Journal
A record of some of the things that are happening in my world, a bit like a diary or a blog. Often this consists of things that interest me or that are related in some way to something I am working on. I include links to some of my favourite music, video clips and art.
Live Webcam
03/03/10
Here is one of the locations to view the live webcam stream of the Miami to New York project.
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Mountain Grove
25/02/10
Fairyland in County Kilkenny. One of my favourite places to visit is Mountain Grove.
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Avatar
25/02/10
What a movie! Go to see it while it's in the cinema. Absolutely Incredible.
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Cat People
25/02/10
15 people squeezed in for the February screening of the Monday Ten Club. Cat People.
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Monday 10 club on RTE
09/02/10
RTE Radio 1's new arts and culture programme aired some coverage of our Monday 10 club on the 1st of February, 2010.
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Exhibition for Goal
09/02/10
Miranda and I are taking part in a group show in aid of Haiti.
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De La Salle 1949
03/02/10
A photograph from 1949 taken by Annie Brophy of De La Salle College in Waterford.
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Miami to New York
31/01/10
New Blog goes live for Miami to New York multi-media expedition.
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Monday 10 Club January
26/01/10
The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover by Peter Greenaway was my choice for the second screening of the Monday 10 Club in a plywood box in a factory.
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Miami to New York
23/01/10
A 30 hour, 1400 mile train journey from Miami to New York planned for March with my friend, Hy Mayerson.
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Monday 10 Club
07/01/10
The first screening of the Monday 10 Club took place on Monday, the 28th of December with Aguirre, The Wrath of God.
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Charles Taze Russell
26/12/09
Charles Taze Russell as Santa on the cover of the Jehovah's Witnesses magazine The Watchtower.
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Guinness on Fire
23/12/09
I captured the Guinness factory up in flames on a recent visit to Dublin.
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Isle of Man Windows
11/12/09
Window displays created on the Isle of Man for SCS Building Services.
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Isle of Man
11/12/09
Just back from an excursion to the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea with the brother in law John Cleary of Vintage ranges.
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BLINK video
07/12/09
I have created a new video entitled BLINK featuring my Drive by Shootings and a track by Digi-Scum called Gristle.
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Hy Mayerson
04/12/09
My recent digital portrait of Hy Mayerson was unleashed on an unsuspecting public today.
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Rear Projection Window Test
02/12/09
Outdoor Test; Rear Projection of my recent video 1000 Pictures of Waterford City onto my studio's front window.
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Artist Aliaksei Tserakhau
01/12/09
An incredible video created by Artist Aliaksei Tserakhau.
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1000 Pictures of Waterford City
27/11/09
Here is a Video I created using 1000 photographs that I took of the City today.
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JCC by JCC
27/10/09
John Cooper Clarke, the legendary Punk Poet recently performed in Waterford. Photo by John Charles Cleary.
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Article in The Irish Times
22/10/09
Lorna Siggins has written an article about Omey Island featuring my Map + Guide + DVD (and the creature)
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Wind, Rocks, Sea, Bird.
21/10/09
A picture taken today from the top of the cliffs on our site.
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Digital Cooker
17/10/09
I created this digital animation from a picture of a prototype cast iron door. This is the new design for Vintage Ranges, now made in Waterford. Designed by John Cleary. Vist the Vintage website HERE
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Connemara View Write-up
16/10/09
The October issue of Connemara View features a write-up on my Map + Guide + DVD.
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My Home on Omey Island
28/09/09
Three days in a tent on Omey Island with Starsky and Hutch.
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Omey DVD launch
28/09/09
Malachy King of Sweeney's Bar with me and Terry Minogue of the Claddaghduff Community Centre at the Launch of the Omey Island DVD.
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Omey DVD Screening
28/09/09
Here's the little poster I put together for the screening of my Omey Island DVD that took place in Sweeney's Bar, Claddaghduff last Friday 25th Sept, 2009.
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Country Festival
20/09/09
Tim and Hilary Harvey held a family festival at their home in the heart of Kilkenny's countryside.
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Omey Map in Galway Advertiser
10/09/09
Map + Guide + DVD featured in the Galway Advertiser under the headline Irelands best kept Secret now on DVD.
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Map + Guide + DVD launched
31/08/09
Just back from 4 days on Omey Island launching the Map + Guide + DVD. It's being
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Artworks featured in video
27/08/09
The You Tube version of Hy Mayerson's video of A.J. Croce's song Trouble in mind featuring my Artworks throughout.
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Omey Map featured in Cartophilia
26/08/09
My Omey Island Map has been featured in the wonderful Cartophilia Blog.
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Omey Map featured in The Mutation
10/08/09
My Map + Guide + DVD is featured as the lead article in the August issue of The Mutation, an irish art ezine.
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Artwork featured in Music Video
23/07/09
Hy Mayerson has just made a music Video for an AJ Croce song featuring my artwork.
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The Big Four Oh!
11/07/09
A portrait of me by Artist John O Connell that Miranda surprised me with on my recent 40th birthday.
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Spraoi in the Park
05/07/09
Today the Spraoi Parade took place in the Peoples Park, Waterford.
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Banksy does Bristol
03/07/09
And so do I ! A surprise trip to see Banksy versus Bristol Museum. What an exhibition.
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Omey Island Map + Guide + DVD
16/06/09
My Map of Omey Island is finally completed and I have produced a guide and DVD to go with it.
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Plan C
14/05/09
An architectural animation of our proposed home in Bunmahon, Co. Waterford. Created by Pethe Design Architectural Consultants.
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Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club
14/05/09
An absolutely incredible track from the new album by Jerry fish and the Mudbug Club.
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Sick in the Head
04/05/09
Spent a couple of days in bed with a buzz in my head. Learned how to paint on my iphone.
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24 Hours
27/04/09
Non stop 24 hours of recording Waterford and it's surroundings. Here's some of the photos.
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Moray Bresnihan Interview
19/04/09
The Impossibility of Perfection; An Interview I did with Moray Bresnihan, Artist, Collaborator, Founder of Mutant Space and The Mutation.
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Alan Bamberger Interview
19/04/09
An Interview I conducted with leading Art Expert Alan Bamberger.
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the Imaginairium
16/04/09
Here is the first ever visual representation of the Imaginairium, Philadelphia.
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Off to Dublin
08/04/09
My Dad and I went to Dublin yesterday to hand in some exhibition submissions.
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Drive by Shootings
29/03/09
Hopefully my next major exhibition will be; Drive by Shootings.
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Saltee Island Seal
19/03/09
Four Lads. A magical mystery tour. We made it to the Saltee Islands (and back!)
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Mosaic Bowl underway
09/03/09
I am making a mosaic bowl from old discarded broken cups and plates found in fields.
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Featured in Revolution Art Magazine
03/03/09
4 of my Photo Distortions are featured in the 'Love' issue of Revolution Art ezine.
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Dig published online.
27/02/09
My Dig theory was featured in the January edition of the Mutation Artzine.
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It's official! I've got letters after my name!
27/02/09
I've been accepted as a member of the IDI, Institute of Designers in Ireland.
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Join Mutant Space
19/02/09
Play, Create, Colaborate. Be part of Irelands best Independent Art Resource.
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Get Well Soon
12/02/09
Hope things are getting back to normal at Pethe Design after the invasion of the Conficker.
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RIP Martin Howley
31/01/09
Our neighbour Martin Howley died suddenly on Monday 26th January 2009 on the day that our newborn Alfie arrived home from hospital.
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Alfie's Arrival
27/01/09
Our 2nd child, Alfie, arrived at 10.19pm on the 22nd January 2009.
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Obama Inauguration
20/01/09
Over one million people witnessed the inauguration of Barack Obama in Washington today. Artwork, Shepard Fairey.
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River Sunset
16/01/09
A Lucky photoshoot. Perfect Timing. The Setting Sun and High Tide and 2 Swans. River Suir, Pollrone, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland.
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50 Forever
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08/01/09
An animated Gif that I created to mark the 50th Birthday of Artist Anthony Costine.
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Artworks featured in video
30/12/08
Artworks by Miranda and I are featured in this video produced by American film maker Hy Mayerson in 2005.
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Italian Street Artist BLU
16/12/08
2 videos of the Art of Blu. You have never seen anything like this before. Amazing.
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Sunrise Tree
16/12/08
My favourite recent photograph. Taken on an early morning walk across the fields.
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NSM PSM
16/12/08
Electronica from Mexico; NSM PSM. Their infectious track 'Clap your Brains off' which has an incredible video directed by Frank Beltrán.
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Carousel brings Optimism
08/12/08
Front page of The Munster Express, my daughter Matilda and my Dad Jim. Neither of them had ever been on a carousel before despite my Dad being the instigator of bringing the spectacle to town.
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Mosaics Featured
29/11/08
Two of my Mosaics have been featured in this year’s Mosaic Yearbook project.
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Album Release
26/11/08
Images from my Lost and Found exhibition have been used by New Zealand band Inverse Order for their debut album that has just been released.
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Carousel comes to Town
26/11/08
My Dads lifelong ambition to bring a Carousel to Waterford was fulfilled today.
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Treasure
26/11/08
My collection of found plate and cup remnants that will soon be used in an art mosaic.
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View from the Belfry
23/11/08
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to get some photographs from the top of the Belfry of Abbey Church across the river from the Waterford city.
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Album Cover Art
12/11/08
Images from Lost and Found are being used by New Zealand band Inverse Order for their forthcoming Album.
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The Lodge Restoration
12/11/08
New Architectural Project underway; I am Project co-ordinator for the restoration and extension of an historic gate lodge. Pethe design achieved planning permission on this sensitive project for a new modern 2 storey extension to the period building.
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Obama is elected
05/11/08
A Landslide victory for the Decocrats. Barack Obama has been elected President.
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An Emotional Fish
29/10/08
Time is on the Wall. A young Gerry Fish with a song that hasn't aged.
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Ugly Megan
28/10/08
Ugly Megan are a young and extremely talented band emerging from Waterford.
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Ali Helnwein
28/10/08
I'm not normally one for classical music but check this out. Faking it by Ali Helnwein.
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Steamboat Willie
26/10/08
One of the first ever cartoons with sound. The Legendary Steamboat Willie.
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DIG!
16/10/08
Here's my recipe for curing Artists Block. Soon to appear in the MUTATION Artzine.
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