Michael Lanigan

1 week ago | dublininquirer.com | Michael Lanigan

Our PicksOur recommendations – no sponsored content, or adverts, just stuff we like. Other Ground at The Lab Gallery, in Dublin 1Last week, Cork-based painter Pascal Ungerer launched his new show, Other Ground, in The Lab Gallery on Foley Street. Curated by Margarita Cappock, Pascal’s work on show looks at the relationship and conflict between the built and natural world, drawing influence from archaeology, which he says is a “means of uncovering hidden layers of meaning within the everyday”.

1 week ago | dublininquirer.com | Michael Lanigan

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1 week ago | dublininquirer.com | Michael Lanigan

It was just after 4.30pm on Saturday when Mel Keane finished up his soundcheck in The Complex art centre on East Arran Street. Exiting the warehouse through one of its side doors, he stepped out into the sun. He seemed satisfied with the set-up. He had just arrived back in the city the day before, he said. For the past couple of weeks, the electronic artist had gigged around mainland Europe. He had played in Paris and Montreuil, a commune on the outskirts of the French capital, and Amsterdam.

1 week ago | dublininquirer.com | Michael Lanigan

There was a quiet rumbling sound in the exhibition space of the Kevin Kavanagh gallery on Chancery Lane in Dublin 8. It wasn’t clear where it came from, or what genre it was. It rumbled like a gruff post-punk song from the late 1970s or early 80s, something lo-fi and abrasive, reminiscent of an early recording from a band like the Fall or Sonic Youth. But it wasn’t either of them.

1 week ago | dublininquirer.com | Michael Lanigan

The Department of Housing has cut its annual funding to Fingal County Council for its tenant-in-situ scheme by roughly half. The central government has granted €20 million to Fingal for all of its second-hand home acquisitions this year, which include the tenant-in-situ scheme, a council spokesperson said. But that figure is much less than what was spent on the tenant-in-situ scheme alone last year.