Mean Time, Between Failures

A group exhibition of Visual Art by Commonplace Studio Artists

Joanne Boyle, Diana Caramaschi, Niamh Davis, Ashleigh Downey, Ida Mitrani, Eoin Moylan, Sally Timmons, Chanelle Walshe

The term Mean Time Between Failures is defined as - the predicted elapsed time between inherent failures of a system during operation - MTBF applies itself to the life span of hardware parts within a mechanical or digital system. For this exhibition we are assuming a model whereby the failed system is attempting to be part of a renewal process. The various artworks in the exhibition at Commonplace explore the weak links and the effects of both success and failure within the structure of the human system. Assessing how the balance of these two opposing constructs can begin to effect our most basic actions and how it can be repaired into unplanned successes. By doing so, the artists’ work opens up possibilities to discover new significance in failure and success.

Preview:

Friday 2nd November from 6pm

Opening times:

Saturday 3rd November 1 - 6pm

Saturday 10th November 1 - 6pm

Saturday 17th November 1 - 6pm

(or by appointment 086 3963845 - Have you ‘liked’ our Facebook page yet - Commonplace Artists Studios)

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This regular weekend/drawing session takes place every two weeks at Commonplace studios.

The group is open to anybody who wants to join in. It is intended as a social gathering and an opportunity for skills-sharing.

If you wish to join the group, please send an email to: commonplaceprojects@gmail.com or phone/text 086 3963845

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Unfortunately, Commonplace Studios are not wheelchair accessible.

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Valentines is not just for lovers!

Join artist Niamh Davis and friends for an afternoon of Romantic Splendour and have the craic, if you are in love or not…

If you do need a Valentines gift, we have the perfect ones! All handmade gifts under 40 euro. You can buy a personalised poem or a one off drawing for your Valentine! Come and confess your secrets or share a story in the Romance Confessional or write a Love Letter at our Table of Romance.

Join Niamh for tea, coffee, cakes and wine and celebrate the glory of Saint Valentine!
From 3pm at Commonplace Studios

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The Commonplace Art Market was a huge success. We would like to thank everyone who came along, joined in on the fun and purchased some artworks.

On behalf of the artists we would like to thank our visitors and on behalf of you we would like to thank the artists for all the work they put into organizing the event the week before Christmas.

The one-day exhibition of small works was initiated by the artists who currently occupy the studios at Commonplace. Each resident artist  invited up to five friends to submit work for a salon style showcase that took place between 4pm and 7pm in one of the artists studios on 18th December 2011. All of the artworks were for sale on the day. Prices ranged between 1 euro and 300 euro for unframed and framed pieces.

The participating artists include, Mark Beattie, Owen Boss, Joanne Boyle, Diana Caramaschi, Noel Cleary, Simon Conneally, Michelle Considine, Ronan Coyle, Conor Crowley, Jennifer Cunningham, Niamh Davis, Aoife Desmond, Aniz Duran, Monica Flynn, Jennie Guy, Emma Haugh, Helen Horgan, Emma Houlihan, Sarah Hurl, , Fiona Kelly, Joanna Kidney, Ida Mitrani, Cecilia Moore, Jennie Moran, Bennie Reilly, Paul Timoney, Mary Rose Timmons, Sally Timmons, Sarah O’Brien, Nina Tanis, Louise West, Chanelle Walsh and more.

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Poddle Publications enjoyed a successful launch of their handmade limited edition book on Saturday 10th December 2011.

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VISIT Open Studios took place on Saturday 22nd October

The six artists who occupy three of the four studios on the two top floors of 10 Burgh Quay opened their normally private workspaces to the public for an afternoon. During this time the general public witnessed an artists’ working environment.

Founded by Sally Timmons in 2006, Commonplace is also a venue for exhibitions, cultural projects and workshops. Following from this unique open day, visitors (artists, curators, teachers and cultural motivators) might consider submitting proposals or ideas for innovative ways of using the project space at Commonplace.

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Drawing inspiration from your alter ego…

This workshop took place in studio one at Commonplace on Friday 14th October 2011. The workshop was facilitated by Peter Mulligan (the alter ego of Irish Artist, Paul Timoney). Eight visual artists worked along with Mulligan to develop new personas as a means to access new forms of inspiration for their artistic practices. Mulligan provided a hilarious, insightful and at the same time, “very serious” critique of the works produced on the day. Each person left the session (seriously) with a new understanding of their approach to making art.

A series of affordable workshops with Peter Mulligan will take place at Commonplace from November 2011 until Spring 2012 and will be advertised in the coming weeks. Please send enquiries to commonplaceprojects@gmail.com or check this news column again in November.

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Project#7

An exhibition of new work by Emma Haugh

This exhibition took place during April 2011

This was the first solo project for artist Emma Haugh since graduating from The Dublin Intstitute of Technology with a BA Honours Degree in Photography in 2010. This being the case, Haugh has been involved in and associated with Photography, Club promotion, Dj-ing, Theatre and Performance alongside Youth and Community Arts Training for more than fifteen years.
Haugh continues to practice as a photographer but has shifted her attention from the documentation of events to a more speculative investigation that uses more than just photography as a means to communicate her personal experiences and observations of sub - cultures.

Exhibition Description from press text,
This exhibition uses two rooms at the top of a building on Burgh Quay in Dublins city centre. After climbing the stairs to the top floor one enters a studio space where a series of photographic portraits are exhibited.  When passing through the building  one can hear the sound of repetitive music resonating from some place. Once in the exhibition space It becomes apparent that the music is coming from the room below. In fact, as part of the development of this project the artist worked together with two Dublin based music producers (Philip Stewart and Peter O’Neill) to create an eight minute techno dance track. The photographic portraits were captured using only an intermittent strobe light to illuminate the subjects while they danced to the  hard and repetitive beats of the track in almost total darkness. It is possible to return down the stairs and enter the room below to investigate where the sound is coming from.

According to the artist,

How we shape our cultural environment and how it shapes us is an ongoing balancing act of resistance and acceptance, vastly complex networks of cultural data are relentlessly disseminated and cognized. The internal life of the individual in relation to their surrounding cultural environment is an important thematic in my engagement as an artmaker.

The appropriation and production of photographic images, slogans, texts, music, web - based materials and specific social environments are some of the forms that I exploit in order to create small moments of resistance, questioning and remembering.

www.emmahaugh.com
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