickets are just £7. Go here for the show’s Facebook event page and keep your eyes peeled for ‘When I Sleep’ next month. Featuring a video by Colm Laverty, revisit ‘Outdoorsman’ below.
This week we’ve details on performances, exhibition openings and closings, a pair of artists talks and details on some funding deadlines. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Performance | Project Arts Centre, Dublin This Saturday, August 31st, sees Dance Limerick present a trio of new dance works in Dublin’s Project Arts Centre. The performances are part of the Step Up Dance Project, which is in its 9th year, and features emerging dancers Ambre Twardowski, Juliana Tarumoto, Aliina Lindroos, Claudia Gesmundo, Rosie Mullin & Ginvera Cecere. The performances are curated by…
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a member of The Fall? Well, wonder no more. This Saturday, August 24 at Dublin’s Sound House – thanks to one of our favourite promoters in the land, Enthusiastic Eunuch – the opportunity to channel your inner Mark E Smith has arisen, with backing music provided by The Fallen Women, an all-female Fall karaoke band working in association with The Quietus magazine. They’ll play the songs and members of the audience will be invited to sing them. Formed in order to celebrate Mark E Smith’s 60th birthday, they’ve played sold-out shows across the…
This week we’ve details on a pair of exhibitions that are opening this weekend in Kilkenny as part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival, a live performance in Derry, a new show opening in Dublin and details of a studio residency. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Exhibition Opening | Butler Gallery, Kilkenny This Saturday, August 10th, sees the opening of a new exhibition in Kilkenny’s Butler Gallery featuring the work of New York based artist Amy Cutler. Titled Colloquies, the show is Cutler’s first in Ireland and…
This week we’ve details on a serious of artist talks, studio spaces, international residencies and funding applications. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Talk | VISUAL Carlow This coming Thursday, August 1st sees VISUAL Carlow play host to an artist talk between Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca. The duo will be in discussion with Dr Caoimhín Mac Giolla Leith, lecturer in Folklore and Celtic Civilisation in UCD. This talk is following the announcement of a new film project involving Wagner and de Burca, with the pair set to…
Last month, we premiered the cavernous somnambulance of first single, ‘Did You Hide’, and today, founder of Cork-based label Sunshine Cult, and psychgaze act The Sunshine Factory, Mark Waldron-Hyden has released the debut album under his own name. Titled Stream Segregation, and out through his own label, the LP’s source material is a blend of field recording, acoustic instrumentation, synths and tape machines, and was written, recorded & produced by Waldron-Hyden. Its name came from a psychoacoustic phenomenon “in which a sequence of sounds is perceived as more than one auditory stream, each arising from a distinct acoustic source in the environment”. Mark goes on: “That’s what I wanted…
This week we’ve details on a serious of events taking place across Dublin with pop-up shops, exhibitions, yoga, gigs and cycling; and while this is a diverse and broad set of events there all art related or themed. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Topical Popical @ National Gallery, Dublin As part of their summer long collaboration with the National Gallery of Ireland Dublin nail aficionados Tropical Popical have a pop-up shop in the gallery this coming Friday. Open from 10am until 5pm, the shop is part of their R…
This week we’ve details on the culmination of a young artistic writing programme and the details of one to be launched, the opening of a new joint exhibition featuring two behemoths of 20th century painting, and details on a host of events in Pallas Projects tied to their exhibition exploring queer culture in Ireland. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Book Launch | Clondalkin Library, Dublin This coming Saturday lunchtime sees the launch of This Being Where We Live in Clondalkin Library. The publication is…
Summer is well and truly under way, with primary schools closed and the exams over. With that in mind we’ve details on some workshops and activities to keep young minds out of the way entertained both through the summer and beyond. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Kids Workshop | RHA Gallery, Dublin Saturday July 6th sees a new workshop in the RHA Gallery for 8 to 12 year old, hosted by artist Naomi Sex. Titled Why do we like the things and stuff that we like?, the workshop is performance…
If there was ever a space to disprove the absurd notion that the world of Irish independent music is disjointed or lacks community it would be Open Ear – Not that it needed disproving. For the past four years, the small festival on Cork’s Sherkin Island has shone a light on a countrywide scene that has, for some decades now, been quietly growing – thriving in the undergrowth. Expanding this year to a capacity of roughly 600 attendees, Open Ear’s celebration of Ireland’s experimental music scene, from its stalwarts to its adventurous young artists, is a testament to the unity and…