René Magritte was the first artist that I identified with -- particularly his sense of humour yet thought provoking presentations of surrealism. One of my favourites paintings of his -- and one of his more famous ones -- is Ceci n'est pas une pipe, because literally it is not a pipe; it is an image … Continue reading Book review — A visit with Magritte (Duane Michals)
What happens when you ask an online chat room how to make a home? In an interview-style format with about 50 people attending, Belfast Exposed Curator Ciara Hickey asked artist Jan McCullough to share her journey. Home Instruction Manual is the product of the Internet. That is, while Jan McCullough is the author of this … Continue reading Surrendering one’s identity to the internet: Home Instruction Manual
PRESS STATEMENT Northern Ireland’s first fact-checking service launched: FactCheckNI by FactCheckNI 7 April 2016 FactCheckNI — Northern Ireland’s first ever fact-checking service — was officially launched today at the Skainos Centre in Belfast. The project — funded by the Big Lottery Fund through Building Change Trust — aims to influence public policy in regards t … Continue reading Northern Ireland’s first fact-checking service launched: FactCheckNI
(St) Patrick deported by citizen jury by Allan LEONARD for Shared Future News 19 March 2016 A public jury of citizens of Ireland voted to deport (Saint) Patrick, after hearing testimony in a staged hearing of his immigration application for the right to remain, at a “provocation” event by Kabosh Theatre Company at the Oh … Continue reading (St) Patrick deported by citizen jury
Bringing our own lens: Visualising conflict in Palestine by Allan LEONARD 15 March 2016 The rear room at Common Grounds Cafe was the venue for a display of three types of imagery — participatory, documentary, and expository — for the Imagine! Festival of Ideas & Politics event, Visualising Conflict in Palestine, which was attended by … Continue reading Bringing our own lens: Visualising conflict in Palestine
One of the final events of the Four Corners Festival was a discussion on what was described as the psychogeography of the city of Belfast. A panel of four -- with one connected via a video call -- ruminated on their walking through the streets, along borders and through them, sharing their perspectives to an … Continue reading Listening to the pschogeography of Belfast
#MyAngle Be the Change: A creative workshop by Allan LEONARD for Northern Ireland Foundation 21 January 2016 At a creative workshop entitled “Be the Change”, hosted by the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building (CDPB), in partnership with Twitter, over 50 participants spent the afternoon developing and pitching proposed campaigns for social change in … Continue reading #MyAngle
