SWITCH BOOK

To mark its forth installment, switch has published a book documenting the project's previous three editions of bringing international video to the streets of Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, as well its trip north to Bangor, Co. Down in 2010. 

The publication is edited by Triona Ryan and Harald Turek and includes written contributions by Michelle Browne, Marcus Graf, Julia Draganovic and Alfredo Cramerotti  amoungst others.

My video piece untitled(2006) was shown in switch 2009 and is featured.

For information on the book or a copy of it, please email: switch.information@gmail.com

switch 2012 - Selected artists announced

The selection process.

Earlier this month I travelled to Trongate 103 in Glasgow to sit on the curatorial panel of switch 2012.

After a long day of heated deliberation we decided that the following artists will have their work shown on the streets of Nenagh in February.

Sarah Buckius, Aiken/USA,

Flatform, Milano/Italy,

Paul Grimmer, Newcastle upon Tyne/UK,

Fergus Fullarton Pegg, Glasgow/UK,

Mark Neville, Glasgow/UK,

Lucie Kim & Felix von der Weppen, New York/USA,

David Theobald, East Twickenham/UK,

Nathalie Lavoie, Fort Simpson/Canada

The theme this year was 'Balance' and about 150 artists from around the globe entered their work.

Congratulations to those artists selected.

s-w-i-t-c-h.org

trongate103.com

switich 2012 - Call for Entries

switch is an event that promotes and shows contemporary works of moving image in a public context. It offers an alternative way to navigate familiar places, creating new encounters. switch has to date shown the artworks of 23 international artists who have through the project invited the public into their practice, ideas and viewpoints. switch locates itself outside of the big city and applies itself to the rhythm of smaller places.

The 4th annual installment of switch invites you to take part. Artists working with film/video/animation are invited to submit works responding to the theme of Balance.
 

To submit click here.

The deadline for submission is Tuesday 1st November 2011.

The clip below shows my video piece untitled(2006) documented on the streets of Nenagh during switch 2009.

switch 2009 - Chris Finnegan from switch on Vimeo.

SWITCH 2010 - Switched On

 Harald Turek, the tour leader and chief switcher on, starts the evenings proceedings with Jeff Langile's Waterfall.

 Indeterminate Form O by McLean Fahenstock in situ on Silver Street.

 Martijn Kuijten - A song to Dylan

 Wolfgang Lehrner - Trident

 Those on the tour were given hand-held slide viewers, or 'time machines' as we were told. Slides showing works from previous years as well as historical photograghs of Nenagh were handed out throughout the tour.

 Thomas Horak - Glühbirnen

Cows by Holga Mohaupt and Glühbirnen by Thomas Horak on Pearse Street.

  Robert Ladislas Derr - Man in Relation to Men

 A slide view of my video untitled (2006) from last year's Switch, in front of the window in was shown in.

  Brigid McLeer - Freighter Drawing (01.13mins)

For more details on all artists and video pieces, as well as a free PDF broucher download, go to s-w-i-t-c-h.org

Switch 2010 - Artists Announced

On August 25th I headed off to Nenagh to sit on the curatorial panel picking the videos that would be shown in Switch 2010. There were over 150 submissions from artists from all over the world, including Chile, Australia and China. A shortlist of 40 works were presented out of which 8 were selected.
 

The participating artists for Switch 2010 - 'the scale of things' are - McLean Fahnestock, Thomas Horak, Martijn Kuijten, Jeff Langille, Robert Ladislas Derr,Wolfgang Lehrner, Brigid McLeer and Holger Mohaupt.

Switch 2010 will take place from 1st to 7th November on the streets of Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. There are also plans to move the works to Bangor, Co. Down shortly after.

For more info see the Switch website.

Switch 2010 - Call for Submissions

Switch 2010 will take place from 1st to 7th November 2010, in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, Ireland.

Switch are now making an open call to artists working with film, lens based work and moving image to submit work responding to:

‘the scale of things’

to apply,

• please send applications to: switch, c/o The Arts Office, North Tipperary County Council, Civic Offices, Limerick Road, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. 
• digital applications please send to: switch.information@gmail.com

Closing date for receipt of submissions is 18th August 2010 at 4pm.

More details on the Switch 2010 website.

The website for Switch 2009 has been updated and now includes on the street video documentation. See my piece Untitled(2006) insitu here.

Switch 2009

I have been selected for Switch 2009. A video piece I produced a few years ago untitled(2006) will be projected onto the front window of an unused premises in Nenagh town centre. The theme of the project is playfulness. I'm really looking forward to seeing this work in a new context and meeting all the other artists involved. Find more info here.