Exhibitions, Installations and Performance: 2014
20 Sept 2014 to 31 January 2015Interpreting Landscape: Tim Robinson and the West of Ireland Pioneering cartographer and writer, Tim Robinson whose archive is based at NUI Galway was honoured by a series of events at NUI Galway and the Royal Irish Academy in 2014 to mark the publication of Connemara and Elsewhere. On Tuesday, 30 September NUI Galway celebrated the Robinsons’ unique contribution to Irish literature and landscape studies with a new book, Connemara and Elsewhere as well as with an associated exhibition and international symposium entitled, Interpreting Landscape: Tim Robinson and the West of Ireland. The publication Connemara and Elsewhere, a photographic essay and meditation on Robinson’s work by French photographer Nicolas Féve with an introduction by American scholar and writer John Elder also features three new previously unpublished essays by Tim Robinson. Edited by Jane Conroy and published by the Royal Irish Academy in association with Galway University Foundation, is was launched by Vincent Woods following the day-long international symposium organized by the Moore Institute. The accompanying exhibition, Interpreting Landscape: Tim Robinson and the West of Ireland, based on the Robinson archive with photographs and extracts from Connemara and Elsewhere, will run from 30 September 2014 to 31 January 2015 at the Hardiman Research Building, NUI Galway.
There is also a podcast about Tim Robinson and his work. 2 Sept - 13 December, 2014thinking making living This group exhibition and series of related public programs investigate socially engaged artistic practices that invite participation, foster collaboration, and imagine cross-disciplinary approaches to the social, political and ecological issues of our time. Over the last decade, socially engaged art has emerged as a distinctive form of contemporary practice, its roots tangled in social activism, community organizing, avant-garde ambitions to unite art and life, happenings, political performance and advocacy. The Twin Cities in particular have become a hotbed for such practices that question how we are in the world today, how we relate to each other and interact with the ecological, political, and cultural issues that shape our lives. The roster of participating local and national artists includes: Eric Asboe, Emily Baxter, Jan Binder, Body Cartography (Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad), Allison Bolah, Miranda Brandon, Rachel Breen, Big Car, Kate Casanova, Crescent Collective (Laura Bigger, Artemis Ettsen, and Teréz Iacovino), Annie Follett, Beth Grossman, Katie Hargrave, Emily Johnson, Seitu Jones, Low Tech High Joy (Karen Kasel and Marlaine Cox), John Kim, Emily Lloyd, Amanda Lovelee, Works Progress (Shanai Matteson, Colin Kloecker), J. Morgan Puett, Molly Balcom Raleigh, Janaki Ranpura, Red 76 (Sam Gould), Mona Smith, Emily Stover, Amy Waksmonski, Marcus Young, Nate Young and Marina Zurkow. University of Minnesota faculty participating in the exhibition and activities include Christine Baeumler, Valentine Cadieux, Jan Estep, David Feinberg, Rebecca Krinke, Christina Schmid, Paul Shambroom and Diane Willow.
4 Oct - 31 October, 2014Flow As part of Bristol's Art on the Hill art trail (4-5th October) and for the rest of October David Smith presented a collection of images exploring the distorted worlds of flow and reflection. Art on the Hill details: www.artonthehill.org.uk/artists-2014.html 26th March 2013 to 13th Dec, 2014Walk On: From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff, 40 Years of Art Walking Including the work of Ingrid Pollard |
Table Top Bog, Christine Baeumler
Image: ©2014, Ashley Duffalo 
Cartographer and author Tim Robinson photographed at Roundstone, Co Galway
Photograph: Nicolas Fève 
Flow #4
Image: ©2014, David Smith |
