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ABOUT 'THE VENDING MACHINE PROJECT'
The Vending Machine Project
(Magnet Entertainment Dublin Fringe Festival '06)
Locations:
Project Arts Centre, Essex St., Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
Connolly Station (Between Platforms 4 & 5), Amien St., Dublin 1.
Crawdaddy, Lobby Bar, Harcourt St., Dublin 2.
Preview/Launch: Lobby Bar, Crawdaddy, Tuesday 12th September
2006 6-8pm
Exhibition continues until 29th September 2006
email: thevendingmachine [ at ] gmail.com
web: thevendingmachineproject.org
THE VENDING MACHINE PROJECT is a visual art event taking place during the Dublin
Fringe Festival 2006. It will
be bringing together 60 Irish and international artists at various stages of
their careers who have been selected by
Alan Butler and Lola Rayne Booth. The artists were invited to create art to be
displayed and sold in one of the projects
three vending machines. The machines will be placed in different locations throughout
Dublin City for the duration of
the Fringe Festival.
The artists responded to this challenge by creating over 750 tiny original art
works between them. The work spans
many disciplines, video, music, painting, print and sculpture and ideas range
from specially handmade board games,
to voodoo dolls of participating artists, to offers of an alternative tour around
the city. There is sure to be something in
THE VENDING MACHINE PROJECT to appeal to everyone.
By taking contemporary art out of the traditional gallery setting and bringing
it further into the public domain, the
organisers hope that this project will subvert perceptions of art and how it
should be displayed and distributed. All of
the art works in THE VENDING MACHINE PROJECT are for sale for just €5. This
ridiculously low price refl ects the
general intent of the project, idealistic as it may seem; to make art accessible
to everyone and to have fun while doing
so!
The machines will be located in Connolly Station (main concourse), The Lobby
Bar at Crawdaddy, Harcourt Street,
and The Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar from 12th -29th September. There will
be twenty artists exhibited in
each machine and each artist will have up to 20 works for sale. To see exactly
what is on offer, you can visit www.
thevendingmachineproject.org (to be live by the end of August). Each artwork
has been documented on this website
and information about the artists is also available.
Artists participating in THE VENDING MACHINE PROJECT are:
A=Apple (IRL), Mark Beatty (IRL), Clare
Louise Bligh (IRL), Cyril Briscoe (IRL), Alan
Burns (IRL), Robert Christian (IRL), Declan
Clarke (IRL/UK), Brian Coldrick (IRL), Roisín
Cunningham (IRL), Niall de Buitlear (IRL), Nuisance
Bears (IRL), Neva Elliott (IRL/UK), Tristan
Fennell (IRL), Dermot Finn (IRL), Grainne
Finn (IRL), Niall Flaherty (IRL), Damien
Flood (IRL), Stephen Gaughan (IRL), Cliona
Harmey (IRL), Joan Healy(IRL), Leah
Hilliard (IRL), Barry Jacques (IRL), Annika
Johansson (IRL/Finland), Frankenstyles (IRL/USA), Anthony
Kelly/David Stalling (IRL/GER) Tara Kennedy (IRL), Dogmedia
Productions (IRL), Marina Kessopersadh (IRL), James
Kirwan (IRL), K Bear Koss (IRL/USA), Lee
Sang Hong (Korea), Hazel Lim (Singapore), Sarah
Lincoln (IRL), Paul McCann (IRL), Conor
McGarrigle (IRL), Caroline McNulty (IRL), Caitriona
Moore (IRL), Padraic E. Moore (IRL), Eli
Normal (IRL), Ben Mullen (IRL), Charlotte
Murray (IRL), Paula Naughton (IRL), Barbara
Nealon (IRL), Fergus Niland (IRL), Seamus
Nolan (IRL), Jane O’Sullivan (IRL), Alex
Pearl (UK), Christian Reeves (IRL), Sheila
Rennick (IRL/UK), Emma Robertson (IRL), David
Roche (IRL), Ben Roosevelt (IRL/USA), Nina
Tanis (IRL/USA), Keith Walsh (IRL),Robin
Watkins (IRL/Sweden), Conor Wickham (IRL), John
Younge (IRL).
This is a perfect opportunity to begin your art collection and to view work by
some of the freshest, most exciting artists
around. For further information please contact Lola Rayne Booth (details above).
Instant art refreshment!
The Vending Machine Project is curated by Lola Rayne Booth and Alan Butler.
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