Austin McQuinn
Art Friends
I am happy to let you know my book, Becoming Audible: Sounding Animality in Performance, was, finally, officially launched at Limerick City Gallery of Art.
Published by Penn State University Press, it is part of their wonderful Animalibus series and is now available as an ebook also.
The event was also the Finnisage for Mark’s exhibition at LCGA, ‘ Songs and the Soil.'
Here is a link to the film of the Launch Conversation between artist Mark Garry and myself, hosted and introduced by Director/Curator of LCGA, Úna McCarthy.
We talked abpout acoustics, creatureliness, sound art, resonance and becoming - which are the themes explored in my book and in Mark’s installations.
Hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgFhJAibHyc&t=65s
Mark’s website with images of his installation at the MAC, Belfast and at LCGA is here
The artists we talk about in 'A Resonant Landscape', curated by Mark for LCGA are
Natalia Beylis, Padraig Cunnningham and Sharon Phelan:
https://dnote.website/?dnote=natalia-beylis-padraig-cunningham-sharon-phelan-a-resonant-landscape
There are some videos of work we talk about in the playlists on my Youtube Channel here
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGV7San0GnTvI_rVcEA9URA/playlists
Here is the link to the Animalibus pages at PSUP with details of the book .
https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08796-2.html
The Animal Studies Journal (UOW) just published a Review of Becoming Audible, reviewed by Annie Garlid, New York University.
You can read her insightful review here:
Animal Studies Journal, 10(2), 2021, 218-223.
https://ro.uow.edu.au/asj/vol10/iss2/12/
and info about Limerick City Gallery of Art is here
https://www.limerick.ie/discover/eat-see-do/arts-culture/art-galleries/limerick-city-gallery-art
Meanwhile, I hope your own work goes well and wishing you many great conversations for the new year ahead!
- Austin.
Past News:
2020 ‘Hypercarbon’, The Source Arts Centre, Thurles.
Solo Exhibition Sept 13– Oct 17 2020
https://www.thesourceartscentre.ie/events/info/hypercarbon
READ Artist and Writer CLARE E SCOTT'S Brilliant Piece of Writing on this Exhibition
for the Visual Artists Ireland:
Here it is on Clare E Scott's website:
http://www.clarescott.ie/images/McQuinnReview.pdf
The Review can be viewed in the context of the VAI Newsletter here:
https://issuu.com/visualartistsireland/docs/van_nd_2020_full__print__9dba4468c35f7c/22
December 2020 Penn State University Press: Book Publication – Animalibus series.
Austin McQuinn – ‘Becoming Audible: Sounding Animality in Performance’.
Dec 20 - Jan 21
http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08796-2.html
JUST LAUNCHED: See Publications Page
2020 ‘As Kingfishers Catch Fire; Animals & Imagination - Limerick City Gallery of Art
Curator for major Group Exhibition – 14 Irish and International Artists on the theme of animal materiality in contemporary art.
Nov 26, 2020 – Feb 14, 2021 CANCELLED
http://gallery.limerick.ie/LCGAExhibitions/Forthcoming/AsKingfishersCatchFireAnimalsImagination.html
View the new online webpage archival project of the exhibition here:
https://www.limerickgallerypages.com/