Sculptures by Brooklyn-based Korean artist Seung Mo Park created by covering fibreglass life-casts with tightly wrapped aluminium wire to capture the delicate folds of material and musculature of the human body.
What you may need to know.
1. TLDOM is the feature debut of Oscar nominated Irish director Ruari Robinson. He’s a talent.
2. It stars the brilliant Liev Schreiber, AKA TV bad-ass Ray Donovan.
3. The FX were all done by Screen Scene Dublin. Nice.
4. Let’s take a moment to remember the most mental Irish sci-fi movie of all time, shot up the Sally Gap.
5. Best YouTube comment: ‘how is it possible??? Mars has no gravity at all’
6. Broadsheet Prognosis: O’Methius. See what we did (badly) there?
Release Date: TBC (currently available on VOD in US)
Thursday November 7: Omar Souleyman, Toby Kaar @ Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin (€18)
Nialler9 writes:
Omar Souleyman gained notoriety by playing his electronic music at weddings in Syria. He’s just made his first album with a worldwide release produced by Four Tet and even at 3am in the rain at Electric Picnic a few years back his live show was worth staying to dance in the rain to. It’s not often you get to experience truly culturally different electronic music. If you need further convincing, his new crazy video for ‘Warni Warni should do it.
Nialler9’s Gig Guide November 5-11 (Nialler9)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUksUq1EzMM
MachinimaPrime’s shot-for-shot live action remake of the most poignant and ingenious video game trailer ever made.
Caution: gory as all hell.
Further to the news that former mayor and councillor Darren Scully, who in 2011 said he would no longer represent black Africans in Naas, Co. Kildare, is returning to Fine Gael, The Integration Centre writes:
Reacting to news that Cllr Darren Scully of Kildare County Council has been reinstated to stand in next year’s local elections, The Integration Centre believes Fine Gael is making a huge mistake.
Killian Forde, CEO of The Integration Centre [top] said: “Fine Gael had a clear opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to anti-racism and diversity in their own organisation. With this decision they send a clear message that racist remarks by elected representatives are okay with them.
The issue for TIC has little to do with Cllr Scully’s original remarks. He is free and entitled to his own prejudices and to express intolerance, as is his right. The electors can judge him for that.
However, Fine Gael has given a commitment to ensuring their party is not a home for people who express intolerance publicly.
Minister Alan Shatter has done a fine job in conferring citizenship on tens of thousands of new Irish citizens. What sort of mixed message does this send from Fine Gael to these new Irish citizens?”
Previously: He’s Back
Cllr Darren Scully Reinstatement Is A Strategic Mistake (The Integration Centre)
“Eamon Gilmore, leader of the Irish Labour party, said he hoped the cabinet would decide on Tuesday to set a date for a national vote on endorsing full equality for same-sex marriages. Gilmore said it would be “important to win this referendum” which could be held as early as mid 2014.”
Irish deputy PM pushes for gay marriage referendum date (Henry McDonald, Guardian)
Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
Paintings by Roland Deschane mashing up the gentle bucolic art of the late American artist Thomas Kinkade with Star Wars imagery.
