Introducing Conflicted Theatre’s upcoming devised promenade theatre piece taking place at Sample-Studios, which will run from April 23-28 inclusive.

Joe belongs to the 18 – 35 demographic. He has done everything that has been expected of him: he did well at school, a keen sportsman, got his degree, followed by a decent job. As a result Joe has the life that the Celtic Tiger promised him: a car, a mortgage, his health, he can afford to eat out at decent restaurants and enjoys putting away a few pints with friends, just like the rest of us. In short, Joe is grand. Something has started happening to Joe, but he can’t quite tell what it is. The sheen has come off his ‘perfect’ life. Why does the person who has ‘everything’ feel as if there is something lacking? Joe goes in search of the answer. What decisions have led him to this place? What could he have done differently? Would it really make a difference? 18 – 35 travels with Joe through some of the memories, regrets, ambitions and goals of his generation and asks: what is it that connects us and can a demographic or a generation have a true sense of identity?

Conflicted Theatre are residents at Sample-Studios and make shows through adaptation and devising. They make theatre that has physical vigour and flair, and steers clear of the more conventional writer-centric modes of production. Their focus is on breaking down the hierarchy between text, movement, sound and image. They use their imaginations to their pinnacles in order to engage yours. Conflicted Theatre plan to stage 18-35 at the former Government Building on Sullivan’s Quay, Cork, which will run from April 23-28 inclusive, and rehearse on site from April 16-22 inclusive. 18 – 35 is a devised promenade piece which will traverse the floors and spaces of the building. The production will involve a cast of five professional actors and a creative team of writer-directors, producer, sound, lighting & stage design, and stage management.

Please help make this project happen by following the link to their fund it page: http://www.fundit.ie/project/18—35-1

Due to the installation of our new dance floor, Sample-Studios are pleased to launch the beginning of dance classes at The Workshop. We are delighted to announce a series of Flamenco Workshops for beginners hosted by Marios Iakovidis. The first three workshops will be on Tuesdays 6th, 13th and 20th of March from 19.00-20.00 and cost €5.00.

For more info visit wrkshp-flamenco.tumblr.com or contact Marios @ 085-7626181

Image: Strange Attractor

6th- 12th February 2012

As part of the Days on End Sonic Arts Festival artist Irene Murphy has taken up residency in the TACTIC space at Sample-Studios. Throughout the week starting Monday the 6th the gallery will be open to the public. The residency will peak during ON, Days on End’s final 24-hour improvisational event.

Irene Murphy is a visual artist living and working in Cork city she is a founding member of the Cork Artists Collective and The Guesthouse. She is a founding member of artists collaborative groups, Ideal State Agency and the YoYo Club and is one of the trio in The Domestic Godless.

Its open, its accumulative its drawing, its blue, its structural, its moving and what happens next is a secret!…….

Days On End is a new, independently-run festival aiming to celebrate the best of Ireland’s burgeoning experimental music-scene. Occurring over three days and nights, it will seek to foster a greater network of exchange between musicians, improvisers, and experimental practitioners from all across the country, whilst also hoping to encourage a greater level of awareness and sense of participation among the general public.

Taking place in a number of venues around Cork City, the festival will include live performances, film screenings, workshops and talks. It will then culminate with the final 24-hour improvisational event, ON, hosted by Sample-Studios featuring a succession of different performers, dropping in and out as the night progresses. SEE MORE HERE

The performance is a development of the Day of the Endless Drone, a performance held in Sample-Studios on Culture Night 2011, featuring members of Mersk, the Quiet Club, TenPastSeven, The Altered Hours, Trumpets of Jericho, Safe, and Agitate the Gravel among others.

“Local young people have come together to showcase the best of Cork’s design talent”

- Cork News, Friday, 13 January 2012

Last Friday Makeshift Ensemble in association with The Workshop @ Sample-Studios presented:

Let’s Play! Design

The exhibition of theatre design, comprised of set, costume and sound design launched at 7.00pm last Friday night. This exciting exhibition came as the fourth event of the Makeshift Ensemble Let’s Play! theatre development programme. The aim of this event was to showcase the design talent in Cork and allow an insight for the public into this aspect of theatre while also introducing new designers and putting theatre design into the limelight for once!

The exhibition was also preceded by a two day workshop on theatre design for the participating artists titled the  ”Design Hospital”. The artists exhibiting also had the opportunity to avail of professional one-to-one mentorship as part of a two day workshop on design facilitated by Lisa Lilywhite theatre designer.

Let’s Play! is supported by the Arts Council and the exhibition was made possible with the generous support of Kinlay House and Pat MacDonnell Paints.

OPENING RECEPTION / FRIDAY 9TH DEC / 6PM

member’s exhibition, open studios, live music,
performances, mulled wine & mince pies…

EXHIBITION RUNS UNTIL FRIDAY 16TH DECEMBER

Open Saturday – Sunday 10.00 – 19.00

Open Monday – Friday 12.00 – 6.00

Seeing the Light

Where film and video Collide…an exhibition of contemporary Irish experimental film curated by Maximilian Le Cain.

Preview 7pm Friday 4th November. Exhibition runs until Wednesday the 16th.

Screenings: The Consecutive Imposters Mon 7th 8pm, Ivan & Igor Buharovs Shorts Tues 8th 6pm, (An)Other Irish Cinema & Vicky Langan, Wed 9th 6pm.

Esperanza Collado // Rouzbeh Rashidi // Michael Higgins // Chris O’Neill // Soltan Karl

The visually intense experimental films that comprise this exhibition were all created with the textural particularity of celluloid as a key factor. Yet they are all presented, as many films are today, in a a digital format. Are they, therefore, still ‘films’? Or studies of film on video, the dynamic investigation of the properties of one medium by another?

Maximilian Le Cain will also programme and present a series of experimental film screenings in parallel with the exhibition.

Stills: Esperanza Collado’s Horses, Soltan Karl’s Everybody’s Favourite Disease.

Major 1000 piece exhibition by Cork based artist Tom Campbell

The Cork based artist, Tom Campbell will be exhibiting One Thousand (1000) of his Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures at the Tactic gallery space in the former Fás building on Sullivans Quay, Cork, opening at 6pm on the 21st Oct and continuing daily from 11am to 6pm until the 29th Oct.

Tom who is originally from the town of Dumfries in Scotland has been based in Cork since 2001, and it is here in Cork that he has found his inspiration and has created some of his most exciting work. Over recent years he has received much critical acclaim and has exhibited across Ireland with shows also in Italy, France ,Catalonia and UK.His work is in homes in many corners of the globe. His most recent undertaking “The dog project” saw him and a group of 100 volunteers under his direction create 120 papier-maché dogs which were exhibited In the Camden Palace and Kinsale art festival. He is also known for his performance pieces which have entertained audiences both in Ireland and abroad.

As well as being a challenge for the artist ; exhibiting a thousand drawings this exhibition is also retrospective.The pieces drawn from the artists personal collection of paintings, sculptures and sketchbooks. The themes are often faces of clowns, animals and fantasy creatures executed in his inimitable style, with much of the work inspired by the circus.There is also a more serious side to this artist with work of a more ‘political’ nature, statements and questions.
Tom is also interested in performance ,especially the clown and mask.

Tactic is an exhibition space based in the former Government buildings, Sullivan’s Quay, Cork and is part of Sample-Studios, a shared studio space used by a range of artists, musicians and drama practitioners .

The exhibition will be opened by writer Conal Creedon at 6pm on Friday the 21st of October and there will be performances from the artist of his experimental piece the ‘tv show’ . All are welcome to attend what will surely be a most eclectic and colourful event,for further information and images contact Tom on            087 6102142       or tomartyc@gmail.com

On Friday 23rd of September Sample-Studios will embark on a 28 hour culture marathon and we believe we have something for everyone.

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Sound Art

24hour Sonic Art Marathon: The Day of The Endless Drone

Beginning at 10pm Friday Mersk will host a 24hour long sonic art performance with the help of a number of friends and guests.

Among the heavyweights on the bill include Narwhals, MERSK, Agitate the Gravel, Ten Past Seven, and far, far, far more are to partake in a non-stop improv blissout, with the emphasis on improvisation: people are free to drop in and out as they wish and all are encouraged to bring sleeping bags and food and drift off on the current of sound.

Expect to see a vast swathe of the Cork rock spectrum present and indulging their inner disharmony and creative exploratory urges.

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Theatre

Conflicted Theatre Co present an episode from their forthcoming show, 18-35, a devised show based on interviews with people from this ‘important’ demographic.The episode “ups and downs ” is a promenade piece that utilises the elevators to conduct a tour of a man’s life, a man skilled at destiny dodging ,at running from the inevitable.

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Art

Uncanny Sound is currently showing at TACTIC. This exhibition brings together nine artists that deal with the Uncanny as a subject matter for the production of sound based works. Prepare to be creeped out.

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Performance

Tom Campbell will reinvent his Clay Head show once again. The Clay Head performances blend dance, sculpture, music, theatre and a dash of insanity into a fantastic live show. This is a must.

Show time 8.30 sharp

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Open Studios

Artist will have their studio on display between 6-10.

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