respond

From Latin – respondere “respond, answer to, promise in return,”

derives from re- “back” + spondere “to pledge

and then I wrote something like this – as a kind of response to this http://www.chequerboard.net/art.html – but I don’t know what kind of a thing it is – tis hardly a criticism, tis hardly an applause…

Is it a pledge-back?

Not nostalgia –

paper pasts
darker
rougher
colonized
proud
austere
timeless
classic
frozen
footpaths
dirt
snow
journeying
pushing towards the invisible
for power
an empire
shards and fragments
of images
chosen
saved
kept
pieces left
unused
the bits that remain
how we remain with them
proud mercenary
tied to each other
with string
separated by glass
reflecting glass

the currency
the flight
the plan
the design
all weeping in decay
stretching out and
behind
ageing and stoic
soldered badges
of posterity
Orchestrated in harmonious random order 

the lull
the rhythm
the confidence
pulling you along
through your centre
out from within
on a strange story
of redemption
celebration
light
pulled out
from the darker caves
of collectors
debris
spun back into itself
Refrain –

backwards
pacing
breathe
slow
Suspend

The wake of time
sleeps us all
in its lullaby

Say goodbye
Say goodnight

the lights dim
closing down the lids
of eyes
and pianos

The darkest age
becomes glorious
in the honeyed glow
of memory and heartache

Old sounds
beat out their new existence
scratching
impatient
the needle and shellac
resonating with our analogue
pulling at metaphor
pulling us back
into dreams
and Daydreams
And pushing us out
Into concepts…

J.D.F.

VISIT 2008 Artists’ Open Studios

VISIT 2008 Artists’ Open Studios
Free Public Weekend Event

Sat/Sun 19/20 April 2008

Ever wondered what an artists studio looks like? Curious to find out?

On Saturday & Sunday 19th & 20th April, fifteen visual arts studio
organisations in Dublin will open their doors and invite the public in
to visit artists’ workplaces.  Over 150 artists are participating in
VISIT 08, a citywide open studios event.

Participating studios in VISIT 08: Archway Studios, Irish Museum of
Modern Art ARP Studios, Black Church Print Studio, Broadstone Studios,
Brunswick Mill Studios, CommonPlace Studios, Fire Station Artists’
Studios, Independent Artists’ Studios, Pallas Studios, The Red Stables
Studios: Dublin City Council, Richmond Road Studios, Stoney Batter
Studios, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, The Market Studios and The
Visual Arts Centre

www.visitstudios.com
e: press@visitstudios.com

The Market Studios,
Corner Halston St & Mary’s Lane,
Dublin 7

(turn left at Slattetry’s pub on Capel st onto Mary’s lane, walk straight ahead until see red brick fruit markets, we are across the road, on the second floor of a blue building, entrance on the corner, opposite a school)

Opening times Sat & Sun 12 – 5pm

Directors : Claire Behan, Monica Flynn & Deirdre Morrissey

Email : themarketstudios@gmail.com

http;// themarketstudios.wordpress.com

Artists

Deirdre Ambrose/ Bernadette Beecher /Claire Behan/ Stephen Blayds/ Ian John Coughlan/ Roisin Coughlan/ Jessamyn Fiore/ Monica Flynn/ Jessica Foley/ Jennie Guy/ Maeve Mc Elligiott/ Patricia Mc Kenna/ Deirdre Morrissey/ Sarah O’Neill/ Susan Thompson