Awesome Ireland

Synth Eastwood photograph by Jeannie O'Brien

Dublin/Ireland seems to be getting more and more awesome at the moment. It would be easy to resort to blaming the recession for people’s desire to make, do and play, but like the recession it’s been coming for a while. Never before has there been such a creative frisson in the city and beyond. Awesome gigs aplenty, make-and-do nights, Knit and Bitch sessions, clothes swaps, exhibitions, creative collaborations.. the list goes on.

Some of our favourite examples of this creative flow are…

Synth Eastwood
A Dublin based music, art & technology group whose aim is to present creative work from around the world in an atmosphere more akin to a gig than an exhibition.

Le Cool magazine
A free, weekly, online, cultural and entertainment guide launching on the 14th May in Dublin. It’s already available in Barcelona, Madrid, London, Lisbon, Istanbul, Amsterdam, Milan and Rome

Rankin’s exhibition for Oxfam
Cheka Kidogo (Swahili for ‘laugh a little’), an exhibition by fashion photographer Rankin will be in Wolfe Tone Park (beside the Jervis Centre) and O’Connell St (opposite the GPO) from Thursday 30th April to Friday 31st July 2009. Rankin travelled with Oxfam to a refugee camp in Eastern Congo and the images he took paint a fascinating portrait of life for the survivors of the ongoing conflict in the Congo

Fashion Evolution clothes swaps
Fashion Evolution is declaring Saturday May 2nd as NATIONAL SWAP DAY! Check the site for swap events around the country.

The Small Print
Richard Seabrooke’s new independent project with creativity at its core. Developed to promote great creativity its many guises it hopes to grow beyond the blog into live events, art projects, publishing and much more besides.