Paul Quinn

george

george at dusk, Ciara Keohane

programme for stage two

Monday 10th August

1000 Meet in Richview in the 2nd year crit room to discuss the aims and outcomes for stage two, technical resources/issues, exhibition format etc.

The workshop will have its base in the 2nd year crit room, but pc workstations will be available in the computer room on the 2nd year studio corridor.

CS3 is available in UCD.  Student login usernames and passwords are needed, so if you have one or know of some we can use for 3 days please bring them.

Please also bring any other software you may need and obviously all your files to work off.

Initial editing, cropping, stitching etc should be complete in advance of the workshop.

Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th August

0900-1800hrs in Richview.

Individual works should be complete and burned to disc by the end of Wednesday to enable work to be compiled for Cobh exhibtion.

first impressions

george in a rainbow, Orla Murphy

supervalu at dawn, Eoghan O'Shea

south mall, Amy Fitzgerald

another day in the light?

We've been asked by a few people whether it would be possible to run another Day in the Light stage one recording. If you missed out on the first session in Westport and would be interested in taking part in a second one, please email us and we'll try to put together another workshop.

We're interested in seeing if this method of mapping can work as a template so a second workshop would probably be located in a different town.

stage one complete

Stage One of A Day in the Light took place in Westport, Co. Mayo on the 28th July 2009.  10 workshoppers gathered for an introductory session on Monday 27th.  Participants shared images they have found inspirational and discussed ways in which the light and movement of the town might be mapped through photography.  After a walking tour of the town the group established their hq at McGings bar.

Sunrise was at 5.25am and sunset at 9.46pm.  

True to the character of the west of Ireland, the weather and light altered rapidly and drastically during the day, from dry and bright to overcast and wet, ending with a fantastic show of sunlight in the late afternoon and evening.

Each workshopper arrived at a method of work, ranging from a single view repeatedly photographed through regular time intervals, to shifting views, to the stalking of people on their smoking breaks.  No ray of light or pool of shade was left unexplored.

The sight of 10 photographers patrolling the town over 17 consecutive hours gave rise to plenty of discussion and there is now huge interest in the outcome of the now what? project in the town.  It is confirmed that the results of the workshop will be exhibited in the Westport Arts Festival in October, as well as in Dublin and Cobh.

With hundreds (possibly thousands) of images gathered it remains to be seen in Stage Two how these recordings will be edited, overlaid and manipulated to produced 10 pieces of work reflecting one day in the light.

Each workshopper will post their favorite image on this blog over the coming week or two.

the view from inside

Jeff Wall, A view from the apartment 2004-2005

Transparency in a lightbox 1670x2440

Source: www.tate.org

This is Jeff Wall's most recent work. The appearance of a mundane moment caught in time is a deliberate artistic device; in fact the shot took months to organise and set up. Of interest in the context of the workshop is how the view outside is captured. We often think of urban space as that space which is understood while moving through it, while in fact a greater amount of time is spent in observing the space of 'outside' from the interior spaces of the home, workplace, school etc