Deirdre Houston – Recollections of Locations and Dislocation
room @ The Model 3rd – 31st August 2012 Deirdre Houston ‘Blue Lake’ 2012 As both a recent Graduate in Fine Art and a returnee former emigrant, within the work I am referencing memories of location and dislocation, growing up hearing soft recitals of Yeats ‘Enwrought with golden and silver
Sarah Stevens: Museum of Abandoned and Bereaved Objects
‘room’ @ The Model is a contemporary exhibition space designated to the resident studio artists and is independently programmed and curated, from July 3rd – 29th, artist Sarah Stevens will curate the space. Sarah Stevens’ solo show Museum of Abandoned and Bereaved Objects is a sculpture and photography exhibition that
From the studio: Carsten Fock
In the midst of preparations for the opening of Up The Walls, I spoke to Carsten Fock, our artist-in-residence for the month of June. I was invited to look around his studio as he discussed his artistic method, in relation to his installation that can now be viewed as part
Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson is easily my favourite director. He is quirky, imaginative and funny all while staying totally grounded and emotional. His films always tell of slightly unattainable characters that are strange with each other and their surroundings yet are connectable as they are vulnerable and human. Even though they are
Director Paul Duane on BARBARIC GENIUS
Director Paul Duane talks on the making of the feature documentary Barbaric Genius, the story of John Healy, born in London to Sligo parents – wino, chess prodigy, author of a classic memoir, and forgotten man. Sitting, mildly hungover, on a friend’s couch in Galway on Easter Sunday, 2007, I
Films rarely run as deep as this long, dark night of the soul
This week The Model Cinema will be a treat for all lovers of film with the screening of Polish director, Agnieszka Holland’s, In Darkness (W ciemności) and * Once Upon a Time In Anatolia (Bir zamaniar Anadolu’da) by Turkish director, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s (pronounced ‘Bil-ger Jey-lan’). Both films have an