Mark Curran #Photographe
rlandais d'origine, Mark Curran vit et travaille présentement à Berlin. Il enseigne la photographie et détient une maîtrise en philosophie du Center for Transcultureal Research and Media Practice du Dublin Institute of Technology et un diplôme en photographie de Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (Dublin). Son travail a fait l'objet d'expositions en Europe, notamment en Allemagne, en Irlande, en Italie, en France, en Grande-Bretagne et en Belgique, de même qu'en Syrie. The Breathing Factory est sa première exposition au Canada. Une monographie sur son travail sera publiée en 2006 par Belfast Exposed et The Gallery of Photography (Dublin). Mark Curran est représenté par le galerie van der grinten de Cologne.
Festival Data rush : Noorderlicht international photofestival Festival FOTOFESTIWAL 2009 Exposition Postcards from celtics Tiger at Xhuhu arts Museum in Shanghai Exposition 30 Contemporary Collection + Print Draw Exposition THE BREATHING FACTORY (Edition Braus/Belfast Exposed Photography 2006) Exposition The Breathing Factory - Mark Curran Modifier l'image
Noorderlicht returns with DATA RUSH to the Old Sugar Factory in Groningen for the 22nd Noorderlicht International Photofestival. In the same-titled main exhibition, internationally renowned photographers and multimedia artists take stock of the digital era. DATA RUSH is coupled with two sideline exhibitions and an in-depth programme focusing on the theme of privacy and surveillance.
Data rush
This year, half of the human population has access to the Internet. In DATA RUSH, Noorderlicht holds our digital life up to the light. We connect everything with everything, but what happens behind our screens? International photographers and multimedia artists show the field of tension between digital freedom and the battle for our data.
Over the last twenty years the Internet has nestled its way into our lives, and is here...
FOTOFESTIWAL, Lodz, Poland, May 7th – 31st, 2009
6x6 – Fragments of European Photography:
Ireland Curated by Peggy Sue Amison
(with the support of Culture Ireland)
In her position as Artistic Director of Sirius Arts Centre in Ireland for over 8 years, Peggy Amison has curated numerous visual arts exhibitions with artists from around the world. She also facilitates the development of new works through the international artist-in-residency programme at Sirius, often partnering artists and organizations together on projects. Peggy has also written critical essays and reviews for numerous publications internationally. An important part of her work at Sirius is focused on raising the level of discourse about photography in Ireland.
Artists and Projects:
Mark Curran – The Breathing Factory
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In association with Xuhui Arts Museum, Shanghai China Curated by: Peggy Sue Amison, Artistic Director Sirius Arts Centre Chris Hurley, Artistic Director, Cork Film Centre Exhibition Opens: Wednesday 21 July 3:00pm Xuhui Arts Museum - No.1413 Huaihai Rd. (M) - Shanghai China Running until: Saturday 31 July Gallery Hours: 9AM - 5PM Everyday Opening on Wednesday 21 July at 3:00pm a collection of works by fifteen Irish photographic and video artists will be exhibited at the Xuhui Arts Museum in Shanghai, China. Curated by Peggy Sue Amison, Artistic Director of Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh and Chris Hurley, Artistic Director of Cork Film Centre, Cork City, “POSTCARDS FROM THE CELTIC TIGER” presents a collection of some of Ireland’s most dynamic visual artists utilising photography and video in the cou...
30 is a unique collection celebrating 30 years of contemporary photography at the Gallery of Photography. Fifty photographers: world famous, established and breakthrough talents are represented in the show. The 30 Collection Print Draw offers a fantastic opportunity to win the framed exhibition print of your choice. This is your chance to invest in both the history and the future of photography in Ireland.
Print Draw: A draw will be held for each framed photograph. So simply visit the exhibition or our online 30 webgallery, select the print you want to win, buy a ticket and come to the Draw Event where the winners will be announced.
30 Grand Draw: Following the 50 individual draws, all tickets are entered into our Grand Draw for superb framed photographic prints by Anthony Haughey, Jackie Nickerson and Harry Thuill...
Curated by Gilles Verneret, the biennale takes the theme of 'Identity' as its focus and a full colour catalogue (Éditions Silvana Editoriale, Milan 2008) will be published to accompany the event. Other artists include Balthasar Burkhard, Raymond Depardon, Stanislas Amand, Martin Kollar, Rip Hopkins, Martin Parr and Beat Streuli.
THE BREATHING FACTORY critically addresses the role and representation of labour and global labour practices in Ireland's newly industrialised landscape as manifest in manufacturing and technology. Global industrial practices are characterised by ‘fleeting alliances’ (O’Riain 2000); transient spaces as capital moves when and as required. In such an ephemeral and global context, the project focuses specifically upon the Hewlett-Packard Manufacturing and Technology Campu...
Bienvenue à la Breathing Factory : un site effervescent de production industrielle qui obéit directement, au souffle près, aux demandes du marché; un espace qui modifie, sur-le-champ, sa capacité de production de façon à maintenir la supériorité de ses compétences. Lorsque le processus de production doit se conformer aux exigences de l'industrie, les conditions de travail de la main-d'œuvre doivent forcément s'adapter pour satisfaire aux structures variables des économies mondiales dominantes.
L'objectif de l'usine est donc de se soumettre à ce rythme respiratoire.
Dans le présent corpus, c'est la multinationale Hewlett Packard Manufacturing Complex (à Leixlip, County Kildare) qui est documentée par Curran dans le contexte nouvellement mondialisé de l'Irlande. Le sud de l'Irlande, qui n'a pourtant...