DEGREE AT LAST

Just a quick note to tell everyone that I got the degree.
The show is on at NCAD this coming week - June 13 - 20
This is my personal invite to you to come and see what I did in the end.
Dear Relatives, Friends, and Everyone

I have now completed my time in NCAD – the first five years – who knows what is to come.

The GRADUATE EXHIBITION 2010 takes place at
NCAD, 100 Thomas St. Dn.8, at the following times:

Saturday June 12 10a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday June 13 2 p.m. to 5.p.m.

Mon-Friday 14,15,16,17,18 10 a.m. to 8.p.m.

Saturday June 19 10a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday June 20 2 p.m.to 5.p.m.

NOTE the Sunday time given on the yellow card if you got one is a misprint. The correct Sunday opening time is TWO OCLOCK, not noon as stated.

NCAD can be a confusing building, so here are some directions.
1. there is no car-parking on site. (try Tivoli on Francis St, or multi-storey on corner of Bridgefoot St.

2. Enter through the large archway with the open Blue Gates.
3. Turn right. You are going to the Fine Art MEDIA department.
4. Keep straight ahead, through double doors and up the stairs. (be prepared for a long climb. If you have mobility issues, phone me at 087933 5005 and I will come down and guide you to the lift.)
5. Turn left at top of stairs for the WRINKLEY’S PLAYHOUSE

Looking forward to greeting you.

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20 Mins a Day

This is a new performance, influenced - even inspired - by my experience of sitting for 20 minutes with Marina Abramovic in New York at the preview of her new piece "The Artist is Present" This website has a life feed so that you can see who if anyone is sitting with her at any particular moment.

Marina plans to be at MOMA every day it is open for the next 72 days. Her piece is durational, and challenges her body to complete this task, no mean feat for someone now 64 years old.

My piece is a lot more modest. I also plan to perform for the same 72 days as she is doing, but for a mere 20 Mins a day.

Her piece is about being present to those who come to the gallery, especially those who choose to sit with her for a while.

This is how she looked the day I was there, with her long navy dress.

My piece is about sitting with myself, yes thinking of her, but mainly thinking about being present to myself, to my own 'present moment', and for that brief time, disentangling myself from strong emotional attachments: on the one hand the deep reluctance I have to letting go of the past, and on the other hand, the fear I have of stepping bravely into the unknown future.

There is also a sub-text in which I feel I am accompanying Marina, in a tiny way, sending her 'good vibrations', and visualizing her in the 'golden light' as she lives through the challenge she has set herself.

Here is how I looked during my first session today. (click image to enlarge)