Art & Ideas

The Stream Will Rise
Michaële Cutaya
Writer/researcher Michaële Cutaya responds to Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burcá's exhibition One Hundred Steps

Soft Rains Will Come
Ian Maleney
Author and producer Ian Maleney responds to Christopher Steenson's exhibition Soft Rains Will Come, speaking of 'micro joy', 'macro gloom', and the connective power of radio

Am I the last person on earth?
David Toop
In response to Christopher Steenson's exhibition Soft Rains Will Come, David Toop reflects on sound, memory, and the long-distance connections forged by shortwave radio

Handful of Earth
Róisín Kelly
Writer and poet Róisín Kelly looks towards Ursula Burke’s work at VISUAL Carlow to reflect on ideas of community, survival and the loss of sharing collective emotion in this specially commissioned poem 'Handful of Earth'

Hurricane Ida: what can I do to help?
In solidarity with the communities affected by the issues addressed by our current Forensic Architecture exhibition, here are five things you can do to help

Silver-Tongued Seas
Work commissioned by VISUAL Carlow as part of Iarlaith Ni Fheorais's Speech Sounds programme is presented in an exhibition at Jupiter Woods, London from 16th – 31st October

George Bolster Screening and Q&A
Screening of two short films by George Bolster and artist interview with VISUAL's Director Emma Lucy O'Brien

Interview with Judy Foley
Artist Judy Foley on how she combines scientific knowledge with ancient traditions of needlecraft

THE OVERFLOWING
Sue Rainsford
Art writer and author Sue Rainsford hones in on the works of four artists in Woman in the Machine, using imagination, poetic language and literary references to untangle ideas of extraction and ooze

Against bold visions
Chris Hayes
An essay for curator Iarlaith Ni Fheorais’s programme Speech Sounds, bringing a critical perspective towards the politics of art, hope and imagination

Interview with Fiona Mc Donald
Artist Fiona Mc Donald explains how she uses coding and electronics to represent nature in data-driven artworks. The first in a series of interviews with artists from VISUAL’s Woman in the Machine exhibition

Nature Through a Screen
Roisin Kiberd
The first in a series of commissioned responses to Woman in the Machine, tech writer and author Roisin Kiberd considers our relationship with technology, and how we might use it to bring us closer to the natural world