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Tate Installation Day 2!

Published May 13, 2010

Our Poster along the Entrance

Just packing up now after day two. We were a bit worried about health and safety, but apparently they passed by earlier and we didn’t even notice! Happy Days. Everyone is really pleased to be done. All that is left is for us to open up tomorrow morning at 10 am and Catherine Barragry’s performance!

-Aoife Giles

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No Soul For Sale Install Day 1

Published May 13, 2010

So, thisisnotashop has started installing in the Turbine Hall! Each gallery has been given a floor space to call their own for the duration of the festival. Ours is right beside the No Soul for Sale Space so we are really pleased with that. All the galleries have different take on what to make of their spaces so its exciting to look round and watch the progress. Everyone’s work is here now, and I think that combined with the writing workshop we are the biggest group here! Thursday’s the last day to install, so its all go!

-Aoife Giles

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Journey to London

Published May 11, 2010

We’ve loaded up the van with art and headed out to London. Artists Susan Thomson and Wendy Judge along with director Jessamyn Fiore took a ferry from Dublin to Holyhead yesterday and are setting out from there this morning for London…

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London Here We Come!

Published May 9, 2010

Well the artwork is collected and tomorrow the van will be packed and driven from Dublin to London… TATE Modern here we come! We have wonderful support for Everything is ‘Up’ and I’ll think we’ll be quite a presence as we have 13 artists and 4 staff going over to participate, not to mention many friends and colleagues from Dublin including Thisisnotashop founder Aideen Darcy. It it shaping up to be quite an experience! But for everyone who can’t make it to Dublin we are delighted to announce that The Back Loft at La Catedral Studios in Dublin is generously hosting Everything Is ‘Up’ from May 25-27 (thank you Antonella!). We’ll present three days of art and performance ending with a closing party so we can all toast the artists and a job well done. So please come along to Everything is ‘Up’ in either London or Dublin and join Thisisnotashop in celebrating Irish independent art!

Writing Workshop in New York City

Published April 13, 2010

We just finished The Writing Workshop in New York City and I’m happy to report it was a success! We had two workshops at P.S.1 that brought in lots of lovely participants and some great writing responses… UnionDocs turned out to be the perfect venue for what ended up a being a kind of mini Festival of Writing…

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