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Gráinne Coughlan 4 posts 0 comments

Originally from Kilkenny, Gráinne lives and works in Dublin, she holds an honours degree in Creative and Cultural industries from Dublin Institute of Technology and has worked extensively within the cultural sector. Gráinnes current research interests include interdisciplinary possibilities within arts and culture as well aspects of interaction and participation. She is happiest surrounded by either books or cats.

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Considering Collaboration: Socially-Conscious Art

Gráinne Coughlan Jan 23, 2016 0

In early December 2015 (a mere two months ago) a British architectural and urban redevelopment collective called Assemble won the often contentious Turner prize, creating an intriguing if short-lived debate in mainstream media sources as to…

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The Poetic and the Artistic: Cave Paintings Exhibition

Gráinne Coughlan Nov 27, 2015 0

Cave Paintings in the original sense of the word, refers of course to primitive drawings on cavern walls dating as far back as the prehistoric era. It has been suggested that these works may not have been specifically intended as…

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Beyond: Outsider Art, an Exhibition Review

Gráinne Coughlan Oct 19, 2015 1

"Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.”1 It was these words from the novel…

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Visualising Information: Turning Data into Art

Gráinne Coughlan Oct 15, 2015 0

Boolean Expressions; Contemporary Art and Mathematical Data, and Mark Curran’s The Economy of Appearances, are two exhibitions currently showing in Ireland. These exhibitions provide examples of the interdisciplinary relationship between…