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BIO
Conor McGarrigle holds a Bsc from UCD an MA Art in the Digital World from The National College of Art & Design Dublin. He is currently a PhD candidate at GradCAM, The Graduate School of Creative Arts & Media, and a visiting lecturer at NCAD.
He has been creating net art since 1999 and is well known for works such as Spook... (2000 -2002) and The Bono Probability Positioning System (2006) which have crossed into mainstream internet culture garnering large audiences in the process. Recent projects include Joyce Walks which re-enacts Bloomsday as an ongoing series of performative interventions which have taken place in over 70 cities worldwide and the mobile phone apps NAMAland and WalkSpace..
His work has been exhibited in Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Denmark, UK, USA , Brazil, Japan, Korea and Australia. Notable exhibitions include EV+A, SIGGRAPH, Fundacio La Caixa Barcelona, St Etienne Biennale, FILE Brazil, The Boston Cyberarts Festival, Seoul Net Festival, Art on the Net Tokyo, Fundacio Miro and the Werkleitz Biennale. In 2007 he was an invited participant in the Documenta 12 Magazine project.
He is a member of the organising committee of the Dublin Art & Technology Association (DATA) and an artist Director of the Irish Visual Artists Rights Association (IVARO).
He has been creating net art since 1999 and is well known for works such as Spook... (2000 -2002) and The Bono Probability Positioning System (2006) which have crossed into mainstream internet culture garnering large audiences in the process. Recent projects include Joyce Walks which re-enacts Bloomsday as an ongoing series of performative interventions which have taken place in over 70 cities worldwide and the mobile phone apps NAMAland and WalkSpace..
His work has been exhibited in Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Denmark, UK, USA , Brazil, Japan, Korea and Australia. Notable exhibitions include EV+A, SIGGRAPH, Fundacio La Caixa Barcelona, St Etienne Biennale, FILE Brazil, The Boston Cyberarts Festival, Seoul Net Festival, Art on the Net Tokyo, Fundacio Miro and the Werkleitz Biennale. In 2007 he was an invited participant in the Documenta 12 Magazine project.
He is a member of the organising committee of the Dublin Art & Technology Association (DATA) and an artist Director of the Irish Visual Artists Rights Association (IVARO).
WalkSpace:Beirut-Venice at the 54th Venice Biennale of Art
Dates:
Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:00 - Thu Jun 02, 2011
THESTATEOFMIND presents Conor McGarrigle's WalkSpace:Beirut-Venice at the 54th Venice Biennale of Art
WalkSpace:Beirut-Venice invites the participant on a drift through Venice guided from Beirut and in Beirut guided from Venice.
The work involves two simultaneous dérives through the historic cities of Beirut and Venice, connected in real time to each other and to the world.
Two interconnected groups of participants will walk in each city, each receiving instruction and guidance from the other as they wander, get lost and explore the psychogeographical ambiance of the city. The progress of each group will be broadcast as a live video stream via Bambuser, tracked in realtime on a map with Google latitude and tweeted, with followers having the option of giving instructions via twitter.
The object is not to create a finite discrete work but to create a peripatetic relational space which can evolve and respond to the situation, the desires of its participants and serendipity, with the work being created through the actions of its participants. The space is furthermore overlaid with a hybrid, networked space connecting both cities and augmenting each space with the absent presence of the other.
Working from a changing set of basic instructions such as ’describe what you see’, ‘follow that person’, ‘take the next left and then the first right’ or the more loaded ‘take me to the heart of the city’ the two groups will walk in tandem each guiding the other, walking in Beirut as if in Venice and Venice as if in Beirut.
The project draws on early dérives carried out by the Situationists in Amsterdam and Strasbourg which connected groups in different parts of the cities with walkie talkies and Ralph Rumney’s 1957 Psychogeographical Map of Venice.
More Information
www.conormcgarrigle.com/venice.html
THESTATEOFMIND www.thestateofmind.be
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225653937445147
WalkSpace:Beirut-Venice invites the participant on a drift through Venice guided from Beirut and in Beirut guided from Venice.
The work involves two simultaneous dérives through the historic cities of Beirut and Venice, connected in real time to each other and to the world.
Two interconnected groups of participants will walk in each city, each receiving instruction and guidance from the other as they wander, get lost and explore the psychogeographical ambiance of the city. The progress of each group will be broadcast as a live video stream via Bambuser, tracked in realtime on a map with Google latitude and tweeted, with followers having the option of giving instructions via twitter.
The object is not to create a finite discrete work but to create a peripatetic relational space which can evolve and respond to the situation, the desires of its participants and serendipity, with the work being created through the actions of its participants. The space is furthermore overlaid with a hybrid, networked space connecting both cities and augmenting each space with the absent presence of the other.
Working from a changing set of basic instructions such as ’describe what you see’, ‘follow that person’, ‘take the next left and then the first right’ or the more loaded ‘take me to the heart of the city’ the two groups will walk in tandem each guiding the other, walking in Beirut as if in Venice and Venice as if in Beirut.
The project draws on early dérives carried out by the Situationists in Amsterdam and Strasbourg which connected groups in different parts of the cities with walkie talkies and Ralph Rumney’s 1957 Psychogeographical Map of Venice.
More Information
www.conormcgarrigle.com/venice.html
THESTATEOFMIND www.thestateofmind.be
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225653937445147
WalkSpace for the iPhone
Dates:
Thu Nov 04, 2010 00:00 - Thu Nov 04, 2010
ANNOUNCING
WalkSpace for the iPhone
WalkSpace is an alternative walking art app for the iPhone to let you navigate the city in a new and unexpected way.
A selection of cultural and everyday routes are remapped to your current location, these routes range from cultural trails such as routes from James Joyce's Ulysses to individual daily walks. Walks can be shared with photos and route maps and users can add their own routes to the app.
WalkSpace is designed to take you places you mightn't otherwise go, to see familiar places in a new light opening a window to chance encounters and experiences. The app is inspired by the Situationist derive and acts as a locative media version of the classic experimental technique for re-enchanting the city.
WalkSpace is a locative media art project by Conor McGarrigle and is now available as a free download from the appstore.
WalkSpace
www.walkspace.org
Available from the appstore
http://is.gd/gIeCI
Conor McGarrigle
www.conormcgarrigle.com
WalkSpace for the iPhone
WalkSpace is an alternative walking art app for the iPhone to let you navigate the city in a new and unexpected way.
A selection of cultural and everyday routes are remapped to your current location, these routes range from cultural trails such as routes from James Joyce's Ulysses to individual daily walks. Walks can be shared with photos and route maps and users can add their own routes to the app.
WalkSpace is designed to take you places you mightn't otherwise go, to see familiar places in a new light opening a window to chance encounters and experiences. The app is inspired by the Situationist derive and acts as a locative media version of the classic experimental technique for re-enchanting the city.
WalkSpace is a locative media art project by Conor McGarrigle and is now available as a free download from the appstore.
WalkSpace
www.walkspace.org
Available from the appstore
http://is.gd/gIeCI
Conor McGarrigle
www.conormcgarrigle.com
Call for participation - 1000 Joyce Walks
Dates:
Mon Jun 16, 2008 00:00 - Wed May 28, 2008
1000 Joyce Walks Call for participation
What: 1000 Joyce Walks
When: Bloomsday June 16th 2008
Where: Any city in the world
How: Generate a map and walk in your city
Participants are now sought for the 1000 Joyce Walks project taking
place on June 16th (Bloomsday) 2008 www.stunned.org/walks
1000 Joyce Walks is a participatory global intervention which aims to
create a day of psychogeographical exploration with 1000 interventions
in 24 hours across the globe.
The project uses the Joyce Walks project to remap routes from James
Joyce's Ulysses to any city in the world to be used as the basis of
walks which navigate urban space in a new and unexpected way .
Based on the Situationist Dérive Joyce Walks is a participatory spatial
tool which overlays virtual layers of meaning over real space enabling
the user to create temporary location based interventions and social
spaces which tactically insert themselves into the urban environment
inscribing a new set of meanings onto the very fabric of the city.
Participation is easy.
- Use the Joyce Walks website to generate a walk in any city of your
choice
- invite your friends and peer group to join you on your walk
- document the experience simply with some photos and/or videos
- use the Joyce Walks site to generate a googlemaps mashup of your walk
to be shared on the Joyce Walks site or embedded on any webpage
- most importantly - have fun!
1000 Joyce Walks is a project by Dublin based artist Conor McGarrigle
More information
Joyce Walks
http://www.stunned.org/walks
Participate
http://www.stunned.org/walks/bloomsday.html
Conor McGarrigle
http://www.stunned.org/cmg.htm
Psychogeography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychogeography
Dérive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9rive
What: 1000 Joyce Walks
When: Bloomsday June 16th 2008
Where: Any city in the world
How: Generate a map and walk in your city
Participants are now sought for the 1000 Joyce Walks project taking
place on June 16th (Bloomsday) 2008 www.stunned.org/walks
1000 Joyce Walks is a participatory global intervention which aims to
create a day of psychogeographical exploration with 1000 interventions
in 24 hours across the globe.
The project uses the Joyce Walks project to remap routes from James
Joyce's Ulysses to any city in the world to be used as the basis of
walks which navigate urban space in a new and unexpected way .
Based on the Situationist Dérive Joyce Walks is a participatory spatial
tool which overlays virtual layers of meaning over real space enabling
the user to create temporary location based interventions and social
spaces which tactically insert themselves into the urban environment
inscribing a new set of meanings onto the very fabric of the city.
Participation is easy.
- Use the Joyce Walks website to generate a walk in any city of your
choice
- invite your friends and peer group to join you on your walk
- document the experience simply with some photos and/or videos
- use the Joyce Walks site to generate a googlemaps mashup of your walk
to be shared on the Joyce Walks site or embedded on any webpage
- most importantly - have fun!
1000 Joyce Walks is a project by Dublin based artist Conor McGarrigle
More information
Joyce Walks
http://www.stunned.org/walks
Participate
http://www.stunned.org/walks/bloomsday.html
Conor McGarrigle
http://www.stunned.org/cmg.htm
Psychogeography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychogeography
Dérive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9rive
The Tulca Freedom Trail
Dates:
Fri Nov 09, 2007 00:00 - Thu Nov 08, 2007
Location:
Ireland
Announcing the launch of The Tulca Freedom Trail www.tulcafreedomtrail.com a web based
psychogeographical project created for Tulca 2007 by Conor McGarrigle.
The Tulca Freedom Trail is a self guided audio tour based on a remapping of the famous Boston
Freedom Trail to Galway. Participants equipped with a map and the authentic audio guide walk
the route of the Boston Freedom Trail - commemorating the events of the American War of
Independence - which has been remapped to the streets of Galway.
The tour draws on the historic connections between Galway and Boston, explores the troubled
concept of American freedom in the contemporary political climate and encourages the user to see
Galway in a new and unexpected way.
The project is part of Cultural Tourism an ongoing body of work which seeks to facilitate a culturally
minded audience in reducing their carbon footprint by enjoying the cultural highlights of the world
without leaving their home town.
The Tulca Freedom Trail will be launched as part of Tulca 2007, Friday Nov 9th at 8pm at 1-5
Merchants Road, Galway.
On Saturday Nov 10th Conor McGarrigle invites you to join him on a guided tour of the Freedom
Trail and a free flowing conversation on freedom, art, maps, cultural tourism, situationism and the
art of getting lost. Walk starts at 3.30pm from Tulca 1-5 Merchants Road, Galway.
www.tulcafreedomtrail.com
www.tulca.ie
psychogeographical project created for Tulca 2007 by Conor McGarrigle.
The Tulca Freedom Trail is a self guided audio tour based on a remapping of the famous Boston
Freedom Trail to Galway. Participants equipped with a map and the authentic audio guide walk
the route of the Boston Freedom Trail - commemorating the events of the American War of
Independence - which has been remapped to the streets of Galway.
The tour draws on the historic connections between Galway and Boston, explores the troubled
concept of American freedom in the contemporary political climate and encourages the user to see
Galway in a new and unexpected way.
The project is part of Cultural Tourism an ongoing body of work which seeks to facilitate a culturally
minded audience in reducing their carbon footprint by enjoying the cultural highlights of the world
without leaving their home town.
The Tulca Freedom Trail will be launched as part of Tulca 2007, Friday Nov 9th at 8pm at 1-5
Merchants Road, Galway.
On Saturday Nov 10th Conor McGarrigle invites you to join him on a guided tour of the Freedom
Trail and a free flowing conversation on freedom, art, maps, cultural tourism, situationism and the
art of getting lost. Walk starts at 3.30pm from Tulca 1-5 Merchants Road, Galway.
www.tulcafreedomtrail.com
www.tulca.ie
Celebrate Bloomsday with psychogeography
To celebrate Bloomsday I'd like to invite everyone to take part in a
Bloomsday psychogeographical event by undertaking their own Bloomsday
re-enactments in any city in the world except Dublin.
To take part generate your own Bloomsday route using Joyce Walks
www.stunned.org/walks a web 2.0 service which generates walking maps
based on routes from Joyce's Ulysses for any city in the world. Based on
the map create your own Bloomsday event documenting it as you go and use
Joyce Walks to generate a mashup of your walk which will be saved to a
database as a permanent record of the event.
More information at www.stunned.org/walks
Joyce Walks is a new project by Conor McGarrigle
Joyce Walks
Because somewhere, sometimes it's always Bloomsday
http://www.stunned.org/walks
Bloomsday psychogeographical event by undertaking their own Bloomsday
re-enactments in any city in the world except Dublin.
To take part generate your own Bloomsday route using Joyce Walks
www.stunned.org/walks a web 2.0 service which generates walking maps
based on routes from Joyce's Ulysses for any city in the world. Based on
the map create your own Bloomsday event documenting it as you go and use
Joyce Walks to generate a mashup of your walk which will be saved to a
database as a permanent record of the event.
More information at www.stunned.org/walks
Joyce Walks is a new project by Conor McGarrigle
Joyce Walks
Because somewhere, sometimes it's always Bloomsday
http://www.stunned.org/walks
