Upcoming Events
From: July 8, 2010 20:00 To: July 31, 2010 15:00
Location: Ballina Arts Centre
Con Structure: Arne Witt Official Opening: Thursday 8th July, 8pm Con Structure shows the view of a constructed world. Daily situations, things of daily life and media news are creating the pool Arne Witt develops this work from. With his work he questions and creates new connections and stories between what is so familiar to us.The artistic media by itself forms part of the questioning. Through a variety of visual arts media (including objects, paintings, drawings and video projections), Arne Witt tries to break barriers between the different disciplines in art. As an extension of this, he also combines techniques ...
From: August 9, 2010 10:30 To: August 13, 2010 15:30
Location: Ballina Arts Centre
Drama SummerCamp for Children, with Niamh McGrath Monday 9th – Friday 13th AugustInterested in drama, having fun and making new friends? Then the Ballina Arts Centre Drama SummerCamp is the place for you. The Drama SummerCamp for Children is designed to develop children's confidence and creativity and each day they will be lead through creative theatre games, exercises & fun improvisations. We will look at the composition of scenes which will be shown on the final day. Niamh McGrath is a professional actress, playwright, director and drama teacher. Niamh has run many drama workshop at Ballina Arts Centre, as well as working in schools ...
From: August 6, 2010 20:00 To: August 28, 2010 15:00
Location: Ballina Arts Centre
Image > Act > Actual: Peter Spiers / Traced Memory: Michelle Browne Official Opening: Wednesday 4th August, 8pm Image > Act > Actual, an exhibition of photography and video works by Peter Spiers, addresses the possibilities of the image from a phenomenological position. It examines the state of the image in its relation to Actuality, taking references from diverse subjects as Mikhail Bakhtin, Jacques Rancière and Laurel & Hardy films. Spiers explains: “Usually we engage with images through a system of representation; of signs, signifiers, appropriations, referents and stand-ins. This exhibition turns on its head our usual way of engaging ...
