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CLUB Laurent Garnier EXHIBITION Moment in Time: A
Legacy of Photographs – Works from the Bank of America Collection GIG Dan Deacon There was a time when Dan Deacon was in our lives almost as much as The National or John Grant. The love affair was mutual and we fondly remember him and his human tunnels in Andrew’s Lane (2009) and splitting up the field on the Friday evening of Body and Soul (2015). But then he kind of disappeared. Or rather he went off and scored some soundtracks for cycling doc Time Trial and Rat Film which explored Baltimore’s complicated history (as told through the city’s rat infestation). Well he’s back with a new album Mystic Familiar (Domino) bringing more kaleidoscopic, synth-pop joy into our lives. Await instructions! The Grand Social, Friday January 31, €24 This truly is a roll call of the photographic greats – Brassaï, Lartigue, Cartier-Bresson, Man Ray, Adams, Stieglitz, Kertesz, Cameron, Lange, Evans and many more. Boasting of 117 works by some of the important, international, photographers dating from the invention of the medium in the 1830s through the mid-twentieth century, The Bank of America collection chronicles the history and evolution of photography as an art form and is grouped in sections such as documentary, people, nature and urban. It’s impossible not to be awed by the profound power of the medium as a witness to life or in its sheer abstract beauty. An extensive programme of talks, screenings and a podcast series accompanies the exhibition which includes photographer Eric Luke, whose work recently appeared on our Brand New Retro page, in conversation with Miriam O’Callaghan as well as Perry Ogden in discussion with Vogue’s creativedirector-at-large Grace Coddington. National Gallery until Sunday March 22, €5 / €15 Brassaï (Gyula Halász) (French, b. Hungary, 1899–1984) Couple au bal musette des Quatre-Saisons, Rue de Lappe, 1932, Bank of America Collection, © Estate of Brassai – RMN Grand Palais. Localisation: Paris, fonds Gilberte Brassai. Photo © RMN – Grand Palais / Brassai. FESTIVAL First Fortnight This annual festival focuses on an artful approach to mental health. Highlights range from Batman Needs a Break! (The Ark, Jan 11) in which multi-disciplinary artist Paul Timoney leads a creative workshop exploring when the caped crusader needs to cast off his worries and unwind (ages 5-12). Oisín McKenna’s acclaimed Admin (pictured, Smock Alley, Jan 7-11) returns after a successful stint in the Fringe festival. It explores thwarted dreams, an existential crisis and mindfulness techniques. There are few things more invigorating and restorative than a sea swim and one is planned for Jan 11 on Killiney Strand at 11am while poet Stephen James Smith returns with his Therapy Sessions (Jan 10 & 17, Workman’s Club) where he’ll be joined by music collaborators HamsandwicH and a host of spoken word and music performers. firstfortnight.ie GIG Isobel Campbell Belle & Sebastian founder member Isobel Campbell returns with her fifth solo album, There Is No Other. The record will be her first solo effort since 2006’s Milkwhite Sheets, and first album of any kind since her most recent Mark Lanegan collaboration, Hawk, in 2010. It wasn’t meant to be this way with the album recorded five years ago but held in a rights/ legal limbo after the closure of her former label. “It felt like I’d retired,” she says. “Or I was in prison. To be told I could not release the record completely broke me and I started questioning everything, feeling very reluctant and shying away from everything. But if you’re lucky to live long enough, there are always going to be peaks and troughs.” Time to welcome her back with open arms and loving ears. Liberty Hall, Saturday February 1, €22 Not quite in the same league as Kerri Chandler’s 12-hour set planned for Paddy’s Day but The Man with the Red Face can save some of his blushes by clocking in three hours tonight. Ironically, this year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Unreasonable Behaviour, his biggest cross-over success to date. Garnier keeps diversifying scoring film soundtracks, launching his own festival, Festival Yeah!, in France, raising €150k for his forthcoming film on the revolution of techno titled Laurent Garnier: Off The Record and creating a soundtrack for Electronic, an exhibition which aims to encapsulate the feeling of being in a club and highlights scenes across Detroit, Chicago, Paris, Berlin and the UK which launched in the London Design Museum on April 1. We’re blessed to have a few hours in his presence. Support on the night from local electronic music duo Moduse. Jam Park, Friday January 24, €25-35 76