Arts and Culture

For the past 17 years, Eoin Coveney has worked as a freelance illustrator for several major magazines, newspapers and advertising companies, both Irish and international. He studied under the supervision of the legendary creator of the graphic novel, the late Will Eisner, and went on to become a master of read more…

It just escapes the shadow of the last remaining towers. Not quite where you might expect to find a burgeoning eco-fashion brand, but then again Rediscover is part of Ballymun’s changing persona, an area which is becoming something of a hub for all kinds of innovative design and retail. And read more…

“At the moment I am standing beside the canal, and a little boat just went by – a very posh yacht, and there was a woman drinking from a silver goblet on the top of it. What the fuck?” I’m on the phone to Ella de Burca, an 27-year-old Irish read more…

“If you say you’re a dancer to a punter on the street, they’ll give you an eyebrow.” This statement comes from Jessica Kennedy, one half of the identical twin duo behind junk ensemble, a Dublin-based contemporary dance company. I’ve just asked about the difference between a ‘dance artist’ and a read more…

Focussing on the architecture of randomly-generated forms, Szauder works on finding humanity in the generative abstract, materiality in code. Here he talks about work emerging from the screen into substantiality. When did you start working with a glitch aesthetic? Do you come from a coding background or a fine art read more…

This year’s edition of the Glitch Festival, an Eldorado of digital and new media art, digs deep into artists encounters into digital technology. Titled Run, Computer Run, the program, diverse as the online landscape itself, explores social, economic, cultural and political issues effecting life online today, through exhibitions, music workshops, read more…

Draw a triangle with the co-ordinates hacktivism, interactive art and gif mashups, and the zone created is where Evan Roth calls home. Having recently coloured Dublin’s streets with the Science Gallery’s Propulsion Paintings workshop, Roth returns for a collaborative show with found material artist Constant Dullaart for GLITCH.

The work produced within the narrow confines of the Hacklab, which teeters on the corner of Fenian St and Westland Row, lies somewhere in the hazy ether between art and science. It’s a space where despite (or perhaps because of) the technical anarchy that hacking meets DIY, as designers tinker with read more…