Andri wrote a very interesting article reviewing the SALT exhibition and linking us to Liquid, an artist group in Tallinn founded on friendship in the 1980's. Sirp cultural magazine, see www.sirp.ee if you can read Estonian. Awaiting translation.
An exhibition of photography, paintings, live performance and film from Clare based contemporary artists, Ireland, to be shown in East Gallery, Pikk Street, Tallinn, Estonia, from the 17th to 20th March, 11am to 6pm.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Sirp cultural magazine, Estonia
Andri wrote a very interesting article reviewing the SALT exhibition and linking us to Liquid, an artist group in Tallinn founded on friendship in the 1980's. Sirp cultural magazine, see www.sirp.ee if you can read Estonian. Awaiting translation.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Maria Kerin- live performance
On the evening of the 20th just before we closed the exhibition, Maria Kerin created a performance using salt and movement. 
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Details about artists and artworks in SALT
Jackie Askew creates art that engages with her immediate environment of the beach and with the objects that she finds washed up on the seashore. Through photographic documentation and then the process of drawing and painting she explores the strength and fragility of these objects engaging with the materiality of what has been displaced and given by the sea. For this exhibition she has a selection of oil-on-canvas paintings from the series Wrack Line.
(INSERT IMAGE Pile oil-on –canvas by Jackie Askew)
A multi disciplinary artist, Maeve Collins responds through sound, movement in time, photogrpahy, drawing and film in installation works that are often time based and site-specific. Maeve Collins work for this exhibition grew out of practice based at the Edge of the Atlantic, where the artist had a residency on Inis Oírr (one of the Arann Islands) in 2007 and continued on the West Coast of Ireland to date. We have chosen her audio installation the quiet voice, recordings from the Comhra na nAosach Group, inis Oirr, Aran Islands, 2009. the quiet voice speaks directly in Irish of stories, sites and truths from a life being lived on Inis Oírr influenced by the sea. In exploring the value given to knowings given and received, the work reveals the careful act of listening to hear the quiet voice. Also exhibitied are her photoworks from her project Contemporary Hybrasil: Chair I and Chair II are of a performance created in 2010. For the opening Maeve will sing “Full Tide”, a song written by Fransis A. Fahy from County Clare.
( INSERT CHAIR II photoworks by Maeve Collins)
Maria Kerin creates through dance and art with new media and has developed her practice with the support of daily movement practice to explore meeting points of presence and site with artists Maeve Collins and Alexandera Boettcher over the past few years. (See sitemeetings.blogspot.com.) Being born and raised on the west coast of Clare, the rural landscape and seascape has always influenced her. She very drawn to the edge, the cliffs, this magical place with the open horizon that stretches out. For this exhibition Maria is developing a solo piece entitled Salt: Stories of looking back, that will take place quietly and probably hardly noticed during the opening reception. She will be using salt, dance, drawing and taking poloroids in a series of story sketching through movement and meeting audience. What is created will be left on the gallery wall for the duration of the exhibition. See mariakerin.blogspot.com for her creative history.
For this exhibition we will also distribute a photomontage of Second Horizon, designed by Michael Walsh, Emajoe Disain,Tartu. It is a collection of still moments in a performance by Maeve Collins, Alexandra Boettcher and Maria Kerin that took place last July in the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co.Clare, a fantastic local run gallery with a very supportive curator Trudi van der Elsen. See Courthousegallery.blogspot.com for more information.
(INSERT Image Second Horizon)
Fiona O’Dwyer had a very successful multimedia exhibition entitled strange the rooms we’ve all lived in……. a project commissioned by Clare Couty Council and took two years of work shown in the Courthouse Gallery in 2010. For Salt she will present images and stills from this series that depict the performer riding an old bicycle round both in a circle and in a straight line along a beach, while her conflicting reflection is visible in the sand. Working in film, sculpture, print and drawing O”Dwyer deals with memory and transience, creating haunting, edgy images and installations.
(INSERT IMAGE endless return, installation by Fiona ODwyer)
For SALT we have selected images of FOLLY (STAGE 1) (2009), a sculptural and event based work by Fiona Woods. Woods' practice includes curating and writing and is largely oriented towards the public realm. She incorporates actions, objects, publications, discussions, and performative photography into explorations of matters that interest her. Folly (Stage 1) sees the construction of a monumental form from scrap materials, anchored on the beach during a particularly high tide. The event engaged the massive, overwhelming power of the sea in a foolish attempt to overcome the subject-object dichotomy inherited from Enlightenment thinking, by expanding it into a field of materiality, a protean flow of matter-energy. See www.fionawoods.net, www.collectionofminds.net, www.rhyzom.net.
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Image FOLLY photoworks by Fiona Woods)
Fergus Tighe has his film company Gallivanting media based in Ennistymon. He directed Clash of the Ash, 52mins, when he was 26 and won awards at the Cork, L’Orient, and the Celtic Film Festivals. He has since worked in documentary around the world, most notably “3 Brothers”, and “John of God, Spirit Doctor of Brazil. Seaside Stories… is his first feature film and was created using local acting workshops and local amateur actors with professional actors.
Set in a west of Ireland seaside resort Seaside Stories… is a drama that tells the story of 11 year old Locky as the lives of the adults around him unravel in a haze of alcohol and cocaine. His mother, Anna, hits the bottle when an old boyfriend , Mick, is released from prison. Locky’s sister, Sally, arrives home from London to tell him a secret that sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to pull the family apart. This is set against the backdrop of Lahinch beach with breathtaking scenery but with a dark an insight to a side of Irish culture. It’s a very moving, tear jerker, suitable for every age group.
(INSERT IMAGE Fionn de Burca. )
(INSERT IMAGE Pile oil-on –canvas by Jackie Askew)
A multi disciplinary artist, Maeve Collins responds through sound, movement in time, photogrpahy, drawing and film in installation works that are often time based and site-specific. Maeve Collins work for this exhibition grew out of practice based at the Edge of the Atlantic, where the artist had a residency on Inis Oírr (one of the Arann Islands) in 2007 and continued on the West Coast of Ireland to date. We have chosen her audio installation the quiet voice, recordings from the Comhra na nAosach Group, inis Oirr, Aran Islands, 2009. the quiet voice speaks directly in Irish of stories, sites and truths from a life being lived on Inis Oírr influenced by the sea. In exploring the value given to knowings given and received, the work reveals the careful act of listening to hear the quiet voice. Also exhibitied are her photoworks from her project Contemporary Hybrasil: Chair I and Chair II are of a performance created in 2010. For the opening Maeve will sing “Full Tide”, a song written by Fransis A. Fahy from County Clare.
( INSERT CHAIR II photoworks by Maeve Collins)
Maria Kerin creates through dance and art with new media and has developed her practice with the support of daily movement practice to explore meeting points of presence and site with artists Maeve Collins and Alexandera Boettcher over the past few years. (See sitemeetings.blogspot.com.) Being born and raised on the west coast of Clare, the rural landscape and seascape has always influenced her. She very drawn to the edge, the cliffs, this magical place with the open horizon that stretches out. For this exhibition Maria is developing a solo piece entitled Salt: Stories of looking back, that will take place quietly and probably hardly noticed during the opening reception. She will be using salt, dance, drawing and taking poloroids in a series of story sketching through movement and meeting audience. What is created will be left on the gallery wall for the duration of the exhibition. See mariakerin.blogspot.com for her creative history.
For this exhibition we will also distribute a photomontage of Second Horizon, designed by Michael Walsh, Emajoe Disain,Tartu. It is a collection of still moments in a performance by Maeve Collins, Alexandra Boettcher and Maria Kerin that took place last July in the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co.Clare, a fantastic local run gallery with a very supportive curator Trudi van der Elsen. See Courthousegallery.blogspot.com for more information.
(INSERT Image Second Horizon)
Fiona O’Dwyer had a very successful multimedia exhibition entitled strange the rooms we’ve all lived in……. a project commissioned by Clare Couty Council and took two years of work shown in the Courthouse Gallery in 2010. For Salt she will present images and stills from this series that depict the performer riding an old bicycle round both in a circle and in a straight line along a beach, while her conflicting reflection is visible in the sand. Working in film, sculpture, print and drawing O”Dwyer deals with memory and transience, creating haunting, edgy images and installations.
(INSERT IMAGE endless return, installation by Fiona ODwyer)
For SALT we have selected images of FOLLY (STAGE 1) (2009), a sculptural and event based work by Fiona Woods. Woods' practice includes curating and writing and is largely oriented towards the public realm. She incorporates actions, objects, publications, discussions, and performative photography into explorations of matters that interest her. Folly (Stage 1) sees the construction of a monumental form from scrap materials, anchored on the beach during a particularly high tide. The event engaged the massive, overwhelming power of the sea in a foolish attempt to overcome the subject-object dichotomy inherited from Enlightenment thinking, by expanding it into a field of materiality, a protean flow of matter-energy. See www.fionawoods.net, www.collectionofminds.net, www.rhyzom.net.
(
Image FOLLY photoworks by Fiona Woods)
Fergus Tighe has his film company Gallivanting media based in Ennistymon. He directed Clash of the Ash, 52mins, when he was 26 and won awards at the Cork, L’Orient, and the Celtic Film Festivals. He has since worked in documentary around the world, most notably “3 Brothers”, and “John of God, Spirit Doctor of Brazil. Seaside Stories… is his first feature film and was created using local acting workshops and local amateur actors with professional actors.
Set in a west of Ireland seaside resort Seaside Stories… is a drama that tells the story of 11 year old Locky as the lives of the adults around him unravel in a haze of alcohol and cocaine. His mother, Anna, hits the bottle when an old boyfriend , Mick, is released from prison. Locky’s sister, Sally, arrives home from London to tell him a secret that sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to pull the family apart. This is set against the backdrop of Lahinch beach with breathtaking scenery but with a dark an insight to a side of Irish culture. It’s a very moving, tear jerker, suitable for every age group.
(INSERT IMAGE Fionn de Burca. )
Salt: Stories of looking back
Dancer Kaja Lindell will not be able to dance at the Opening Reception so Maria Kerin will create a solo performance Salt: Stories of looking back that will take place discreetly during the evening, and its traces will be left as drawings and poloroid photos on the wall of the gallery afterwards.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Images for exhibition
Jackie Askew - Yellow Around- painting
Maeve Collins- Chair, photowork of performance
Fiona O'Dwyer - double projected image
Fiona Woods - Folly- photoworks
Maria Kerin, Alexander Boettcher, Maeve Collins- Second horizon - image of performance
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
SALT on tour
We welcome inquiries from other venues to tour SALT. Having selected this exhibition for its ease of transport to fit in 2 cases, we would like the opportunity to bring this art to as many venues as possible who are interested in multimedia artworks and performance that show contemporary engagement with the sea and coastline. Please contact Maria on kerinmaria@gmail.com for more info.
Monday, February 28, 2011
artists links
Artists to exhibit:
Fiona Woods- photoworks- Folly See www.fionawoods.net
Fiona O’Dwyer – video Installation- endless return See www.fionaodwyer.com
Jackie Askew – paintings- wrack line See
Maeve Collins– soundscape, photoworks and video images and live performance on the opening night, 18th March. See
Maria Kerin- live dance performance during opening night, 18th March. See Mariakerin.blogspot.com
Maria Kerin, Maeve Collins, Alexandra Boettcher- printed stills of dance performance – Second Horizon. See sitemeetings.blogspot.com
Fergus Tighe- Feature Film- Seaside Stories
See
Fiona Woods- photoworks- Folly See www.fionawoods.net
Fiona O’Dwyer – video Installation- endless return See www.fionaodwyer.com
Jackie Askew – paintings- wrack line See
Maeve Collins– soundscape, photoworks and video images and live performance on the opening night, 18th March. See
Maria Kerin- live dance performance during opening night, 18th March. See Mariakerin.blogspot.com
Maria Kerin, Maeve Collins, Alexandra Boettcher- printed stills of dance performance – Second Horizon. See sitemeetings.blogspot.com
Fergus Tighe- Feature Film- Seaside Stories
See
Exhibition going to Estonia
SALT, an exhibition of film, photography, painting and live performance will take place in East Gallery, P street, Tallinn from 17th to 20th March, 11pm to 6pm. The exhibiton includes work from the curators/artists Jackie Askew and Maria Kerin as well as Maeve Collins, Fergus Tighe, Fiona O’Dwyer and Fiona Woods who have all used or referred to the sea in their creativity, connecting them to the theme of Stories from the coastline that Tallinn has chosen as City of Culture 2011.
THE OPENING:
There promises to be a very exciting Opening on Friday 18th at 7pm, not to be missed! The Exhibition will be formally opened by the Irish Ambassador to Estonia, Mr.Peter McIvor followed a singing performance by Maeve Collins. Fergus Tighes’ feature film Seaside Stories… will be shown for free from 20.15 to 22.15. Maria Kerin will do a durational performance throughout the evening, including dance and photography and audience participation.
This exhibition is being kindly funded by the Clare Arts Office, Ireland. For more information please see blog links.
English subtitles are on the film and comfortable seats available so large groups of children and students are welcome- freee showings at 11.am,12.45, 2.15pm and 4pm
THE OPENING:
There promises to be a very exciting Opening on Friday 18th at 7pm, not to be missed! The Exhibition will be formally opened by the Irish Ambassador to Estonia, Mr.Peter McIvor followed a singing performance by Maeve Collins. Fergus Tighes’ feature film Seaside Stories… will be shown for free from 20.15 to 22.15. Maria Kerin will do a durational performance throughout the evening, including dance and photography and audience participation.
This exhibition is being kindly funded by the Clare Arts Office, Ireland. For more information please see blog links.
English subtitles are on the film and comfortable seats available so large groups of children and students are welcome- freee showings at 11.am,12.45, 2.15pm and 4pm
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