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October 2007
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Halldór Ragnarsson
Names, part of Artisit?
I like words. Single words. Difference in meaning. Proper nouns. Nonsence. I like names. Your name. Words.

www.thisisthenextthing.com

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November 2007
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Tim Sullivan
Multimedia artist who lives and works in San Francisco, he received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2004.   Sullivan’s work has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the world including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Poland, and Berlin.
In Sullivan’s work he often casts himself in a series of staged performances/self portraits that often take the form of large color photographs, film, intervention or video.  His work examines issues of memory, the body, architecture, landscape,and sexuality: Using pop culture, personal history, art history and literature/folklore as raw material.

Endless Summer:  Galway project
I took the title Endless Summer from the groundbreaking 1966 surf film, in the film the director follows two pro surfers around the world searching for the perfect wave as the seasons change throughout the year “Endless Summer”.   Coming from California I thought it “Hospitable” to bring the stereotypical “Sunny California” to Ireland in the Winter.  in In my exhibition at Ard Bia Gallery, I will create an interactive virtual surf experience with the use of Blue Screen technology (not unlike that used by T.V. weather forcasters)  in the back of the gallery.  As participants “ride” the surf viewers in the front of the gallery will be able to watch a video projection of the action with blue screen superimposed “waves”.   I will also produce merchandise for the Surf Club, as well as related works that will inhabit the front of the gallery.