Masterclass

Performance Art Workshop with Performance Artist Jurgen Fritz

  • Jurgen Fritz
  • 24th & 25th February 2012
  • 10am - 5pm
  • €90

  • 10 places
    Lunch included

Jurgen Fritz’s work is site specific. His conceptual approach shows an impressive concentration and precision, and he uses simple materials such as bamboo sticks, a bell or marbles.

German-born Jürgen Fritz studied theatre and the science of music.  He is co-founder of Black Market International, an international Co-operative of Performance, the International Performance Association, the Festival Platform for Young Performance Artists in the Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben, Berlin and the International Summer Camp at Castle Bröllin / Brandenburg.  He is Artistic Director of the annual festival of performance art ZOOM!.  He lectures and performs widely internationally. For further information about Fritz see: www.fritz-performance.de

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Glass Workshop with Jiyong Lee

  • Jiyong Lee
  • 17th - 21st September 2012
  • 10am - 5pm (5 day workshop)
  • €250

  • 12 places
    Lunch included

  • Entry requirements: Experience of working with glass necessary

This workshop explores techniques and methods around art making with glass employed by Jiyong Lee.  The deceptive simplicity and understated intricacy of Lee’s compositions is striking, with his refined translucent laminated glass surface suggests the mysterious qualities of cells and the ambiguity of temporal existence.  Jiyong Lee will explore with the class how the surface and their properties can be mobilised to achieve apparent simplicity yet employing high complexity.

Korean born Jiyong Lee is Head of the Glass program of Southern Illinois University Carbondale since 2005. He graduated from the MFA program at Rochester Institute of Technology in US, 2000. Having his feet in both cultures also has broadened his personal aesthetics and appreciation for different ways of thinking.  He specializes in cold-working and kiln-forming processes and he has exhibited nationally and internationally.  He lectures and gives demonstrations widely, including the 2007 Glass Art Society Conference, Rochester Institute of Technology, the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Cleveland Institute of Art, Penland School of Crafts, Pilchuck Glass School, Pittsburgh Glass Center, and Kook-Min University, Seoul, Korea.

As soon as the dates for this workshop in September 2012 are finalised the booking form will be posted here.

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Ethnography in Visual Arts Practice Workshop Programme

  • 9th December 2011, 19th January & 16th February 2012
  • 10am - 5pm
  • €120 for 3 days

  • Lunch included
    12 places
    By application only

Fire Station Artists’ Studios in partnership with FOMACS (Forum on Migration and Communications)

A workshop programme exploring the relationship between ethnographic methods, representation, human rights and the ethics of collaborative engagement in visual art practice. Consisting of three interconnected day-long workshops each session will combine prescribed readings and discussion, connecting ethnographic theory and method to participants’ creative practice. Ethnography in Visual Art Practice will appeal to visual art and media practitioners conducting long-term fieldwork in sited communities.

Programme:

9th December 2011: 'Creative Arts and Social Engagement: The Role and Responsibility of the Artist as Ethnographer' with Áine O'Brien (FOMACS), Alan Grossman (DIT) and Roberta McGrath

19th January 2012: 'Installation, Creative Practice and Relocating the Archive' with Roshini Kempadoo

16th February 2012: 'The Lives of Others: Ethnographic Ethics or Politicized Aesthetics' with Anthony Downey (Sotheby's Institute of Art, London) 

Download full details of the programme and lecturers here: Ethnography & Visual Arts Practice Workshop.pdf

Application Procedure:

Please submit the following by hard copy or email:

  • A short description in no more than 500 words of a socially engaged visual art or creative media project in progress or at conceptualization stage. Please also identify one central research question informing your project, and explain why you are interested in taking part in this workshop programme.
  • A concise and up to date Curriculum Vitae (max 2 pages)
  • Documentation of your work  - images (max 6), DVD (pre-cued, max 5 mins), or publications

Deadline for applications: Monday 7th November 2011

Selected participants will be notified by 18th November

Post to: Office Manager, Fire Station Artists' Studios, 9-11 Lower Buckingham Street, Dublin 1

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