Okay there are probably no lazers involved, but who can resist a dubstep pun. Street art maestro Maser, on the other hand, is involved. He’s the subject of Dublin’s Art Park’s latest exhibition – opening tonight – at which he’ll present ‘Maser is Home Made’: a unique six-minute film intended to help create “a sense of community between the business district and its surrounding residential areas”.
For those that don’t know, The Art Park is a project by the Sebastian Guinness Gallery in which powerful projectors beam out slideshows of different art exhibitions onto the back of Dublin’s colossal Convention Centre. Obviously the projector format limits the types of media which can be used, but so far they’ve successfully screened exhibitions of the works of renowned photographer Barry McCall, and also a poetry project called ‘Hearts Loop’.
The Barry McCall opening reception actually happened to coincide with Deadmau5’s gig at the nearby O2. The mixture of oh-so-tasteful art connoisseurs gathered for McCall’s opening and the passing onslaught of loud, vodka-bottle bearing ravers en route to the O2 arena made for an amusing culture clash. (At least I was vaguely amused; not sure the rest of the exhibition attendees were). The head-to-head confrontation between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture was poignant, so it’s kind of funny that Guinness has decided to go with a ‘street art’ exhibition this time around; I’ll be interested to see what kind of crowd shows up to the opening tonight at 8:30pm.
The film will continue to be screened from dusk until 1am until May 6th, 2011.
Rosa Abbott is an arts, fashion and culture obsessive originating from Yorkshire, England, and currently living in Dublin, Ireland. On top of being a student at the illustrious Trinity College, she is a freelance journalist, writing for a number of Irish publications, and also edits the visual arts section of entertainment magazine Totally Dublin.
When she’s not up to her eyeballs in writing, Rosa works as an assistant to stylist Aisling Farinella and volunteers at various art galleries. Her musings on life, style and art can also be found over at her blog, Too Gallant.
