multi media art

Album Review: Icelandic Rock Band Mammút

Review of Mammút’s third album Komdu til mín svarta systir (loosely translated as “Come to my Black Sister”), 2013 An Icelandic Style As I sat in 12 Tonar, Reykjavik’s indie record store (and indie label, as it turns out), listening to the suggested bands on a blue Walkman mini-boombox, I noticed a trend. The vast […]

Do Travel Films Work? // Sundance Review

Last week, I attended the Sundance Film Festival. As you can imagine, I was particularly interested in films with a strong sense of place. Two of the films I chose to go see were 6 Desires: DH Lawrence and Sardinia and Things of the Aimless Wanderer. 6 DESIRES: DH LAWRENCE AND SARDINIA What intrigued me […]

Art Exhibition in Dublin

Sometimes, it’s the unplanned parts of your trip that have the most impact. In Dublin, I kept running into problems: museums and attractions were closed, the woman at the tourist office was rude, and the Guinness Storeroom was a letdown. But then I followed my instincts and wandered into this free exhibition at NCAD, the […]