RADICAL CLEANING

The fourth video vignette of the RADICAL SCIENCE series, directed by Oisin Byrne, starring Gary Farrelly in Pickering Forest, Ireland.

RADICAL SCIENCE - EMOTIONS

RTSN1 (Radio Tele-Service Neustern) is proud to introduce the second video vignette directed by Oisin Byrne and starring Gary Farrelly. Entitled Radical Science - Emotions, the material was written by Farrelly and Byrne. The piece was commissioned by RTSN on behalf of the government of Neustern as part of national mental health week.

Renate Muller, Riga.

FARRELLY AND BYRNE COLLABORATE ON NEW TELEVISION SHOW FOR BROADCAST IN NEUSTERN

(Above) Dinner Party Etiquette - A Radical Science(2011)

Artists Gary Farrelly and Oisin Byrne have been commissioned by Neustern's state broadcaster RTSN to create a time television series to be televised early in 2012. RTSN (Radio Television Service Neustern) has committed itself to an initial seven episode dispensation of the show entitled Radical Science which will fuse social etiquette, new sciences, cultural suggestion and decontaminated news information(s). The show will star Farrelly with Byrne working in an art direction and production capacity. The shows content is being written collaboratively. A pilot episode called APOCALYPSE Make-up tutorial aired on RTSN1 on November first this year and received extremely positive reviews in the domestic press. A second test episode entitled Dinner Party Etiquette - A radical Science is currently being shown on RTSN.

Gary Farrelly, Neustern.

APOCALYPSE MAKE-UP TUTORIAL

This video is a constructive beauty tool for the end of days period. It was made in a spirit of utmost seriousness. The video was inspired by the wonderful work done by The Divine David (David Hoyle). The was shot and composed at Pickering Forest by Oisin Byrne and the star is Gary Farrelly.

REVIEW: INHAUS BY OISIN BYRNE

(Above) INHAUS AS SEEN FROM ROBERT EMMET BRIDGE, www.oisinbyrne.com

INHAUS is a large scale drawing by artist Oisin Byrne which was specifically created for display in the windows of the Portobello Wharf apartment building at Robert Emmet Bridge on the banks of The Grand Canal. The drawing points outwards and is optimally viewed as a pedestrian or motorist. At night time high powered theatre spots inside the building illuminate the drawing through the paper creating a vast light box effect. Oisin Byrne succeeds in bringing art into the street without the usual embarrassing community art clichés. In fact the work looks like a vast salon painting hanging in the streetscape and puts one to wondering why we don’t hang beautiful things everywhere.

The assembled drawings, rendered in black ink describe an atmospheric, stately interior with carved heads on columns and portraits mounted on the walls. The carved heads almost exclusively depict youthful, idealized male visages. Byrne was recently on retreat in Norway and Scandinavian folk influences are evident. Other words that come to mind include; banqueting hall, Masonic lodge, log cabin and art nouveau. Meanwhile, highly arousing was the fish scale pattern that masterfully excites the brick work on the building exterior. A skilfully drafted vaulted ceiling strongly provokes a sense of Trompe-l'œil which is critical to the success of the artwork.

Byrnes current work plays with the idea of artworks as props and stage sets designs for a visually and spiritually enhanced reality. The work is idealistic in it’s unashamed commitment to beauty and the artist‘s idiosyncratic world view. Though Oisin Byrne is primarily a painter, in recent years a strong relational and sculptural tendency has emerged. Inhaus can be viewed from Robert Emmet Bridge until September 13th.

Gary Farrelly, Dublin