June 2012
5 posts
Orla Lou Mc Nally
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Cultural nostalgia is an emotion that can be evoked by reconnecting with cultural paraphernalia and imagery from a past context, triggering personal experiences and memories. It has been described as ‘a set of shared signs that can characterise an era’. Orla’s...
DIT Fine Art Graduate Show 2012 →
Notes by Ronan McCrea on my thesis!
Orla McNally. Cultural Nostalgia and Contemporary Art: Taking in the Trash
Orla’sthesis is centred in an interestof mash-up and scratch video artists of the 80s as well as more recent artistssuch as Cory Arcangel and Jacob Ciocci. The idea of appropriating popular visual culture from one’s childhood experience( TV, graphics, magazines, music, comics) is present in Orla’s studio work and is...
March 2012
20 posts
Artist Statement (march '12)
Artist Statement
Orla Mc Nally
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12th March 2012
Cultural nostalgia is an emotion that can be evoked by reconnecting with cultural paraphernalia and imagery from a past context, triggering personal experiences and memories. It has been described as ‘a set of shared signs that can characterise an era’. An important aspect of my practice is the reactionary feeling/emotion that the imagery...
Artwork photos - →
February 2011
7 posts
interview with Corey Arcangel. Obsolete becomes... →
Cultural Appropriation and the Arts By James O.... →
Cultural theory and popular culture: an... →
An introduction to theories of popular culture By... →
October 2010
2 posts
May 2010
7 posts
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April 2010
1 post
March 2010
4 posts
Solo Project - Storyboard
Overview:
THIS VIDEO WILL INCOPORATE THEMES THAT I AM EXPLORING IN MY INTERFACE PROJECT. THESE INCLUDE MEDIA MANIPULATION AND PROPEGANDA, CONSUMERISM, MATERIALISM, IMAGES OF THE SKY, CHAOS VS TRANQUILITY, AND THE IMPRESSIONABLE NATURE OF HUMANS.
STORYBOARD:
- Opening Shot: Long-shot of a person standing idle in a serene setting (section of a garden). Jump-cut to a mid shot. Temporal discontuity...
February 2010
6 posts
Match-Cutting
The term “match cut” refers to a type of cut in film editing. It is a smooth transition between scenes, often it gives a metaphorical meaning between two shots, relating the shots with a common meaning. It can sometimes be called a ‘metaphor cut’, for this reason. Within continuity editing, the match cut is a contrast with cross-cutting between actions in two different...
WatchDali & Disney - ‘Destino’
Destino is a short animated film released in 2003 by the Walt Disney company. Destino is unique in that it’s production originally began in 1945, 58 years before it’s eventual completion. The project was a collaboration between American Animator Walt Disney and Spanish Painter Salvador Dali, and features music written by Mexican songwriter...
