Experimental and traditional mix at annual VisArts exhibition
TCD Visual Arts Society launched their End of Year Exhibition on Monday March 6th, in the modern and artistically active Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. This year’s opening night featured a performance from the Trinity Belles and an afterparty in Pacino’s Restaurant and Bar. The exhibition is distributed between four floors, each comprising of a […]
Debating within the world of art
As part of the Trinity Arts Festival (TAF), The Phil held a workshop today on how to debate on the subject of art. This event attracted a small crowd, allowing for an intimate workshop led by Ludivine Rebet, last year’s President of the Phil. Opening the workshop with the question “Who has done debating before?”, […]
Review: ‘Someone You Love’ photography exhibition
Down the crooked roads which trail off Camden street, I find myself passing an endless stream of quaint brick houses, remnants of Dublin’s Georgian past. The area which surrounds the Copper House Gallery is authentic, antiquated one could say. Smoke hangs in the air, belched from the mouths of a sea of chimneys straight from […]
We tried out the new Byte app, here are the results (audio autoplays!)
Byte combines the low tech of Microsoft Paint with today’s social media world
Nude models wanted
Trinity’s favourite location to parody itself is the noticeboard. Among the notices for a lost fountain pen and “fidget ball,” one poster in particular stands out. It says “”Venus” Wanted.” Students who have seen it may have been greeted with a bemused curiosity or perhaps mild revulsion as they filled their water bottle from a […]
“Trauma – Built to break” exhibition opens at Science Gallery Dublin
Katarzyna reviews the new exhibition at the science gallery that explores the theme of trauma.
Waste Land
Waste Land Director: Lucy Walker 2:1 By Jack Mays All documentaries, ultimately, fall into one of two categories: ones that shed light on the dark side of human nature, and ones that celebrate the triumph of the human spirit. Surprisingly, for a documentary set largely in the world’s largest landfill, the Oscar-nominated Waste Land falls […]
The commercialisation of art
Posted by Stacey Wrenn on January 6, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“A businessperson very rarely invests in something that will not benefit them directly” Art has been of consistent importance to all civilisations since man first picked up one object and rubbed it against the surface of another. It helps people to cope, connects them with strangers and new cultures. It shakes us from a […]
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