Blackshapes Comics

Last year, Phillip Barrett of Blackshapes had a major hit in the shape of 'Where's Larry?', a sort of Irish version of 'Where's Wally?' which takes in all the well known landmarks of Ireland. This being said, if you only mentioned 'Where's Larry?', it would ignore about 90% of his creative production of other comics and illustration work.

His other works include Blackshapes, My First Festival, Matter and Lint. 

While researching his work to find some sort of coherent explanation of this man's work, I came across a very positive review on the Irish Comic News website. His works are a collection of short stories where your'e invited to take part in Barrett's world with stories about irish culchies confusing leprechauns and lepers, the buffer's (mucksavage/culchie) hardships facing unemployment and a man's addiction to a mysterious record. Check the last story here.

Pilar Diaz Suarez: Re-tro Cycle

If you are a fan of the hand-mades, then Independents Day will suit. Not only is there music, art, zines and food, but we also host talented crafters like Pilar Suarez from Re-tro Cycles and formerly of MissLaciness Crafts. She has a range of bags, badges, neck jewellery, belts, bracelets, hair adornments, keyrings, cards, rings etc.etc.ETC!

If you want to check out her range, she has photos here to peek at.

I have been testing out her bike bag made of inner tubes. A handy way to use up your punctured bike tubes!

There is no end to this woman's imagination!

LeePitman of Tinderbox Network

Tinderbox Network is a collective of artists which produces work for exhibition, usually under a loose theme to which the artists adhere. There is a focus put on independently funding their shows, in order to reserve their creative automony. Their mediums include (but are not exclusive to) painting, print and photography.

 

Tinderbox Collective, Storytelling, 2009

Check out their website for more information and to read about their most recent project Gods and Monsters of Tomorrow. It's a collaborative project with Monsters of Tomorrow Press and looks like an exciting visual piece.

'The project's theme started with the documentary Into Eternity, which led us to Onkalo, Finland. Home to a nuclear repository that must remain sealed and hidden for 100,000 years.'

Plucked from the tinderbox
Lee Pitman will be showing his items alongside the rest of his Tinderbox buddies at this year's fair. His main areas of interest are graphics, illustrations and film of both the motion and still kind. His style varies from delicate and painterly illustrations to more strikingly visual and rigidly defined graphic work. Check out his website for examples of his graphics, t-shirt designs and illustration.

My favourites are his t-shirt design Golden Fleece and his poster design for the documentary Grizzly Man. Check them out!

Lyndsey Putt

Come down to Newmarket Square on the 23rd of June and see photographic work by Lyndsey Putt.

Much of Lyndsey's work is autobiographical in nature with portraiture of the people within her own environment, and a sense of journeying through the personal seems to ripple through her work.

'Bodies of Resistance' (2012) was a work which dealt with the physicality of punk women's resistance to being put to the back of the room, literally and metaphorically speaking, within their music scene.

Lyndsey Putt, Bodies of Resistance, 2012

To see more photographic work by Lyndsey, visit her website.
To read more about Lyndsey, check out this interview by Alex Sinclair.

Katie O'Blogger!

Katie O'Neill will have a zine stall at our fair on the 23rd. Katies' works are linear graphic drawings, using patterns, lines and block colouring and b&w photographs to convey her stark gothic style.

Her themes range from the personal to the political and she has collaborated with other independent artists and writers to produce works. These collaborations have produced such things as a photographic and illustrative journey of the doors around dublin and illustrating the writing of women's experience of gender, race and class.

To have a little spy for yourself, check out Katie's blog here.

Untitled, Katie O'Neill, 2013

Niall Byrne talks about Bill Bloods new album 'Come Softly To My Wake'

Nialler9's review has a short assessment of Bill Blood's newest album and provides links to album tracks to have a listen.

We are happy to say that Bill Blood will be playing this year at Independents Day 2013, along with some other musical delights in the line up. More links to the other bands soon!

Application forms are up!

HALLO!
The application forms for 2013 are up!
If you'd like to show your work in the exhibition or you've any questions about the art this year contact Lyndsey on lyndsey.putt@gmail.com.
If you want any other info contact independents_day@dublin.ie
Laterz,
Aoife