Thursday 15 May 2008

new video work by Peter O'Kennedy

TRACKING BEACON (NY 12508) is a new video installation by PETER O'KENNEDY. I went along to the launch yesterday evening with Kateann, Súlán and Gustavo.

I won't describe the piece in detail because you should discover it for yourself - go and see it!. All I'll say is that it distorts perspectives and stimulates a mix of emotions. The beauty of the piece is that it doesn't rely on digital tricks. Open your mind and the sucks you in - I found myself setting mental destinations and then not wanting to disembark when I'd arrived. The venue was a stroke of genius too - the unfamilar surroundings of the time-trapped venue really added to the experience.

It was an ideal evening for the bbq launch in the courtyard - I bumped into lighting and furniture designer LEO SCARFF who was telling me he's just about to install a huge piece in MARKS & SPENCER on GRAFTON ST. Check-out his website www.leoscarffdesign.com
(He recommended WILLIE DOHERTY's work at the FARMLEIGH ESTATE GALLERY (I know Willie is showing in the DOUGLAS HYDE GALLERY in TRINTY COLLEGE at the monent as well so they're worth checking out.)

Peter O'Kennedy was born in Dublin in 1964. He attended the SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS in NEW YORK before returning to Ireland and the NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN moving-on to play drums with THE GOLDEN HORDE - he was also a core member of NINE WASSIES FROM BAINNE. An accomplished sculptor, O'Kennedy has had two solo show in PROJECT ARTS CENTRE and has exhibited around Ireland, New York, Argentina and France. He held an artist in residency at the IRISH MUSEUM OF MODERN ART throughout the latter half of 1998 and has worked on a number of interior design projects including GUBU and the ODESSA CLUB.

The exhibition continues from May 16 - June 12
Tue to Sun (closed Mon)
13:00 to 21:00 daily
Admission free

venue:
Rere of 92-93 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 02
(entrance on Stephens Green South)
for info call: 086-662-3331

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