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The launch of The Lighthouse Project with Difference Engine!

Published April 29, 2011

Yes it has been a while… Thisisnotashop took a bit of a winter break but we are pleased to announced we are back supporting a new series called The Lighthouse Project curated by Jessamyn Fiore and Victoria. The Lighthouse Project is conceived as a kind of creative conduit between Ireland and New York City promoting cross cultural artistic exchange through a series of exhibitions and events. We begin by bringing over the wonderful group of artists Difference Engine to exhibit in NYC this June- alongside their exhibition we will organize live performances, workshops with the artists, and readings all to actively engage New York based artists to respond to the work.

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Hunter Gatherer by Kathryn Maguire

Published September 23, 2010

Thanks to everyone who came out last Sunday to visit Kathryn’s beautiful ephemeral art work Hunter Gatherer scattered along the banks of the Grand Canal. The skies had opened pouring down rain worrying us all as we journeyed there- but then the clouds cleared to leave a lovely evening. The swans came along and played with Kathryn’s cranes making for some great images. And for me it was a one night stop in Dublin that was excellent- so congrats to Kathryn on another successful work and hope to see everyone else again soon! - Jessamyn Fiore

No Soul for Sale Comes to a Close

Published May 25, 2010

On Sunday evening the word was that 140,000 people visited No Soul for Sale 2010. The Tate may be used to having that many people file through its doors, but it still it led to a lively few days in the Turbine Hall. Thankfully, Sunday was a little calmer than Saturday and by the time we began the de-install at six we had regrouped ourselves enough to get everything back into the van. We had all sorts of visitors from the great to the good, with many of them wondering if we were a commercial gallery. One sound artist (he worked with sound…..and he was sound) that I spoke to called Dave, (He was hugging Clive’s Inflatable because it had the most ‘amazing drone’) also asked if were we a commercial gallery, he said he wondered because we had so many beautiful things!  Saturday night felt even more like a festival than friday with some thisisnotashoppers sharing some drinks around Wendy Judge’s Meteor. The line up for the evening’s performances included DJ Spooky and Cosey Fanni Tutti along with a stunning closing set from Thurston Moore. It was the perfect wind down to what had been a mad few days. A few of us also got to meet the very tall man himself. He even signed the Arts Council rejection letter that Wendy Judge got for her funding application to take her work to Tate Modern!!
Sunday, also threw up lots of nice little surprises, trolleys full of free beers after the visitors had gone home, presents form other gallery spaces and after his great success with them, Clive was presented with a congratulatory plaque by the folks at the Royal Standard!

“Everything is ‘Up’ ” is currently being presented at the The Back Loft, La Catedral Studios. It runs from today 25th May untill our Closing Party on Thursday Night, 27th May.
Please do drop in!
-Aoife Giles

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Thisisnotashop presents Everything is ‘Up’
a group exhibition featuring live performances and events by Thisisnotashop artists

Presented by Thisisnotashop and La Catedral Studios

Tuesday May 25 – Thursday May 27th 2010
Open from 5pm daily with live performances/events nightly
CLOSING Party – Thursday May 27th 6.30-9.30 pm

The Back Loft, La Catedral Studios
7/11 Saint Augustine Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
http://www.lacatedralstudios.org

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No Soul for Sale Continues! (the rest of Friday and the start of Saturday)

Published May 21, 2010

Now that we have come back to Dublin, and got over the exhaustion, here’s some more of what we got up to in London. But where to begin with all the things that happened over our weekend at the Tate? Maybe with Friday when we spoke about Thisisnotashop on the stage of the Turbine Hall or when Wendy Judge met Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry. He was very impressed with her sculptures, though at the end of the day, he said he did prefer ceramics! With the hoards of people preening themselves in front of Kathryn Maguire’s mirror. Or maybe with the folk enamored with Robert Carr’s elm pieces, many of them taking long indulgent sniffs of the charcoal after admiring the sheen of its polished lines. To mention little of many people who wanted to hug Clive Murphy’s giant inflatable after the shock of realising something that big was made from bin bags! The writing workshop bookshelf/tower also continued to entrall the visitors to the Tate, with a constant stream of people reading, writing and sharing the pieces. Night time at the Tate was really special, the gigs were happening up front, while down on the exhibition floor, the bustle of the day subsided and it lit up and we felt like we were at a music festival. And, how could we forget, Clive Murphy getting prize after prize for his good ideas at the Royal Standard!
-Aoife Giles

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No Soul for Sale is Open!

Published May 14, 2010

Today is Opening Day! We came in this morning for the press preview and then it opened to the public from 10am. If you are about please do come down.
We are shortly to be presenting on the main stage, will have more info later

-Aoife Giles

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