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Music Session

A red light in a dark room illuminates a set of foil curtains
Bill Harris
Foil Curtains & Fog Machines

The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present a new music session where artist Bill Harris will host an experimental electronic dance night as part of our First Thursday series. Through this new series of late openings, the gallery becomes a space for hosting unexpected, experimental practices across multiple artforms from live music and expanded cinema […]

Kirkos
To every action

The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present a new music session with music assemble Kirkos as part of our First Thursday series. Through this new series of late openings, the gallery becomes a space for hosting unexpected, experimental practices across multiple artforms from live music and expanded cinema to performance and spoken word. Join us each […]

A group of cartoon characters in different outfits
Isadora Epstein
Medium Mediums

The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present a new performance by artist Isadora Epstein as part of our First Thursday series. Through this new series of late openings, the gallery becomes a space for hosting unexpected, experimental practices across multiple artforms from live music and expanded cinema to performance and spoken word. Join us each First […]

Skin&Blister @ The Douglas Hyde

The Douglas Hyde will host Skin&Blister at the gallery on Thursday 9 March for an experimental electronic dance night as part of our Music Sessions series. Skin&Blister is a platform that supports female, trans, and non-binary DJs and creatives, fostering safe and progressive dance floors across Dublin.  Skin&Blister have handpicked a promising line-up, including Ruby […]

E The Artist
BLACKBOYSBLUSH*

As part of our Culture Night 2022 programme, E The Artist will present BLACKBOYSBLUSH* BLACKBOYSBLUSH* is a three part visual, performance & sound project curated by E The Artist (Daranijoh Sanni) in collaboration with Alice Rekab’s multinational FAMILY LINES Project, which is currently being displayed in The Douglas Hyde. BLACKBOYSBLUSH*’s aim is to both document and […]

Cian Nugent
Concert

We are very pleased to announce that The Douglas Hyde will host the first show of Cian Nugent’s upcoming European tour on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 7.30pm. With special guest Aoife Nessa Frances.

Rainfear
DAXA Uptown

High energy drums and synth improvising duo Rainfear will perform with a custom musical device developed by artist Dennis McNulty. Co-ordinated by David Donohoe, Rainfear is a loose arrangement of improvising musicians from Dublin. Currently comprising David Donohoe, Fergus Cullen, David Lacey and Peter Maybury, it can operate as any iteration of the four, from […]

Stan Brakhage, Carolee Schneemann, Sissy
Dissolutions

The Douglas Hyde, in association with aemi (Artists’ and Experimental Moving Image), present a programme of 16mm short-film screenings by Stan Brakhage and Carolee Schneemann: Cat’s Cradle (dir. Stan Brakhage, 1959, silent, 6 minutes) Fuses (dir. Carolee Schneemann, 1965, silent, 25 minutes) Plumb Line (dir. Carolee Schneemann, 1968-1972, with sound, 15 minutes) The films will […]

Davy Kehoe & Wah Wah Wino
Featuring Sean MacErlaine, Poppa Wheelie with Little Movies, Dream~cycles and Dark Delight

The Douglas Hyde are delighted to announce this one-off event devised by producer Davy Kehoe along with the imprint Wah Wah Wino, featuring a host of their frequent collaborators, on Friday 6 October at 6.30pm. Poppa Wheelie will be travelling all the way from Amsterdam with his tapes and other sounds, and will be accompanied […]