Went to go see this and drink beer the other day with the Dublish arts crew… Fun.
MAIM XI vs All Hawai Entrees Lunar Reggae XI
3pm , Thursday 30th November 2006, Pallas Studios, 17 Foley street, Dublin 1
Pallas has been Invited by curator Rachael Thomas to do a project in reaction to All Hawaii Entrées / Lunar Reggae, currently opening in the Irish Museum of Modern Art. see imma website
In the spirit of global and local exchange and by way of introduction to the artists of Dublin City, Pallas has invited the international artists from All Hawaii Entrées / Lunar Reggae, to select a Best XI of artists, for a Virtual football challenge, off-site in the Pallas studios.
Artists on the other team are from right across Europe, the USA, Central and
South America are represented, with most of them showing their work for the
first time in Ireland. Artists include Anri Sala, Carsten Höller, Jorge
Pardo, Dominique Gonzalez Forester, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Doug Aitken, Douglas
Gordon, Liam Gillick, Sarah Lucas, Alighiero e Boetti, Sarah Morris, Cerith
Wyn Evans and Michel Majerus. from the IMMA exhibition.
Pallas will have a team of Irish Artists for this challenge. Current artists are Brian Duggan, Mark Cullen, Gavin Murphy, Gillian Lawlor, Vanessa O’Riely, David Beattie, Mark Cullen, Niamh McCann, Seodin O’Sullivan, David Beattie, Vanessa O’Reilly, Conor McGarrigle
Tim Redfern, John Buckley
and LIVE COMMINTARY Nevan Lehart
The game will be played virtually via a hacked version of pro-evolution
soccer. We will be replacing the footballers with artist faces, ie mapping
the artists images onto the players and giving them new jerseys etc. it will
be played in a virtual version of the IMMA courtyard.
There will be live commentary on the event.
