As part of our Response Series Musician Alon Benjamini has created the musical piece Golden Retriever: A musical response to Uri Aran’s exhibition Take This Dog for Example. In this new composition, certain parts are directly influenced by specific pieces within the exhibition, while others are inspired by the emotions and visions evoked by the exhibition as a […]

Interactive Performance
with Rian Treanor
As part of our Response Series The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present an Artist’s Response where musician Rian Treanor will respond to Josh Tonsfeldt’s work and his current exhibition in Gallery 2 by facilitating a participatory music performance.
Using software created by Rian Treanor you will have the opportunity to collaborate with other participants to work as a collective and create a communal sound piece.
At different points throughout the day, people in different time zones will come together and contribute to the durational performance that brings together groups from Dublin, New York, Rotherham, and elsewhere. Anyone is welcome to join. Please share the link to this page and invite others to take part too.
To take part in-person drop in by the gallery anytime between 12 pm and 6 pm.
If you wish to take part remotely, also between 12 pm and 6 pm, please click on the link in this section (available on Thursday, 4 May).
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The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present a walk through of the exhibition The Rise and The Fall where artist Liz Magor and our Director, Dr Georgina Jackson, will discuss some of the themes, subject matter, histories and ideas of the work on show. The event is free and everybody is welcomed, but booking is […]

Participants in this interactive Animation Lab will use their imaginations to discuss and visually explore the nature of memory. The lab will consider questions like: What is memory? How does memory change over time? What about memory is special? Participants will create their own creative responses to these ideas through animation. The Animation Lab is […]

In this lab, participants will experience sound in its different forms and reflect on the emotional responses that sound provokes. Daranijoh Sunni (E the Artist) will create and isolate different sounds and vibrations for participants to experience – and then ask them to think about and discuss the feelings, emotions, and responses they have to […]

Dr Georgina Jackson, Director of The Douglas Hyde, will lead a tour of the current exhibition by Uri Aran, Take This Dog for Example. Comprising a series of sculptures, video and photographic works, this is Aran’s first institutional exhibition in Ireland. Through his work, Aran explores the basics of language, behaviour, perception, and the rules […]
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