BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//A4 Sounds - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:A4 Sounds X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://a4sounds.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for A4 Sounds REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240725T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240725T170000 DTSTAMP:20260530T215718 CREATED:20240709T153454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240715T001346Z UID:10000054-1721917800-1721926800@a4sounds.org SUMMARY:Gallery Visit: Longest Way Round\, Shortest Way Home & Netflix and Disintegrate into Nothing and Everything' DESCRIPTION:On Thursday the 25th of July we are going to catch a few exhibitions; ‘Longest Way Round\, Shortest Way Home‘ which consists of two solo exhibitions: ‘dream sequence’ by Yuri Pattison\, and ‘Beep Beep’ by Liliane Puthod at The Pumphouse\, and ‘Netflix and Disintegrate into Nothing and Everything’ by Siobhán McGibbon at Pallas Projects as part of their ‘Artist Initiated Projects Programme’. When we’re done here\, we will head to Lucky’s for art chats. \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP below to let me know if you are going so we can get an idea of numbers. Thank you! \n\n\n\nDate & TimeThursday the 25th of July | 15:30 – 18:00 \n\n\n\nMeeting Point – 15:30The Pump HouseAlexandra Terminal\, Alexandra Rd\, Dublin Port\, Dublin 1Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9waWiVr7whUFa3jS9 \n\n\n\nNext LocationPallas Projects/Studios\, 115-117\, The Coombe\, The Liberties\, Dublin\, D08 A970Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/r17GSaSeqfZcUkX68 \n\n\n\nPost Art Chat Lucky’sOutside AreaGoogle Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8RC6kpbum6ANgjo1A \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nAttending?(required)\n Yes No \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nNotes\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Send RSVPSubmitting form\n \n \n \nΔ\n \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Exhibitions\n\n\n\n\n\nYuri Pattison – ‘dream sequence’\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“In Yuri Pattison’s ‘dream sequence’ installation\, water assumes a central role in its metaphorical dimension\, but also as a carrier of measurable data. The generative video takes a narrative cinematic journey following the course of an imagined river from a forest stream\, through an industrial plant\, and a port metropolis at the ocean’s edge. The video’s content and its score\, performed ‘live’ in the space by a Disklavier (MIDI-controlled player piano)\, is unique each time it is experienced. Significant aesthetic\, auditory and structural elements of the work are directly influenced by changes in localised live external data from the ‘real world’ (atmospheric conditions\, air and water quality). In this exhibition\, data will be drawn from local monitoring sites at Dublin Port\, to deliver context-specific image/data variations.Rivers are a recurring analogy for the passage of time in history and across societies\, and ‘dream sequence’ is an exploration of the perception of time and reality. Pattison proposes that the act of dreaming is a subconscious analogy of virtual metaverses and a transgressive escape from a hostile reality.” \n\n\n\n\n\nLiliane Puthod – ‘Beep Beep’\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Liliane Puthod’s Beep Beep is a large-scale immersive artwork consolidating her research on handmade and mechanised production\, commodity fetishism\, and the archaeology of consumerism. \n\n\n\nTwo embellished shipping containers hold precious cargo: a 1962 Renault 4 (R4) car reanimated by the artist from her late father’s dusty shed in her hometown in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. For many years\, the car sat idle among a jumbled assortment of other objects that were initially discarded: bikes\, lamps\, ashtrays\, tools\, machine parts\, camera equipment\, piles of scrap metal\, ladders\, and countless other everyday artefacts amassed by Puthod’s father with the optimism that they may have a second chance at a life of use.” \n\n\n\n\n\nSiobhán McGibbon – ‘Netflix and Disintegrate into Nothing and Everything’ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“The exhibition transports viewers into the world of Xenophon\, where they will encounter the Xenothorpians\, a fluid species that commune and mutate with living and non-living entities to adapt to the Anthropocene. Their hybridisations provide a backdrop from which new stories emerge- a tongue-in-cheek approach to the problem of humans. This new chapter is a multi-species romance told in three parts. \n\n\n\nThe sculptural installation; Netflix and Disintegrate into Nothing and Everything (part 1)\, is an invitation to engage in intimate relations\, beyond the species and the sexual. The title refers to a popular euphemism for sexual activity while alluding to the steaming hot togetherness of compost. The work is driven by the question of queer multispecies desire\, can loving beyond protocol result in more relational choices that disrupt human-centred practices in the garden. \n\n\n\nTo re-think garden relations this love story broadens sexuality to include how we inhabit and interact. The project positions the unkempt; weeds\, hedgerows\, and meadows as queer sites of desire where gender-bending cohabitors embrace diversity and fluidity\, and rhizomes disrupt normative reproduction. Counter to this are the manicured\, weeded\, overgrazed\, cropped sites controlled & depleted by human desire”. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganisers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n Related URL:https://a4sounds.org/event/gallery-visit-longest-way-round-shortest-way-home-the-pumphouse-netflix-and-disintegrate-into-nothing-and-everything-pallas-projects-thursday-25th-july-1530-1800/ CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Exhibition & Site Vists,Member Support,Professional Development Programme,Socials ORGANIZER;CN="Rachel Naughton":MAILTO:members@a4sounds.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240516T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240516T170000 DTSTAMP:20260530T215718 CREATED:20240507T191604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T192500Z UID:10000047-1715871600-1715878800@a4sounds.org SUMMARY:Gallery Visit | Temple Bar Gallery and Pallas Projects | Thursday 16th May 16:00-18:00 DESCRIPTION:On Thursday the 16th of May we are going to visit two exhibitions. Starting with Lisa Freeman’s ‘Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss’ at Temple Bar Gallery\, and moving on from there to the Pallas Projects to have a look at ‘Mega Dreoilín’ by NAMACO. When we’re done here\, we will head to Lucky’s for a chat. \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP below to let me know if you are going so we can get an idea of numbers. Thanks! \n\n\n\nDate & TimeThursday the 16th of May | 16:00 – 18:00 \n\n\n\nMeeting Point – 16:00 5-9 Temple Bar\, Dublin 2\, D02 AC84Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZfeNkrH4APu63wEE7 \n\n\n\nNext Stop – 17:00Pallas Projects/Studios\, 115-117\, The Coombe\, The Liberties\, Dublin\, D08 A970Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/r17GSaSeqfZcUkX68 \n\n\n\nPost Art Chat – 18:00 onwardsLucky’sOutside AreaGoogle Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8RC6kpbum6ANgjo1A \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nAttending?(required)\n Yes No \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nNotes\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Send RSVPSubmitting form\n \n \n \nΔ\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Exhibitions\n\n\n\nLisa Freeman – Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunlight heightens intensity. It bleaches or enhances colour\, it focuses attention and strains the eyes\, it is simultaneously nourishing and draining; it expresses a multitude of contradictions that elevate and impede closeness and connection. In her new film\, ‘Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss’ (2023-24)\, Lisa Freeman\, draws on natural light’s influence on psychological positivity\, patterns and focus. The film begins with an awakening\, the soft vibration of a phone call in a room lit with the bright glow of summer sunshine. The call is answered by a young woman who relays her experience of a personal dilemma\, and tells of how the artificial lights at home have been fizzing and flashing\, a hint that an energy imbalance is affecting her luck and connectivity to others. As the woman opens the apartment’s balcony doors\, the sound of a bustling city square fills the room and she immediately falls into a state of relaxation. \n\n\n\n‘Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss’ follows the woman\, the film’s protagonist\, as she makes her way through an unfamiliar city. During the course of a day\, she meets several people with their own sets of expectations and forms of communication. The film uses elements of holiday suspense or ‘sunshine noir’ genres to convey psychological drama\, but rather than the protagonist succumbing to a situation of horror or dread\, her encounters are acts of kindness and openness from strangers in a place away from home. These gestures appear unnerving\, even to the woman\, as there is an expectation of hostility and confrontation in this urban landscape. Freeman reclaims a sense of tenderness and generosity in the civic space\, which is a development of her recent works that also address gaps in emotional and verbal interaction (‘Slipped\, Fell and Smacked my Face on the Dance Floor’\, 2022)\, and social isolation in the public realm (‘Hook\, Spill\, Cry Your Eyes Out’\, 2022). Rejecting the desire for idyllic escapism\, Freeman instead proposes intimacy as a method of resistance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNAMACO – MEGA DREOILÍN \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“A committee of vultures sweeps the Dublin sky. Composed of landlords\, investment funds and the political juggernaut known as Fianna Gael\, they pursue a bloodthirsty quest to dominate all land and wealth\, leaving death and destruction in their wake. \n\n\n\nBut unknown to them\, an underground force unfolds its wings. Foretold by the Ancient Celts as An Dreoilín or Draoi éan – druid bird – the tiny wrens emerge as a fearless foe. \n\n\n\nAs main character Em (they/them)\, you must battle landlords\, Gardaí and vultures across four Dublin-based levels. But can you uncover the Mega Dreoilín\, an ancient energy field within yourself and your allies\, in order to face your final adversary?” \n\n\n\nNAMACO emerges from a decaying Dublin to unleash bizarre edutainment products on unsuspecting landlords. Headed by Han Hogan and Donal Fullam\, NAMACO makes video games that demystify housing precarity\, cultural space scarcity and the effects of corporate landlordism in Dublin for a generation of renters unwillingly trapped in adolescence. Featuring a cast of characters which includes Avril Corroon\, Ian Lynch and Rory Hearne\, Mega Dreoilín posits that Ireland’s age-old land question is not as complicated as our political representatives would have us believe. \n\n\n\n16-bit video game Mega Dreoilín is a radical reimagining of edutainment designed for the demographic of ‘Generation Rent’. Positioning itself as a revolutionary instructional manual\, Mega Dreoilín allows players to learn about the bureaucratic land dominance imposed on Ireland by successive waves of colonisers\, landlords and global multinationals\, as well as the strategies required for collective resistance against these sinister powers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganisers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Related URL:https://a4sounds.org/event/gallery-visit-temple-bar-gallery-and-pallas-projects-thursday-16th-may/ CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Exhibition & Site Vists,Member Support,Professional Development Programme,Socials ORGANIZER;CN="Rachel Naughton":MAILTO:members@a4sounds.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240417T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240417T173000 DTSTAMP:20260530T215718 CREATED:20240410T172954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T172958Z UID:10000043-1713366000-1713375000@a4sounds.org SUMMARY:Gallery Visit | Douglas Hyde and RHA | Wed 17th April 16:00-18:30 DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday the 17th of April we are going to visit two exhibitions. Starting with Deirdre O’Mahony’s ‘The Quickening’ at the Douglas Hyde Gallery\, and moving on from there to the RHA to attend Celina Muldoon’s final performance as part of her current exhibition ‘The Gate\, or the disk of the sun will turn to the disk of the moon and our children sold for silver’. When we’re done here\, we will head to O’Donoghues Bar for post-art chats. \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP below to let me know if you are going so we can get an idea of numbers. Thanks! \n\n\n\nDate & TimeWednesday the 17th of April | 16:00 – 18:30 \n\n\n\nMeeting Point – 16:00 Douglas HydeNassau StreetTrinity CollegeDublin 2Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GGiv1Mo7psqKJBpa6 \n\n\n\nNext Stop – 17:00RHA Gallery15 Ely PlaceD02 A213Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/r17GSaSeqfZcUkX68 \n\n\n\nPost Chat – 18:30 onwardsO’Donoghues BarOutdoors SectionGoogle Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/dt47sCCu6M8zq4Pp7 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nAttending?(required)\n Yes \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nNotes\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Send RSVPSubmitting form\n \n \n \nΔ\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Exhibitions\n\n\n\nDeirdre O’MahonyThe Quickening \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBringing together urgent conversations\, original music and moving image\, The Quickening responds to issues facing farming\, food production and consumption\, in the face of present ecological and climate crises. A nationwide project\, the culmination of over three years of research\, it opens in an ambitious exhibition at The Douglas Hyde on March 29 with a Walls & Halls Tour in community spaces and farms in Carlow\, Waterford\, Kilkenny\, Tipperary\, Wicklow\, and Wexford. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCelina MuldoonThe Gate\, or the disk of the sun will turn to the disk of the moon and our children sold for silver \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn installation of new work by Celina Muldoon incorporating moving image\, performance and sound to develop a large scale environment within the gallery\, which invites you to consider the climate emergency\, global political landscape and effects of late-stage capitalism on the world we live in. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganisers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Related URL:https://a4sounds.org/event/gallery-visit-douglas-hyde-and-rha-wed-17th-april-1600-1830/ CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Exhibition & Site Vists,Member Support,Professional Development Programme,Socials ORGANIZER;CN="Rachel Naughton":MAILTO:members@a4sounds.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240404T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240404T170000 DTSTAMP:20260530T215718 CREATED:20240314T185031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240327T183745Z UID:10000037-1712242800-1712250000@a4sounds.org SUMMARY:Site Visit | IFI Archives Tour | Thurs 4th April DESCRIPTION:On Thursday the 4th of April at 4pm we are going to visit the IFI to take part in a tour! This tour will include time in the library where we’ll hear about the history of the Irish Film Institute\, the origins and mission of the archive\, and the composition of their collections. We’ll also be shown paper materials from some of their special collections. From there\, we will head to the basement where film materials are processed. We’ll get an introduction to how they store and preserve film\, the different types of film stock used over the last century\, and some of the projects they’ve run over the last decade. We will also get a demonstration of a Steenbeck viewer.  \n\n\n\nOnce we’re done with the tour\, we’ll head to their outdoor bar area for art chats.Accessibility: unfortunately the archive building does not have a lift\, so accessing the basement will involve a flight of stairs. If this is an issue for anyone thinking of joining\, IFI staff have let us know you are welcome to stay on with them in the library during the second half of the tour to avoid these stairs. \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP below to let me know if you are going so we can get an idea of numbers. \n\n\n\nDate & TimeThursday the 4th of April | 16:00-18:00The tour will start at 4pm sharp as they close at half 5 so please don’t be late. We will meet outside at 15:50. \n\n\n\nMeeting Point – 15:506 Eustace St\, Temple Bar\, Dublin 2\, D02 PD85Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/53hCLWnrLniyZuQK6 \n\n\n\nRSVP \n\n\n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nAttending?(required)\n Yes No \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nNotes\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Send RSVPSubmitting form\n \n \n \nΔ\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganisers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Related URL:https://a4sounds.org/event/site-visit-ifi-archives-tour-thurs-4th-april/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition & Site Vists,Member Support,Professional Development Programme,Socials ORGANIZER;CN="Rachel Naughton":MAILTO:members@a4sounds.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240306T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240306T173000 DTSTAMP:20260530T215718 CREATED:20240221T194231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T194236Z UID:10000034-1709740800-1709746200@a4sounds.org SUMMARY:Gallery Visit | RHA Talk | Future Academies: Array Collective | Wed 6th March DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday the 6th of March we are going to visit the RHA to attend the talk given by Array Collective as part of RHA Talk. This talk is from 17:30 – 18:30; after which we will head to O’Donoghues Bar for chats. Please send me an email or comment below to let me know if you are going so we can get an idea of numbers. \n\n\n\nRHA Talk is a series of talks intending to reference some of the initial values of the academy forming; such as community\, collectivity and belonging to a group\, in looking at new models of artist collectives or communities of interest.Array Collective are a group of individual artists rooted in Belfast\, who join together to create collaborative actions in response to the sociopolitical issues affecting Northern Ireland. Array’s studios and project space in the city centre acts as a base for the collective\, however the participating artists are not limited to studio holders. \n\n\n\nDate & TimeWednesday the 6th of March | 17:00 – 18:30 (talk starts at half 5 but we’ll meet at 5\, can have a quick look around and then grab seats). \n\n\n\nMeeting Point – 17:00 RHA Gallery15 Ely PlaceD02 A213Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/r17GSaSeqfZcUkX68 \n\n\n\nPost Chat – 18:30 onwardsO’Donoghues BarSmoking SectionGoogle Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/dt47sCCu6M8zq4Pp7 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganisers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Related URL:https://a4sounds.org/event/gallery-visit-rha-talk-future-academies-array-collective-wed-6th-march-2/ CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Exhibition & Site Vists,Member Support,Professional Development Programme,Socials ORGANIZER;CN="Rachel Naughton":MAILTO:members@a4sounds.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR