@SubsetDublin
Joined March 2017
Government and art shouldn’t mix
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Seeing through an artistic vision is worth risking it all
Kevin Costner confirms he spent $38 million of his own money to get "Horizon" made. “I know they say I’ve got $20 million of my own money in this movie. It’s not true. I’ve got now about $38 million in the film. That’s the truth. That’s the real number.” variety.com/2024/film/news/h…
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✨🎵 “I searched for my spark and I found it” ✨🎵 Cruinniú na nÓg, Europe’s only national free day of creativity for young people is back, with over 1,000 free activities, taking place on Saturday, June 15. 🎉 #CruinniuNaNog - an initiative of @creativeirl, supported by @rte
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If you create a piece of public art then you can’t get upset when people don’t engage with it in the way you want. It doesn’t work like that.
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What Is The Meaning Of Life? 🧵👇 /1
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We need more public art not more prosecutions of artists. Let’s hope Govt support my Public Art Planning Bill so that our artists can make our cities better places to live & visit. @SubsetDublin
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+ important in a modern, democratic & pluralist society that is today's Ireland.
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+ artistic sector policies. Arts are not 'industrial' sector to be 'developed'. Arts are organic, artists-driven field of creation and inquiry. Having a more coherent, more open & less state-centric framework for regulating creation, funding & display of public arts is very +
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It is important to note that Ireland currently has no functional legal regime for public arts development outside state-sanctioned propaganda & state-sponsored 'official' arts support schemes. This must change. Arts cannot be left to the domain of state-owned & state-controlled +
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Public Art Mural (Exempted Development) Bill This Bill will be introduced in Dáil Éireann today. Further details on the process and how you can support it are available through the link in our bio. #makepublicartpublic #publicartbill
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We're very grateful to have been invited by @NCAD_Dublin to display this piece on their campus, it's an honour. Full details in bio​ (scroll to the end)
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So what is "art" then? Bravo to @SubsetDublin for painting these walls in purple monochrome and putting it up to @DubCityCouncil to decide whether they are "murals" that require planning permission or merely painted walls, which don't ...
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For the full details check out the blog on our website subset.ie/post/unauthorised-…
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In this challenging series of public artworks, born from the limitations placed upon our expression by interpretation of the Planning & Development Act, we aim to ignite conversation.
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Our monochromatic murals reject form and transcend these limitations by entering the exempted class of “painting” provided for in the Planning & Development Regulations.
We’ve written a blog post about where we’re at. Not yet dead, barely alive, still thriving. subset.ie/post/not-yet-dead-…
This actually won’t work unless you reduce the rates for creatives and small local enterprises
Very glad we got the support to get this agreed to remove any monetary incentive to keep a commercial building vacant. Hopefully as well as bringing in more funds to spend at as local level, now vacant buildings will be occupied by start up local enterprises and creatives.
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