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The Liffey Swim and Jack Butler Yeats | Ireland’s First Olympic Medalist
The first Olympic medal won by the Irish Free State was a silver medal in 1924, awarded Jack Butler Yeats for his 1923 painting The Liffey Swim. That may seem surprising today, however between 1912 and 1948 the arts took pride of place…
Interview | A Geothermal Love Story with Caroline Doolin
I first meet Caroline Doolin, the artist behind Fault Found Bodies standing in the dark and orange enclosed sphere that currently houses her work in Project Arts Centre. The room “takes the form of two intersecting curved balls – that…
Art Encounters | The Me(me) Generation
‘Laughing at the universe liberated my life. I escape its weight by laughing,’ - Georges Bataille
I was going to title this column ‘we need to talk about memes’ in reference to Facebook pages I turn to most days to escape the gloom in the…
Art Encounters | Art in the Age of Virtual Reproduction
One of the strange things about the internet is that I now have friends I’ve never met. I even have friends on the internet that have seemed hesitant when I suggested we meet in proper: in the real world. Only when I mentioned I’d be where…
Art Encounters | Memory Matters (Hunting for Something Other than Deer)
‘Reflective perception is a circuit, in which all the elements, including the perceived object itself, hold each other in a state of mutual tension as in an electric circuit, so that no disturbance starting from the object can stop on its…
Kathryn Davey | Marie Varley’s Design Column
Irish artist Marie Varley searches the country for the very best in Irish design to bring to you here on HeadStuff. This week she spoke with Kathryn Davey.
Kathryn Davey is a self-taught designer and natural dyer living in Dublin. She…
Art Encounters | On Driving Home With Pablo
Let’s begin by trying to suggest what an encounter is (and is not). An encounter can take the form of an unexpected liaison; a kind of spark to begin thinking. But an encounter, in the sense of what I mean here, is about an ‘affect,’ the…
Instagram Pick of the Week | Nicole Shola
Nicole Shola is a photography student from Hertfordshire, currently in her first year of her degree. Her personal work explores fine-art portrayals of personal and social issues such as femininity, identity and health. I was drawn to…
What’s on | Visual Arts Events in February
Get into the loving mood by checking out some amazing visual arts events in February! Read on to see our top picks from around the country.
Dissolutions | Films by Stan Brakhage / Carolee Schneemann with a performance by Sissy
The Douglas…
Nounua | Marie Varley’s Design Column
Irish artist Marie Varley searches the country for the very best in Irish design to bring to you here on HeadStuff. This week she spoke with Gráinne Nagle a.k.a. Nounua, a visual artist from Cork. She has recently returned home from…