The Plastic House
Architecture Republic’s model of The Plastic House, 2010; image held here.
From the 27 – 29 August, Architecture Republic is opening its AAI award-winning project The Plastic House as an exhibition space. At the AAI awards assessment the project raised the question of whether The Plastic House is an art installation or a house. In order to reinforce this controversy, the architects have turned the house as a temporary exhibition space, raising discussion between Art and Architecture. Invited and selected artists will exhibit one piece of their work over in a space of their choice within the house. Artists include: John Graham, Paul Murnaghan, Aoife Desmond, Gregory Dunn, David Folan, Roseanne Lynch, Sharon McCarthy and René Ettirgam.
Right Place, Right Space? opens on tonight. Friday 27 August at 7pm in the Plastic House, 26 Spencer Street North, East Wall, Dublin 3.
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The future of Irish art?
Niall de Buitléar, Untitled, 2010; image held here.
Futures 10, which will open next Thursday evening at the RHA, is the second in the second series of Futures, a sequence of exhibitions that endeavours to document and contextualise the work of emerging artists, around who exists a growing critical and curatorial consensus.
The artists in Futures 2010 are selected from a number of sources – from artist-led initiatives and independent group shows to a peer consensus that attempts an objective view of different artistic practices that have emerged in recent years.
The artists chosen for Futures 10 are: Oisin Byrne, Rhona Byrne, Fiona Chambers, Niall de Buitléar, Damien Flood, Magnhild Opdol, and Ailbhe Ni Bhriain.
The show will open next Thursday 2 September at the RHA. 6-8pm. Show runs until 24 October.
http://www.royalhibernianacademy.ie/index.html
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Junkitecture
London’s new Jellyfish Theatre which is to open next week; image held here.
Martin Kaltwasser is the German architect and conceptual artist behind the new Jellyfish theatre in London which opens next week. The theatre is a 10 minutes’ walk from the Globe theatre on the banks of the Thames.
The Jellyfish theatre is being built from the detritus of markets, timberyards and building sites. Old furniture, front doors, scraps and anything else that local residents and businesses have contributed are being used to build the theatre made entirely from recycled and reclaimed materials. The project was prompted by a public appeal by the Red Room film and theatre company.
The 120-seat theatre, will enjoy no more than a fleeting life, however. A pair of eco-themed plays will run from 26 August to 9 October: Oikos (pronounced “ee-kos”, the Greek root for economy and ecology) by Simon Wu, and Protozoa by Kay Adshead. After that, the Jellyfish will be dismantled, and its recycled components recycled yet again. Both plays deal with people rebuilding their lives after political and environmental catastrophe.
By the end of last week, 81 volunteers had put in 4,200 hours between them over the nine weeks since work began. Eight hundred pallets and 750 square metres of plywood and other sheet material were donated.
Sources:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/aug/16/junkitecture-jellyfish-theatre-kaltwasser-kobberling
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