Cecily Brennan - ‘Unstrung’

Cecily Brennan’s video ‘Unstrung’ will be Projected on the East Elevation of City Hall Dublin, the most important civic building in the city. from 9.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. each night from Thursday the 1st to the 30th of September.

This event has being organised as a free spectacle for the people of Dublin and visitors by Dublin City Council.  As darkness falls the projector will be automatically activated and the video will appear on the surface of the building.

‘Unstrung’ has been shown in 2011 at MMX Berlin as part of Transmediale, ‘Love Video’ Oriel Mostyn Wales, ‘At the edge of the skin’ solo show at Unbuilding, MAC Bray, and ‘Alive she cried’ Galerie Zink Berlin.

The work has been installed by the Berlin-based video installation company Eidotech. For further information see www.cecilybrennan.com

Balcony Project - Rhona Byrne   

Rhona Byrne has completed her Dublin City Public Art commission Balcony Project with a group of residents from Bernard Curtis House, senior citizens housing unit for independent living in Bluebell Estate, Inchicore, Dublin 12. 

The outcome of this project is an ‘Audio Box’, a limited edition artwork. The box contains audio works by artists, composers, musicians, ecologists and writers made in response to conversations with residents that were recorded on their common balcony over a period of fifty-two weeks. There are six chapters Death, Love, Happiness, Being, Place and Nature. 

An associated website has also been created as part of the commission. The Balcony Project limited edition artwork is available to borrow from local stops of the Dublin City Mobile Library and Inchicore library, Dublin. For further information see http://www.balconyproject.com/

Thursday 25 November 2010, 4.30pm, Public Art Panel, The Relevance of Public Art (Part II)

This is the second debate in a series that will explore the role of Public Art in modern society. Today’s talk will look at how Public Art now embraces many artforms and varied forms of expression.  Has this brought art closer to the public or has it made art more confusing and oblique?
The panel will be chaired by Terre Duffy, Public Art Manager, Donegal County Council and panellists will be:

• Writer, Dermot Bolger
• Choreographer, Fearghus Ó Conchúir
• Performance artist, Michelle Browne
• Arts writer and journalist Gemma Tipton

The Relevance of Public Art (Part II) is brought to you by Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane in partnership with the Dublin City Public Art Programme, Dublin City Council Arts Office.

(Amanda Coogan - Performance as part of Promenade curated by Michelle Browne, Open Space Programme, 2008,
Clontarf – November 2008)

Public Art
Dublin City Council believes that Public Art has the capacity to add greatly to the city, breathing life and energy into different situations and contexts, sparking new ways of thinking about and experiencing the city. The City Council recognises the value and relevance of public art and invests in this area of work, as part of its arts and cultural agenda and because of its potential to link to other fields of living

Policies And Strategies
Dublin City Council has adopted the Report on Policies and Strategies for Managing Public Art.  This document sets out proposals for the strategic management and programming of public art for Dublin City Council.  It is intended to provide a clear framework which will formalise systems and structures for public art while giving scope for public art programming and commissions which will give established and emerging artists exciting and challenging opportunities to work while having an impact on the City and its public(s).  Read more about the Policies and Strategies for Managing Public Art. 

Public Art Programme
The Arts Office is developing a Public Art Programme which will support artists working in all artforms, and all forms of expression, permanent, temporary and time based. It will offer opportunities for artists to engage with the city, making new work that responds to the context of Dublin as capital of Ireland, international city, and city of communities and localities. The Programme intends to create connections and collaboration between different areas of the city council’s work and interconnection between art, city and the public. 

Public Art Register
Dublin City Council will develop a Public Art Register which will include information about permanent work in the ownership or care of the City Council and will also include temporary art projects undertaken under the Public Art Programme.

Care and Conservation
As part of its strategy to care and conserve its public art, Dublin City Council adopted a Policy for Decommissioning Public Art in December 2009. Read more about the Policy for Decommissioning Public Art