Dusting, video preview.
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For Beauty is Nothing but the Beginning of Terror/ Denn das Schöne ist nur des Schrecklichen Anfang.
Artists between self-staging and self-reflexion/ Künstler zwischen Selbstinszenierung und Selbstreflexion
Opening: 7pm, Friday 24th May 2013. Exhibition continues: 25th May: 12-9pm, 26th May: 2-7pm.
Kukulida e.V., Martin-Luther-Straße 1, 01099 Dresden, Germany.
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The Observer & I, Galway Arts Centre. 8th March- 13th April.
Three new films, three new photography series, and a publication in a limited edition of 100.
Private view: 6-8pm, Friday 8th March 2013. Exhibition continues: 9th March- 13th April.
Galway Arts Centre opening hours: Tues-Fri 10.00-17.30, Sat 10.00-14.00.
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Pallas Projects/Studios present Periodical Review #2.
Selected by Eamonn Maxwell, Pádraic E. Moore, Gavin Murphy & Mark Cullen.
Pallas Projects/Studios presents the second Periodical Review at our new long-term studios and project space in Dublin’s historic area of The Coombe. Structured as an editorial review with a critical and discursive position, this unique, yearly survey of Irish contemporary art practices, looks at commercial gallery shows, museum exhibitions, artist-led and independent projects, publishing, and curatorial practices.
Pallas Projects/Studios. Preview: 6–8pm, 7 December 2012. Gallery hours: 12–6pm, Thursday–Saturday.
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WE, Catalyst Arts, 16th November- 7th December 2012.
WE is a group exhibition featuring selected works by local, national and international artists that explore issues surrounding identity through various mediums.
Featuring Artists: Craig Cox | Kevin Gaffney | Cecilia Giménez ® | Anthony Luvera | Brian J Morrison | Artur Zmijewski
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The Unnameable book at Dublin Art Book Fair. Temple Bar Gallery + Studios.
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios has invited 30 of the most exciting publishers of art books from around the world to take part in the second edition of the Dublin Art Book Fair. The Fair will feature Irish and internationally based art book publishers, including publishers from Germany, Norway, UK, USA, Canada, Korea and Luxembourg.
Temple Bar Gallery + Studio. Friday 30th November– Sunday 2nd December 2012.
The Unnameable book is available to buy online from CMBMC (Japan) and Good Press (Glasgow)
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VISIO- European Workshop on Artists' Cinema.
Kevin Gaffney has been selected, and awarded the OPINIONCIATTI Scholarship, to participate in the VISIO- European Workshop on Artists' Cinema, at Lo Schermo dell’Arte Film Festival, Florence. 21st- 25th November 2012.
VISIO consists of a series of seminars and meetings dedicated to expanding the vision and themes of artists who use cinema in their artistic practice. The Workshop will be held in Florence, within the context of the 5th Edition of Lo Schermo dell'Arte Film Festival (21-25 November 2012). The participants are 15 young Italian and European artists who work with moving images; selected in collaboration with some of the most important European Art Academies and Schools. The Selection Committee is composed of Leonardo Bigazzi, project curator VISIO, Silvia Lucchesi, director Lo Schermo dell’Arte and Heinz Peter Schwerfel, director Kino der Kunst. More on VISIO.
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Tenderflix Film Screening.
On Tuesday 9th October, TENDERPIXEL will present two curated programmes of short films in the lower gallery.
The Unnameable will be screened as part of Programme B. Codified Space at 8pm.
TENDERPIXEL, Ten Cecil Court, London WC2N 4HE. Wednesday- Saturday, 2-6pm.
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Installation view from Started 2012: Residents of Startpoint at NTK Galerie, Prague.
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The Unnameable will be screened at Abandon Normal Devices 2012 in Cornerhouse, Manchester.
Abandon Normal Devices strives to recognise experimentation across cinema, art and technology as a core concern of art-making and this expanding of possibilities forms the foundation for the 2012 festival.
AND 2012 Shorts: Programme 2. 12:00- 16:00, Saturday 1st September, Cornerhouse. Book tickets and more info here.
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Artyčok Tv interview about the Started 2012 Residency exhibition at NTK, Prague.
Interview with Kevin Gaffney, Tommy Høvik and Malthe Stigaard about their work in the Started 2012 Residency exhibtion at NTK Gallery, Prague. Each resident artist chose a Czech artist to exhibit their work alongside; Matyáš Chochola, Antonín Jirát, and Eva Jiřička
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Open Studio & Galerie NTK Exhibition:
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Kevin Gaffney was awarded an Artists International Development fund from Arts Council England and the British Council to support a residency at the Startpoint Prize for Emerging Artists in Prague. There will be an open studio presentation on 8th August. The residency will culminate in an exhibition of new work by the residents at the National Technical Library Gallery, opening 20th August 2012.
Open studio: Thursday 9th August, 5-8pm. No. 278, Floor 2, Bubenská 1, 170 00 Prague 7. Metro: Vltavska.
Exhibition: 21st August- 8th September. Galerie NTK, National Technical Library, Prague.
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Blind Spots, Inis Oirr, Aran Islands, 19th May 2012.
Video Installation at Drop Everything.
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BIG SCREEN, Latitude Festival 2012, 13-15th July. Produced by Louise Colbourne with assistance from Jim Hobbs, Paul Burgess, DJ Harry K, and No.w.here. In association with Lux, Cine-city film festival and the Supernormal Festival.
Out Of This World, curated by Louise Colbourne, presents a selection of the surreal, abstracted, ethereal and other-worldly within moving image. From the work of older experimental film makers such as Stan Brakhage and Len Lye, through to contemporary artists such as Semiconductor, Sebastian Buerkner, Benedict Drew, Saskia Olde Wolbers, Emma Hart, Kevin Gaffney, Ian Helliwell, Oliver Bancroft, Tim Simmons and many others. More info on Big Screen.
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The Unnameable & The Observer & I will be showing at the Athens Video Art Festival, 18-20th May 2012.
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The Unnameable is available as a limited edition of 200. Four colour printed, 300gsm. 25 x 15cm landscape, hardbound embossed cover with case jacket. For more information please see www.unnameable.net
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The Unnameable has been selected for the Arte Laguna prize exhibition, which will open on 17th March at the Arsenale, Venice. Exhibition continues until 1st April, 10am-6pm (8pm during weekends). More on Arte Laguna. Supported by Culture Ireland.
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BFI's Sight & Sound mention An Oral Fixation in their review of the London Short Film Festival, as does the Digital Hub.
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Kevin Gaffney received the Little White Lies Award from the 9th London Short Film Festival on 6th January at the ICA for his film An Oral Fixation. If you missed the screening, it will be shown alongside all other awarded films on 15th January as part of the Closing Night Award Ceremony. Tickets are available from the ICA.
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An Oral Fixation will be screened on 6th January 2012 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) as part of the London Short Film Festival. Buy tickets from the ICA here. More on the London Short Film Festival.
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The Startpoint Selection exhibition will feature Kevin Gaffney's work at Galerie Vytvarneho Umeni Cheb (GAVU), Czech Republic, from 19th January to 25th March 2011. More on GAVU. More on Startpoint.
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The Brighton Film Festival & Cinecity will be screening The Unnameable on 30th November at the Nightingale as part of a wider programme. 7pm. Purchase tickets here.
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Kevin Gaffney received an honorary mention from the Startpoint Prize for Emerging Artists, leading to a residency and group show in Prague in 2012. A publication has been produced in connection with exhibition, which continues through December in Brno, Wannieck Gallery, Czech Republic. Kindly supported by Culture Ireland. More information on the prize here.
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Kevin Gaffney been awarded recieved an artists bursary award from the Arts Council of Ireland.
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Kevin Gaffney will represent the Royal College of Art at the Startpoint Prize for Emerging Artists 2011. Exhibition opens 6pm, 11th October 2011, Wannieck Gallery, Ve Vankovce 2, Brno.
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The Unnameable will be exhibited in RUA RED in Ireland from 13th August - 17th September 2011, 10am-6pm. Gallery 2, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24.
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Screening of two new films at the Lab followed by a discussion. The Lab, Dublin City Council. 17/8/2011, 6pm.
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The Unnameable will be exhibited as part of i am not a poet at Totalkunst Gallery, as part of the Forest Festival Programme. 3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh.
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Kevin Gaffney & Sally-Anne Kelly have been awarded the Grand Prix at the Sapporo Biennale international art competition. they will create work in Hokkaido for presentation at the Sapporo Biennale 2014, Japan.
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Hard Cover: Image Perspectives from Black Dog Publishing has been released featuring The Unnameable text and images. Hardcover also features newly commissioned writing, with essays by an impressive roster of leading academics and experts from the photography and moving-image field - including Simon Baker, Curator of Photography at Tate Modern, Olivier Richon, Professor of Photography at the RCA, and Californian-based artist and writer Leslie Dick, and is edited by internationally renowned photographer Rut Blees Luxemburg. Buy from Black Dog or buy from Amazon
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Blogs mention The Unnameable at RCA SHOW 2011. Mrs Tssk & Victoria Stone.
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Kevin Gaffney at Royal College of Art graduate fine art show. Private view: June 22nd. Exhibition continues: 24 June - 3 July 2011 (closed 1 July). Testbed 1, 33 Parkgate Road, london SW11 4NP. RCA SHOW 2011.
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The Unnameable: Prologue will be screened at Portugal's FEST international film festival on July 30th at 22h in the experimental cinema section.
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Kevin Gaffney has been shortlisted for the Red Mansion Awards 2011.
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1/11/2010. The Unnameable featured in an exhibition in the Royal College of Art, London, as part of the Battle of Ideas festival on the 30th & 31st of October 2010. The exhibition was curated by David Rayson, professor and head of department, school of fine art, department of painting, Royal College of Art.
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/kevingaffney