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The Office of Non – Compliance countdown; Inspirational Trailblazers, Donal Dineen and other adventures

Tuesday, 25th October, Dublin Contemporary 2011

7.00pm Divining or Digging: Exploring Ireland’s Natural Resources with Gazillion.ie

Film Maker Colum Stapleton lives in the wild North West of Ireland, proximate to the Atlantic and for the past two years he has been trying to figure whether or not we have “gazillions of gas beneath that mighty marine Empire, or a hiss here and there.”  At the Office of Non-Compliance, Colum Stapleton hopes to open a door into the world of tendering for exploration of gas. Comparing rumours with established facts, Colum will use a little humour to explore what might lie beneath. Geophysicists, hydrologists and diviners particularly welcome.

Wednesday, 26th October, Dublin Contemporary 2011

6.00pm   Women, Shopping and Public Space: A Talk by Colette Fahy

‘Women, Shopping and Public Space’ explores the ways in which the activity of shopping has informed women’s relationship with public space and life over the past three centuries. The lecture also addresses men’s perceived relationship with shopping and the use of wider commercial contexts for political and social change.

7.00pm Space In-Between: Installation and Discussion

‘Space In-Between’ is a temporary installation at the Office of Non-Compliance, which will address the experience of the building by the visitor. Artist and curator Varvara Shavrova has created a series of intimate photographs and video recordings of confrontations between the art and the architecture over a period of one month. ‘Space In-Between’ is presented as a slide show projected loop and a sound loop. The issues raised in ‘Space In-Between’ will serve as a framework to discuss the relationship between the architecture and the art at Dublin Contemporary. This event will take the form of an informal discussion between artist and curator Varvara Shavrova, Dublin Contemporary curator Jota Castro, Architect and former President of the Architectural Association of Ireland, Hugo Lamont, photographer Kate Horgan, and more.

Thursday, 27th October, Dublin Contemporary 2011

6.00pm Temple Bar Gallery and Studios at Dublin Contemporary present ‘ Concentration City’

Speakers: Simon Walker, Carl Giffney and Culturstruction
This discussion will touch on subjects such as nature and the city, community, participation and building, the invisible city, gesture and planning and the city as unpredictable - an ancillary event to the exhibition, ‘Conquested’ at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, curated by Aoife Tunney, (21st October–26th November). 

7.00pm   ‘Trailblazers and Aha Moments- Secret Acts of Non-Compliance’

This event, run in collaboration with One Wild Life, brings together a diverse range of trailblazers, social entrepreneurs, activists and artists, who will each talk about their ‘Aha Moments’. A rare chance to gain insight into why movers and shakers do what they do, this event will offer an opportunity to hear how others have stepped off the beaten track to forge their own paths and perform their own inner acts of non-compliance.
Speakers include: Davie Philip: Cloughjordan Eco Village, Grace Dyas: Theatre Club, Joan Mulvihill: Irish Internet Association, Joanna Crooks: St. Agnes Music Project, Mari Kennedy: Transformation Space, Michael McDermott: LeCool, Noeline Kavanagh: Macnas, Peter O’Brien: Happenings, Ruairi McKiernan: Founder of SpunOut, Sheila Gallagher: Green Sod Ireland

8.00pm WHO ARE YOU? Vol.2. Donal Dineen and Guests Live at The Office of Non-Compliance Tickets €10 from the box office

Donal Dineen teams up with X-mas Soup partners, painter Guillermo Carrion and visual artist Hector Castells, to conjure a one-off picture show and record live video with live music sets from special guests Katie Kim and Sean McErlane. Who are you ? Vol.2. is especially curated by Donal and his creative crew of artists and musicians for The Office of Non Compliance at Dublin Contemporary 2011.

Friday, 28th October, Earlsfort Terrace

6.00pm The Poetry of Vision: Earlsfort Terrace Revisited

Loughlin Kealy, Professor at UCD from 1996 to 2005, and Owen Lewis, Dean of Architecture and Engineering 2001-2007, will discuss their memories of the Terrace in an Open Forum. This talk will be chaired by Sean Rothery.

7.30pm In Dublin’s Killing Fields: A talk with Brian Maguire, Christian Viveros-Fauné and Joe Comerford

Joe Comerford’s film Roadside will be shown, followed by a presentation by Brian Maguire and a conversation with curator Christian Viveros-Faune. Brian Maguire, working with the Dublin artist Eddie Cahill, has looked at a number of killings involving very young people in Dublin.  Joe Comerford worked with Brian Maguire in Portlaoise Prison during the 90’s. He was important in the creation of a number of films by prisoners. Roadside, his new 12 minute film sculpture was made following this experience. It looks at the area of suicide in jail. Dublin Contemporary Curator Christian Viveros-Fauné will talk with both artists about their work and the social context from which it appears.