There There/Post-Script

Image by Lydia Panas

'There There' is a photographic event taking place in Cork city, a small festival organised by curatorial team Stag and Deer. The event features exhibitions and talks by local photographic artists Roseanne Lynch and Miriam O'Connor, as well as a very exciting group show and solo exhibitions by Dutch artist Viviane Sassen and Zhang Kechun from China.

Opening on Friday as part of the lineup is 'Post-Script', an exhibition curated by Peggy Sue Amison. This show deals with the idea of connection and disconnection in today's ostensibly 'hyperconnected' world. In an interesting twist, Peggy invited selected artists from around the world to send her work on this theme by post alone. The results should be very interesting, particularly considering the incredible list of participants that, I'm delighted to say, includes me.

Check out the current roster:

Michael Ackerman, Nadav Kander, Aaron Schuman, Jenny Matthews, Lydia Panas, Billy Quinn, Émilie Delugeau, Charlie Jouvet, April Gertler, Britney Anne Majure, Gilles Roudiere, Mirjam Siefert, Zoltán Jókay, Jessica Hines, Eoin O'Connail, Germán Peraire, Rory Tangeny, Roger Ballen, Arja Hyytiäinen, Lana Slezic, Barry W Hughes, Mila Teshaieva, Stéphane C, Roy Arenella, Russell Joslin, Damien Daufresne, Markéta Luskačová, Harri Pälviranta, Tiane Do Na Champassak, Olivier Pin-Fat, Kai-Olaf Hesse, Eva Wollenberg, Paul Corcoran, Alessandra Capodacqua, Karl Burke, Mark Curran, Dara McGrath, Chris Rauchenberg, Monika Merva, Letitia Huckaby, Daniel Nicoletta, Clare Gallagher, Carolle Benitah, Marie Brett, Stefania Sapio, Diarmait Grogan, Max de Esteban, Christian Schilt, Agnieszka Rayss, Helena Tobin, Yoko Naito, Wasma Mansour.

All of the above names are well worth googling, if you aren't familiar with them already. There are apparently more to be named too. I only wish I could be around to see the results.

For those of you in Ireland, the show will open on Friday the 19th of October in the Camden Palace Hotel, Cork, at 8pm.

The launch of There There will take place tonight at 6pm at The Crawford Art Gallery.

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Edit: Below is the only installation shot I could get of my piece in 'post SCRIPT'.

Long Way to Paradise at Platform Arts, Belfast

These are my images that were included in 'Long Way to Paradise'. Below are some installation shots of the show in Platform Arts, Belfast, as part of Belfast Photo Festival, curated by Barry W. Hughes, editor of SuperMassiveBlackHole Magazine.

Take Another Left at 'Block T', Dublin - Installation Shots

'Take Another Left' - Opening Night

Photos by Ashley Loftus.

Thanks so much to everyone who helped us out in the lead up to and during the exhibition, in particular: Grace, Ben, Colin, Miriam, Dorje, Pat, Jerry, Billie, Mella, David, Kate, Tansy, Ashley, Paul, Ciara and the rest of the PhotoIreland volunteers, Angel and Claudi, Nick and all the crew in Block T. Thanks to Becks for providing the beer, and finally - thanks to everyone who came along! It was a great night!

It was a pleasure and a privilege to show my work alongside Shane's. You can see some of his amazing work here.

Congratulations to Patrick Hough and Niall O'Brien who also had openings in Block T on the night, as well as Mella Travers whose exhibition 'Liquidity' was already underway in the upstairs gallery. All three exhibitions were first class.


EDIT:

Niamh Ní Shúilleabháin of Irish language radio station Raidió na Life was in Block T on the night with her microphone at the ready. She recorded an interview with me which was broadcast in the greater Dublin area. You can listen to it here - my interview is about 10 minutes into the show.

Take Another Left

This year's PhotoIreland Festival is shaping up to be something really special, so it gives me even greater pleasure to announce that I will be exhibiting alongside the extremely talented Shane Connaughton as part of the programme (Shane has just been featured in the latest issue of Viewfinder magazine. Check it out here).

'Take Another Left' opens in Block T on the 7th of July. More details can be found here (feel free to click the 'like' button on the event page to put us in with a chance of winning the 'people's choice' award this year!).

Have a look at the festival programme, it's absolutely jam-packed with exciting events, lectures and exhibitions. I'm particularly looking forward to the talks by Martin Parr, Markus Schaden and Bruno Ceschel (of Self-Publish, Be Happy).

A lot of credit has to go to Angel Luis Gonzalez, the creator and director of the festival, for curating such an inclusive and well-rounded event. Roll on July!

'Slippy Floor' Exhibition

Some shots from 'Slippy Floor'.

I was really happy to be able to make it to the opening night and to meet such great photographers as Charlie Jouvet, Thorsten Kirschhoff, Peer Kugler and Damien Daufresne.

Thanks to all the team behind Pavlov's Dog, especially Mirjam Siefert - another teriffic photographer - for asking me to take part.

'Slippy Floor' Group Exhibition at Pavlov's Dog Gallery, Berlin

I'm very happy to be taking part in 'Slippy Floor', a group-exhibition of more than 80 photographers from all over the world. The show takes place in the recently-opened Pavlov's Dog photography gallery in Berlin. There are some fantastic artists involved and the salon-style hanging promises to be quite something to see, so if you're in town do drop in for a look.

Vernissage: Thursday the 7th of April

Dates: 8th April - 25th of May

Featuring: Thomas Ruff, Ali Kepenek, Thomas Hoeffgen, Eva Leitolf, André Rival, Charlie Jouvet, Michael Wolf, Michael Wesely, Julian Röder, Arja Hyytiäinen, Sascha Weidner, Morten Andersen, Olaf Unverzart, Jan von Holleben, Andy Kania, Yann Gross, Thorsten Kirschhoff, Anatol Kotte, Robert Eikelpoth, Armin Smailovic, Oliver Sieber and many others.

Artist's Talk: Diarmait Grogan in conversation with Adrian Reilly at the Severed Head Gallery

'New Way Home' by Diarmait Grogan - Artist's Talk from Diarmait Grogan on Vimeo.

Many thanks to the brilliant Adrian Reilly for lending his considerable expertise to the proceedings! Thanks also to Ronan McCall of Severed Head for organising the event and to Ciaran Dolan for handling the video work. Most of all, thanks to everyone who made it out on the day, I hope it was an interesting experience.

An audio-only version of this is coming soon.

Unfortunately both cameras died at different points during the Q&A session following this talk. I'm currently trying to piece what I do have into something coherent - video to follow.

New Way Home - Installation Shots

Some more shots of opening night

Thanks again to Margaret Brown for these!

Opening Night

Thanks to Margaret Brown for the photo.

New Way Home

Thanks to everyone who made it to the opening last Friday. What a turnout! Major thanks to Adrian Reilly for opening the show and to Ronan McCall, the man behind Severed Head. It really is a fantastic space. Installation shots to follow.

The gallery will be open from Wednesday to Sunday and the show runs until the end of the month. I'll be there on most days so please drop in for a look or a chat or both.

Opening hours (this exhibition only): Wednesday to Saturday - 12-6pm,
Sunday - 1-5pm

Some press

Here: Le Cool

and in Totally Dublin magazine:



Two fantastic free publications.