February 4th, 2011 — 3:58pm
UpStart is a non-profit arts collective which aims to put creativity at the centre of public consciousness during the Irish General Election Campaign in 2011. We plan to do this by reinterpreting the spaces commonly used for displaying election campaign posters in Dublin City and are calling on all artists to submit work for this exhibition.
The objectives of UpStart are to encourage a debate on the role of the arts in this state. We hope to highlight the importance of creativity and ingenuity when society is in need of direction and solutions, and to emphasize the value of the arts to public life. We believe that the future development of the country requires a healthy cultivation of the Arts.
We are asking for submissions to this project from the full range of artistic disciplines. Our aim is to receive 500 submissions from writers and visual artists, photographers, painters and graphic designers. These works will be duplicated and 1000 pieces will be printed as election size posters and be erected throughout Dublin city. We are also accepting works from musicians and film makers which will be hosted and exhibited through our website which will be launched on the day of the electoral poster campaign.
UpStart comprises artists and writers from Ireland and abroad and are non-aligned to any political party. UpStart respects and follows Dublin City Council litter regulations and operates within the requirements of Irish law.
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February 3rd, 2011 — 7:41pm
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February 3rd, 2011 — 7:27pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3rd February 2011
Exciting New Direction for Dublin Contemporary 2011
New York based curator and writer, Christian Viveros Fauné, and Franco-Peruvian artist and curator, Jota Castro, have been appointed joint Lead Curators of Dublin Contemporary 2011, one of the most ambitious art exhibitions ever staged in Ireland. Dublin Contemporary will take place for eight weeks from September 6th to October 31st 2011 and will present the work of Irish based artists, alongside leading artists from around the globe. Viveros Fauné and Castro are very ambitious for Dublin Contemporary and will be presenting the work of some renowned international artists alongside artworks by outstanding Irish artists. They will present a programme of exhibitions that relate to the theme of Terrible Beauty Art, Crisis, Change & The Office of Non Compliance. Taken from William Butler Yeats’s famous poem ‘Easter 1916” the exhibition title was inspired by Yeats’s response to political commenting on current events in Ireland and is intended to highlight art’s potential for commenting on current events in Irish life.
Christian Viveros Fauné has written for several prestigious publications including Art in America, Art Review, The Art Newspaper and The New Yorker and was awarded a Creative Capital / Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant in 2010. He was named inaugural Critic in Residence at the Bronx Museum for 2010 / 2011 and is a visiting lecturer at Yale University. He is the former Director of prestigious US art fairs NEXT in Chicago and VOLTA NY in New York. Jota Castro is a Brussels based Franco-Peruvian artist, curator and a former lawyer with the United Nations and EU Commissioner. In 2009, he curated The Fear Society at the Pabellon De La Urgencia for the 53rd Venice Biennale and successfully negotiated Spain candidature for Manifesta 8. In the same year, he curated « Y ahora que? » at the SOS 48 Festival in Spain, which featured two days of art, music and philosophy and attracted approximately 80,000 visitors.
Commenting on his appointment, Viveros Fauné said: It is a huge honour to be asked to be lead curator of Dublin Contemporary 2011. I very much look forward to making this exhibition both remarkably international and especially relevant to Ireland today. Jota Castro added: I would like the focus of Dublin Contemporary to be on Dublin and in particular on the role of artists in the current political and social structures. I hope to engage artists with the public starting from the very process of art making in both private and public spaces
David Harvey, Dublin Contemporary 2011 Chairman concluded The Board has made a very strong appointment in Christian Viveros Fauné and Jota Castro. They both bring a wealth of experience as curators, writers and visual practitioners. Their knowledge of contemporary art will be an invaluable asset to Dublin Contemporary. We look forward to working with them in their new role
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