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Live Art Ireland Library
On 1 May 2026 by Deej_Fabyc1The books in Live Art Ireland’s library belong to Deej Fabyc’s personal collection, gathered from childhood onwards. Some volumes were passed down from Deej’s parents and grandparents and, as a result, certain texts contain language that would be considered unacceptable by today’s standards — including racist and ableist terminology. These books are, however, 19th and
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Alastair MacLennan
On 24 March 2025 by Deej_Fabyc1Scottish artist Alastair MacLennan attended Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee. Best known for his distinctive form of performance art which he terms ‘actuations, his practice also embraces drawing, installation and the use of found objects, materials and artefacts. He has performed and exhibited internationally since the early 1970s. He represented Ireland at
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Julieann O’Malley
On 24 March 2025 by Deej_Fabyc1Julieann O’Malley is an interdisciplinary artist. Her practice both for galleries and public space is fundamentally live durational performance installations, video work, sound and photography. O’Malley likes to test the limits of her body during durational performances. She condenses an idea and uses semiotics as a communication method and finds ways to explore, engage and
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Manuel Vason
On 24 March 2025 by Deej_Fabyc1Manuel Vason is a visionary artist practicing photography as a philosophical prism through which to engage with others, reflect on the self and expand the imaginal.In particular, he considers the act of photographing as a durational performance of focusing attention on the appearance of things and event with the intention of keeping them alive. In
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Marilyn Arsem
On 24 March 2025 by Deej_Fabyc1Marilyn Arsem has been creating live events since 1975, ranging from solo performances, to large scale, site-specific works incorporating installation and performance. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Arsem has also presented work in 30 countries, at festivals, alternative spaces, galleries, museums, universities and conferences in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Oceania and
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Verena Stenke
On 22 March 2025 by Deej_Fabyc1Verena Stenke is a German artist, filmmaker and curator. Since 2006, she has worked with Venetian-born artist and writer Andrea Pagnes as VestAndPage internationally in performance art, performance-based film, writing, publishing and temporary artistic community projects. Since 2010, she has been devoted to experimental performance-based filmmaking, producing feature-length films, silent films, numerous shorts, art videos
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Ray VM
On 22 March 2025 by Deej_Fabyc1Ray is a poet, performer, freelancer and caffeine enthusiast based in Birmingham. His work centres around discomfort and pushing people to dip into pools of thought they previously thought they may drown in. Ray is black, trans, queer and grateful. He is currently working on THE EXAM under Eastside projects and the Middleway mentorship scheme
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Georgia Lale
On 21 March 2025 by Deej_Fabyc1Georgia Lale is a Greek-born American visual artist and cancer fighter based in Brooklyn. Through their multidisciplinary practice, Lale explores the human body’s blueprint on the social and political realm of modern society and advocates for accessible healthcare and gender equality. They received their MFA from the School of Visual Arts, NYC (2016) as a Basil
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KAJOLI
On 1 March 2025 by Deej_Fabyc1KAJOLI (Farida Yesmin) was born and grew up in Bangladesh. She studied Fine Art at Dhaka University (1998) and has a Masters degree in that subject from Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal, India (2003). In her – ever evolving – artistic practice, KAJOLI experiments with different media, from photography and drawing to live performance, exploring issues of
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Diana Bamimeke
On 17 January 2025 by Deej_Fabyc1Diana Bamimeke (they/them) is an independent curator, art writer and transdisciplinary artist based in Dublin, Ireland. Their practice—spanning text, exhibition-making, performance, pedagogy and other artistic interventions—is grounded in critical & political frameworks, including Black feminist & queer thought, ecocriticism, anti-colonialism and anti-imperialism, applied especially to contemporary Irish contexts. They are interested in the negotiations of
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Wioletta Ratajczak
On 6 January 2025 by Deej_Fabyc1Wioletta Ratajczak is an interdisciplinary artist and a member of Bbeyond.Based in Dublin, her artistic practice focuses on creating small scale performative devices and sculptures called ‘moment catchers’. They are inspired by paradoxical phenomena observed in everyday life.She also has designed sculptural costumes influenced by her childhood experiences,traumas and her family’s secrets. Those costumes are
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Balitronica
On 4 January 2025 by Deej_Fabyc1Balitronica Gomez is a performance artist, cyborg poet, and queer sex radical raised on the Tijuana/San Diego border. She studied Literature at San Diego State University and then moved to a 17th century Dominican convent in Paris. Currently living between San Francisco and Mexico City, she recently earned her MFA in Poetry and Queer Theory
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Deej Fabyc
On 2 January 2025 by Deej_Fabyc1Deej Fabyc works with performance, installation, photography and video. They are the Executive director of Live Art Ireland – Elain Bheo Centre for Art Research and Development at Milford House. Their work has for many years addressed the psychological dimensions of the personal and political experience of trauma. Current performance work is engaged with wicked