le cool issue # 106

Aspect

The Bernard Shaw is one of my favourite spots in the whole city and I'm thrilled to announce that it's about to get even better. A slick audio-visual set-up is being unveiled which will empower artists, bands, DJs and VJs with five projectors and three plasma televisions that can each be individually controlled and audio that can be split throughout the building. Ten artists are showing video art for the launch which is being curated by Shane Andrew Kelly, who divulges 'One cool thing is that we can project onto the front windows of the Shaw, so all the work will go on a loop and be screened throughout the night even when the Shaw closes! And there's a speaker at the front so people can hear it. So you could be wandering home from a night out and sit across the road with a few cans and watch some cool films at 4am.'

Julian Opie

Did you know the Hugh Lane Gallery was proposed by Mr Lane and his architect Sir Edward Lutyens to be built either along Stephens Green or to face the Royal College of Surgeons? However, Lord Ardilaun, who had gifted the green to Dublin city, rejected the idea and was consequently attacked by William Martin Murphy, proprietor of the Irish Independent, who praised Lane’s intentions. Is ‘fresh air a more desirable asset for the people than French art’ he aggressively queried Ardilaun. Nowadays, untroubled by such beef, the Hugh Lane has time to put on funky little events such as their Sunday recitals or this screening of Julian Opie's 2001 Illuminations/The Eye documentary. It's a half hour of interviews with the artist. He chats about his career, his interest in both form and content and the influences for his simplistic work.

All pieces from issue 106 -  HERE