Skin&Blister @ The Douglas Hyde

Launched in 2021, Skin&Blister nurtures underrepresented talent in Irish nightlife through organising workshops, talks, mentorship, and club nights. Within these spaces, they connect DJs, graphic designers, visual artists, and photographers, building a community where one can grow and feel supported. Skin&Blister are also the founders of an online Database for Female, Trans, Non-Binary creatives in Ireland. 

Ruby Red (Renée Mackey) is a queer DJ with a love for positive and uplifting beats. Expect a genre fluid set filled with female vocals, sassy edits and empowering rhythms. Ruby Red has performed as part of Gash Collective at Lucky’s and with Foxgluv at The Magnet. 

Alice (Alice Ugbah) is a DJ influenced by Niaj, Irish, and British sounds. Her heavily charged mixes blend house, techno, garage, jungle, amapiano, and afrobeat. Alice hosts a monthly radio show with BLKCNVS, and her upcoming performances include Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Festival as part of Mo Cultivation. 

ÓIR (Orla King) is a designer and DJ. Orla has been involved in design within the Dublin nightlife scene for a number of years. On the decks, her sets aim to bring a fun and lively atmosphere to the dancefloor. As a lover of chunky and bouncy numbers, her selections range from old skool house, breakbeat and techno to 90s trance.  

Anna Heisterkamp is an artist, film editor and director who specialises in artist-driven music videos. She has created music videos for a number of up and coming Irish musicians including Banrion, Nixer and Sean Being. 

Eva Martin is an illustrator, animator and designer. Her work focuses on translating complex feelings into the visual realm through raw, organic lines. Eva has created animations for set design and recently animated and co-directed the short film, The Sky’s A Lie, which featured in Culture Night 2022, and Adaptations Poetry Film Festival. She is a founding member of Skin&Blister.

Aisling Phelan is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, working across 3D animation, photography, video, virtual reality and live interactive technologies. With a keen interest in the intersection of art and technology, her work explores the digital self and its potential to further understand our physical selves. She has shown work at IMMA, UNIQLO Tate Lates Display in the Tate Modern and is part of Terrarista TV collective, an artist-run online streaming channel based in Kassel, Germany. Aisling is a former participant of the Douglas Hyde’s Student Forum.