Why Exhibit? Positions On Exhibiting Photographies – Publication Launch
November 6, 2018 § 1 Comment
Why Exhibit? Positions on Exhibiting Photographies (Fw:Books 2018)
will be launched at
The Finnish Cultural Institute/Institut Finlandais
60 rue des Ecoles, 75005 Paris
Thursday, November 8th at 7pm.
Opening words by Elina Heikka, Director of The Finnish Museum of Photography/Suomen valokuvataiteen museo and presentation of the book by the editors, Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger and Iris Sikking.
Followed by statements from contributors to the book on the question Why Exhibit? from Lisa Barnard, Mark Curran, Bettina Leidl, Rune Peitersen, Karolina Puchała-Rojek, Anna Tellgren and Penelope Umbrico.
Full publication information and to order available here.
Launch event coincides with Paris Photo 2018
Installation THE MARKET Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
February 25, 2014 § Leave a comment
The image below from the installation is titled The Normalisation of Deviance II shows Spectrograms, a moving visual representation of the soundscape of the installation. The soundscape has been generated through the data collated by an algorithm to identify how often the French Minister of Finance, Pierre Moscovici used the word Market or Markets in his public speeches during the year, 2013.
Online reviews of the installation
Time Out Paris (English Version)
The project has been generously supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and the installation in Paris by Culture Ireland.
THE MARKET/ Centre Culturel Irlandais/ Paris
January 30, 2014 § Leave a comment
CCI Invitation (cover)
…what people don’t understand… is that what happens in the market is pivotal to their lives… not on the periphery, but slap, bang, in the middle…
(from telephone conversation with Trader (name withheld), Dealing Room, Investment Bank, London, February 2013)
Mark Curran’s challenging new project THE MARKET sets out to make visible – literally and metaphorically – the sphere where our futures are speculated upon. His multi-media installation includes photographs, films, transcripts of interviews and a soundscape that investigate the functioning of the global stock and commodity markets. From Dublin to London, Frankfurt and Addis Abeba, the artist concentrates on the experience of individuals working within a supremely complex system. In the installation at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, the relationship between the individual and the abstract algorithmic systems of the market is heightened through a sound piece designed by Ken Curran that permeates the gallery space, which is generated from algorithms identifying the words market or markets from public speeches given by the French Minister of Finance, Pierre Moscovici.
Nora Hickey M’Sichili, Director of Centre Culturel Irlandais
5, rue des Irlandais
75005 – Paris
January 30 – March 2
Opening times of the exhibitions:
2pm – 6pm Tuesday to Saturday
(Late opening Wednesday until 8pm)
12.30pm – 2.30pm Sunday
Full programme contextualising the exhibition on the opening weekend includes panel discussion with David McWilliams (Writer & Economist), Alfred M’Sichili (Philosopher & Political Economist), Helen Carey, Mark Uzan (Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee) and Mark Curran, an evening with the organisers of ‘Kilkenomics’.
The installation and events in Paris are supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and Culture Ireland.
THE MARKET 