Papers by Laurence Counihan
The Contingency of the Void: Archive as Hallucination, 2019
Corrupted version of 'The Contingency of the Void: Archive as Hallucination', which was a text de... more Corrupted version of 'The Contingency of the Void: Archive as Hallucination', which was a text developed during research with the archives at the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin. Exploring the speculative dimensionality, and component of (science) fictioning, that is present in the interpretation of archival materials, this essay employs Brian Eno's 1986 exhibition - 'Place #13' - at the Douglas Hyde Gallery as case-study in order to think through the problematics associated with archiving and documenting artworks that are fundamentally resistant to this process. The finalised text has been glitched by inserting remnants from the archive into the digital text document, resulting in the emergence of a partially mutilated form that oscillates between zones of meaning and unmeaning.
Presented as part of 'Old Invitations: A DHG Student Forum response to the DHG archive'. (http://www.douglashydegallery.com/events#/old-invitations)
Hz-Journal , 2015
In this essay the metaphor of the cyborg - which currently exists as a powerful symbol for human-... more In this essay the metaphor of the cyborg - which currently exists as a powerful symbol for human-machine interaction in our digital society - is used to analyse the practice of generative computer art, which according to Philip Galanter is: "any art practice where the artist uses a system, such as a set of natural language rules, a computer program, a machine, or other procedural invention, which is set into motion with some degree of autonomy contributing to or resulting in a completed work of art."
Catalogue Texts by Laurence Counihan
Online catalogue text for Rachel Daly's exhibition 'I'll Be Seeing You', with Backwater Artists (... more Online catalogue text for Rachel Daly's exhibition 'I'll Be Seeing You', with Backwater Artists (2022).
Catalogue text for Crawford College of Art and Design MFA Degree Show 'Know That I Am Also At Sea... more Catalogue text for Crawford College of Art and Design MFA Degree Show 'Know That I Am Also At Sea' (2022).
Online catalogue text for John Kent's exhibition 'Ultimate Thule', with Backwater Artists (2022).
Online catalogue text produced for the group exhibition 'Closer', with Backwater Artists (2022).
Online catalogue essay for Helen Farrell's exhibition 'Fetter', with Backwater Artists.
Essay commissioned by Pallas Projects and Paper Visual Art for Periodical Review 11 - Return to D... more Essay commissioned by Pallas Projects and Paper Visual Art for Periodical Review 11 - Return to Disintegration, 2021.
Padraic Barrett: The Engineering of Consent, 2021
Essay produced in response to Padraic Barrett's The Engineering of Consent II.
FALL/OUT Catalogue, 2021
Produced for FALL/OUT programme, curated by Pluck Projects (Sarah Kelleher and Rachel Warriner), ... more Produced for FALL/OUT programme, curated by Pluck Projects (Sarah Kelleher and Rachel Warriner), at Cork Midsummer Festival 2021. Five artworks — by Jessica Akerman, Pádraig Spillane, Anne Ffrench, David Mathuna & Andrew McSweeney, and Vicki Davis — were selected, with this catalogue consisting of individual textual responses to each.
Individual essay titles:
+ Pattern Recognition; response to Jessica Akerman's Cork Caryatids
+ Hyperaesthetics; response to Pádraig Spillane's Define Silver Lining
+ Time's Inhuman Nature; response to Anne Ffrench's To Hold Still
+ Cosmic Systems; response to David Mathúna & Andrew McSweene's As Above, So Below
+ A Machine, Just Like Me; response to Vicki Davis' Meatàn
Art Criticism by Laurence Counihan
Visual Artists' News Sheet (VAN), 2022
Critique of Angela Gilmour and Beth Jones' 'Shadow Forests' (Visual Artists' News Sheet; 2022)
Visual Artists' News Sheet (VAN), 2021
Critique of 'Revenant Images' (Visual Artists' News Sheet; 2021)
Visual Artists' News Sheet (VAN), 2020
Critique of 'Drawn From Borders' (Visual Artists' News Sheet; 2020)
Circa Art Magazine, 2019
Review of Crawford College of Art and Design Graduate Show: Aoife Claffey (Circa Art Magazine; 2019)
Enclave Review, 2018
Review of Sven Anderson + Gerard Byrne's 'A Visibility Matrix' (Enclave Review; 2018)
Circa Art Magazine, 2018
Review of Stephen Loughman's 'Proven Answers' (2018)
Circa Art Magazine, 2018
In Thinking Ecology, Timothy Morton notes that one of the core problematics of the current ecolog... more In Thinking Ecology, Timothy Morton notes that one of the core problematics of the current ecological crisis is in the difficulty that it poses to us, as individual humans, to effectively grasp the dilemma in a suitable conceptual manner. We are told that the Earth has entered into a new
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Papers by Laurence Counihan
Presented as part of 'Old Invitations: A DHG Student Forum response to the DHG archive'. (http://www.douglashydegallery.com/events#/old-invitations)
Catalogue Texts by Laurence Counihan
Individual essay titles:
+ Pattern Recognition; response to Jessica Akerman's Cork Caryatids
+ Hyperaesthetics; response to Pádraig Spillane's Define Silver Lining
+ Time's Inhuman Nature; response to Anne Ffrench's To Hold Still
+ Cosmic Systems; response to David Mathúna & Andrew McSweene's As Above, So Below
+ A Machine, Just Like Me; response to Vicki Davis' Meatàn
Art Criticism by Laurence Counihan