• Second Issue of ‘Spread’ Zine Set to Raise Funds for JaJa Studios

    June 19, 2020 - By 

    Feminist zine Spread was introduced in December 2019 as part of the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland Art Exhibition, covering themes of  music, sex and DIY culture in Ireland. Initially intended as a March release, editors Yvonne Kiely and Mairead Mullan decided to push back its release in order to effectively engage with the Covid-19 crisis. Spread #2 is available online at Lazer Guided Reporter, as of 3pm – completely free to read and download. Parallel to this, one of our favourite DIY artist spaces on the island, Stoneybatter’s JaJa Studios have recently been given the unenviable task of finding a new location in Dublin. In addition to this, Spread have generously…

  • Critical Bastards #14 Launch

    June 14, 2017 - By 

    Critical Bastards launch their new issue later this evening in Dublin’s Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. The latest release from the critical art journal is centred on the theme of ‘hope’ and its role within the creation and enjoyment of art – the open call for submissions earlier this year advised: “Critical thinking without hope is cynicism. Hope without critical thinking is naïveté… We are looking for critical responses to the idea of the hope that underpins the ceaseless endurance of existence, and of art.”  As we continue in 2017 with the current global and national social and political crises, this…