Joaquin Phoenix and the foul mouthed, NSFW 3D alien in Her (2013)
Liam Geraghty writes:
Kilkenny animator (now LA based) David O’Reilly directed the “Alien Child” video game sequences in Spike Jonze’s film Her. We spoke to him on RTE Lyric FM’s Culture File.
Listen here
You may recall Alan Byrne’s ‘controversial’ but gorgeous Greater Dublin poster from Friday?
Alan has generously donated one – yes ONE – poster to a Broadsheet reader or a map-lover of their acquaintance.
To enter, Alan asks that YOU try to simply complete this sentence…
“I NEED the Greater Dublin Poster specifically because__________________”
Lines close at 5.15pm
Previously: Greater Dublin
Buy here
New York based artist Danny Rozin makes interactive art in the literal sense.
Some of his best known works are actuated ‘mirror sculptures’ which track the silhouettes of viewers via video sensors, translating them into real time kinetic reflections.
Above: Weave Mirror (2007), Angles Mirror 2013), Trash Mirror No. 3 (2011) and Fan Mirror (2013)
The swan net at the Grand Canal at Portobello, Dublin earlier this month (top) and a cygnet at Grand Parade, Ranelagh Road, Ranelagh this afternoon, (above).
Previously: Run Swans Run
Thanks Colm
The Strypes – Hard To Say No
Jenny writes:
Another Strypes video for their new single shot in the Town Hall in Cavan over Christmas where the lads played three gigs. Makes the Town Hall look shit cool in my opinion…. it’s mostly just used for Bingo.
Video by Finn Keenan
Previously: The Strypes on broadsheet
The 18th century military folly of Fort Boyard between Aix and Oléron Island at La Rochelle in France abandoned since the early 20th century…
…conceived as an artificial island, originally built to protect the harbours of Aix Island (Île-d’Aix) and Rochefort. Due to the limited ballistic artillery range in the late 17th century, the site was seen as a gap in the line of defense which the fort should have filled.
Fort Boyard is oval-shaped, 68 metres (223 ft) long and 31 m (102 ft) wide. At the centre is a yard enclosed by walls 20 m high: on the ground floor the tickness of the walls is carved by stores and quarters, while the upper floors are occupied by casemates for guns and mortars. The first floor also houses the services, kitchens and canteens, the entrance to the guardroom, a police room and the latrines. Four sets of stairs connect the different floors. The façade on the interior yard is composed by three superposed floor of arcades, while on the exterior the fortified wall is only pierced by embrasures for the cannons. The language of the building, with its oval shape and the disposition of the exterior embrasures, seems inspired by the image of a 17th century vessel. For this peculiarity the fort is sometimes referred to as the “vaisseau de pierre” (stone vessel).
Yesterday’s Sunday Independent cover story blaming Garda Ombudsman Commission blundering for the bugging allegations brouhaha.
Alternatively, in the same paper…..
I refer to the collusion of political and security commentators – whom I call PolSec in honour of Orwell – who conducted last week’s campaign in favour of Callinan and against Simon O’Brien. Thanks to our restrictive libel laws, I cannot spell out the names.
Actually, there is no need for me to name the PolSec cheerleaders. The whole country was talking about what absolute asses they made of themselves. At one stage they gave the impression of wearing garda uniforms with lots of gold braid.
But what really reinforced public scepticism about the PolSec campaign to promote Callinan at the expense of [Simon] O’Brien was that it was a repeat performance. A few weeks ago the same pundits were rubbishing the garda whistleblowers, whose proposed evidence to PAC Callinan pronounced “disgusting”.
By now the public can detect what Myles na gCopaleen called “Droch Bholadh sa Tig Againn” (a bad smell in our house). That smell is coming from a section of the media which has stupidly hitched its wagon to a Coalition star. Stupidly, because in a small country the public knows when the media is muzzling itself.
Notes on survival for Simon O’Brien, GSOC chairman (Eoghan Harris, Sunday Independent)
Previously: Same Sheet Different Day
Meanwhile…
The third threat mentioned in the GSOC briefing note (page 2, about halfway down) was the presence of a UK 3G mobile phone network in the middle of Dublin. This, according to the British firm Verrimus which investigated the GSOC case, was probably created by a device which transmits a falsified mobile phone network, usually with the intent of encourage mobile phones to use its facilities so that the resulting communications can be intercepted.
GSOC’s briefing to Minister Shatter bluntly explained to him that the means required to attempt such surveillance are “only available to government agencies” [emphasis mine]. The only reason Verrimus couldn’t conclude that it was being used for GSOC surveillance is because it could, possibly, have been used for legitimate reasons in a nearby area.
Alan Shatter, as both the Minister for Justice and the Minister for Defence, does not have such limitations. He has the state’s policing and military forces at his executive disposal. Shouldn’t he be able to find out who was operating a bogus mobile phone network in the urban centre of Ireland’s capital city – and whether it was legal for them to do so?
Why Do We Need Proof Of GSOC Before We Investigate (Gavan Reilly, Today FM)
Previously: Catcher And The Spies
Meanwhile…
Yesterday’s Sunday Times [behind paywall]
Pic via Veronica Walsh
A cuboid writing studio clad in translucent fabric skin designed for two poets by New York architectural practice PARA project.
Located between two suburban houses in Syracuse and still under construction, Haffenden House has a ground floor garage and ‘side breezeway’ with a library above featuring a deeply bowed ceiling to ‘maximise indirect light’. Above this is a reading room.
How did they get planning permission?
Would be the first of many questions.
SPLUTTER.
James writes:
Penneys are selling these for Paddy’s Day. Some of your readers might fancy the LepreHo look this year. For only €13 you can look more Irish than Peig or Lady Lavery…
