There’s a liquid smooth sensibility to Katie Kim’s work. It is evident in the flow of her songs. Without break, one song ends and the next begins. It’s also apparent in the visuals accompanying her song Mona, as gaping faces …
Arts & Culture
Reality becomes science-fiction at IMMA
Sionainn Fee reviews The Otolith Group’s first large-scale exhibition, Xenogenesis, currently on a world tour
The Otolith Group is an artist collective founded in London in 2002 by Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun, which focuses on the planet and human experience, explored through filmatic practices. Their first large-scale museum exhibition, Xenogenesis, developed in Eindhoven and …
Greening The Screen
Sarah Browne examines the TorinoFilmLab’s Green Lab, in Dublin this March, a sustainability initiative aimed at reducing the industry’s carbon footprint
When we think of film and television, we don’t imagine the screen industry’s output beyond that of its movies, documentaries or series. The industry is one that prides itself on progressive content, especially in relation to environmental activism and climate …
Decades of memory at the Eponymous Gallery
Maisie Greener reviews: 2012–2022, a decade of exhibitions at the Olivier Cornet Gallery at the Eponymous Gallery
Running until February 22 at the Eponymous gallery, Olivier Cornet’s recent exhibition entitled 2012–2022, a decade of exhibitions at the Olivier Cornet Gallery — although a self-effacing celebration of his gallery’s success — triumphantly platformed the individual and collective achievements …
Get Cultured!
Jayna Rohslau investigates unique arts and culture happenings in and around Dublin
As February progresses, what is a hapless Trinity student to do? Whether you are becoming increasingly stressed, bored, blue, green, or even an alarming shade of neon purple, Trinity News is here to help. I encourage you to take a …
Cultural Heritage Unveiled at the DIFF: Accidental Anthropologist
Aoife Dalton discusses the 2023 Dublin International Film Festival participant, Accidental Anthropologist
The 23rd of February, marked the first day of the Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) 2023. The festival itself was established twenty years ago by Michael Dwyer, international film critic, and David McLoughlin; film producer and Trinity alumnus. The festival …
“On my deathbed, I will go back to nights like that”
Cat Grogan talks to Dublin band Le Boom about touring, writing, and plans for the future
Le Boom performs for the crowd but their love for music is no performance. “If ye weren’t here, we’d be doing this ourselves anyway,” are the words spoken to the audience by frontman Christy between sets at their December gig …
Re-engaging with nature through sustainable crafting
Matthew James Hodgson speaks with recent College graduate Maggie O’Shea about foraging, skip hunting, and the therapeutic effects of DIY
Recent College graduate Maggie O’Shea began sustainable crafting during the quarantine in 2020, and this led to a deep passion for self-sufficiency and working with natural materials. O’Shea became a part of the blooming artistic community surrounding natural crafting in …
The mutilated bodies re-imagining Irish history
Matthew James Hodgeson reviews Kevin Mooney’s exhibition, Revenants, at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
Over the course of six years, from 2016 to 2022, Cork-based artist Kevin Mooney collected work for the Revenants exhibition, on display from December 1 to March 5 at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). Curated by Sarah Kelleher, …
Making the Case for Independent Cinema
Libby Marchant guides us through the events of the Dublin International Film Festival, which will run until March 4
If you told me a year ago that I would be singing the praises of obscure art-house films, I wouldn’t have believed you. C’mon, who wants to watch a girl cry in a bathtub for an hour and a half? …