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ROADMAP SHOTA KOTAKE Sad to hear of the passing o
f the much loved Japanese born artist Shota Kotake. Shota was the artist behind the Billy the Bowel Dublin Canvas mural, the mural in the dance area of the Opium and other works in the public domain including at Banyi Japanese dining. Amongst other projects, Shota also worked on the Gothic Arts Festival but is probably most famous for the Ted A Day project where he drew a picture from Father Ted every day for a year. This project received huge coverage at the time in the Guardian, Lovin Dublin, Comedy Central UK, Her.ie, Joe.ie and the Irish Daily Mirror. We offer our sincere condolences to all his family and friends. KINSHIP Produced in conjunction with Dorothy Cross’s newest artistic project, this book charts a unique journey, drawing in new writings from some of the best contemporary writers from around the world, who write on and around the themes of the Kinship project – migration, home, refuge, crisis and the process of return. This project was enacted in 2019 when Cross recalled a story of an Egyptian mummy that had been stored in the archives of the anatomy department at University College Cork for decades. The next step she needed to take seemed as natural to her as any of her work – the mummy and sarcophagus must be returned to its homeland. In beginning this act, and this journey, Cross set out to create an event across place and time, with music, literature and celebration – an act of kinship. The book features writing by Max Porter, Sonali Deraniyagala, President Michael D. Higgins, Rosemary Mahoney, Hisham Matar, Philippe Sands, and Ahdaf Soueif, among others, and is available to purchase. 6 Northside Rising Great to see one of our favourite bars – 1661 – opening a new cocktail bar on the site of one of our old favorites bars – The Sackville Lounge on Sackville Place. The crew behind 1661 promise to preserve the building’s heritage – it was rebuilt after the 1916 Rising – while specializing in Irish coffees and classic cocktails. The old Sackville Lounge was a nugget of the arty Northside set so it’s brilliant to see this happening.