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Issue 357 September 2019 www.gcn.ie FREE GCN Cove
r 357.indd 1 THE NORTH IS NEXT 20/08/2019 17:47 Damn right, it is! The time has come for our Northern pals to cross the threshold of selfdetermination and equality, a journey which we’ve made with two referenda. The North is Next is a very special live event collaboration between Gay Community News (GCN) and the Fringe Festival with performance, discussion and the launch of a bespoke zine publication. The zine is illustrated by the wonderful Soak, designed by GCN’s Dave Darcy (One Strong Arm) and printed in collaboration with OR Studio. The North is Next features submissions from journalist and author Una Mullally, playwright Stacey Gregg, poet Dawn Watson, playwright and activist Shannon Sickels, academic and activist Goretti Horgan and photographer and activist Emma Campbell. A live event, hosted by Ailbhe Smyth, will launch the publication. Project Arts Centre, Saturday September 7, 2-4pm ROADMAP Michael McDermott HARBOURING GOOD INTENTIONS It’s time to set sail for the South again as Sounds from a Safe Harbour moors in Cork for its third incarnation and offloads a slew of treats. Curated by Bryce & Aaron Dessner, Cillian Murphy, Enda Walsh and Mary Hickson; it’s bringing friends and dreamers to shore over five days. The festival finale will be a tribute to the late Mexican-American musician Lhasa de Self with contributions from artists performing at the festival such as Dustin O’Halloran and Leslie Feist. Many of these collaborations are spin-offs from 37d03d, the 2018 Berlin residency. Elsewhere, Efterklang make a long-awaited return, the gorgeous Jon Hopkins drops in to Dali for a DJ set and sir Was pops by the newly re-opened Kino on Washington Street. soundsfromasafeharbour.ie #SFSH19 AND WHAT’S MORE, IT’S IN COLOUR FROM WHERE THE HEART IS Skryne Time… who doesn’t want to lounge about and luxuriate in a five bedroom, four bathroom, three storey castle a mere 40 minutes from the city? Built around 1172 it is a few minutes from the Hill of Tara and the legendary O’Connell’s pub from the Guinness Christmas ad. Perfection. skrynecastle.ie 10 This time last year we featured Eddie Kenrick’s photozine The Punks and now he’s back with The Punks in Colour. Doing exactly what it says on the lid, it is a selection of punks shot by his trusty Olympus Trip 35mm camera. Not content with just documenting the scene, Kenrick is also bringing Australian indie/punk outfit Terry to town too. They “evoke not only the minimalism of classic post-punk, but also its intellectual edge,” according to Pitchfork, those trusty arbiters of taste. Local support is in the form of Extravision (post punk featuring members of Sissy) and Music City, a new power pop project. The Punks in Colour launches on Thursday September 5 at 7pm in Marrowbone Books. Terry play Drop Dead Twice on Francis Street on Friday September 6, €10 eddiekenrick.com/thepunksincolour “Owning property, of the scale we all dreamed of when young, or at all, isn’t a reality for a lot of people. but the longing and appreciation doesn’t go away,” says the foreword to From where the Heart is, a self-published photo book with short stories and observations by Bryan Hogan, Alia Harryson Lorgan, Sierra Grace, Edel Brady and Alex Sinclair along with design by Anne Moloney. It’s a ‘stop, pause, think’ about the predicament we are in and what future familiarity about our residential dwellings may look like. Its purpose is to “create a longing mood and lens to look at living space through which is appropriate for a lot of the modern generation in Ireland who are priced out of what they once thought would be their normal living conditions,” explains Hogan. Available in The Library Project, €15 or via bryanhoganphoto.com