Stereo JLG finissage at Oonagh Young Gallery Dublin

Concluding episode 7 of Stereo JLG at Oonagh Young Gallery, Dublin, 6 May

Christina Kennedy on ‘Stereo JLG / the editing of the trailer’

The next episode of Stereo JLG / the editing of the trailer will appear in the 24th April issue of the Irish Times.

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photos © Renato Ghiazza 2010

Introducing Stereo JLG/ the editing of the trailer

Stereo JLG / the editing of the trailer is a text- based artwork by Irish artist John Lalor, which is currently emerging within the pages of the Irish Times.  Characterised by black text on a red ground, the work is arranged in 7 episodes.  The pilot and the first episode appeared among the World News pages on 8th March, on the Bulletin page on 13th, another on the 27th March, with forthcoming episodes scheduled for the 10th and 24th April issues. The concluding episode will co–incide with an event at the Oonagh Young Gallery, Dublin on 6th May.

This is the latest iteration of a piece which the artist created 4 years ago, in response to a major exhibition at the Pompidou Centre, Paris, “Voyage(s) en Utopie, Jean-Luc Godard, 1946-2006. A la recherche d’un théorème perdu”, celebrating legendary Franco-Swiss filmmaker Jean- Luc Godard, where Godard in true fashion subverted the museum’s curatorial machine to render an event which itself defied any pre-digestion for its audience.  Lalor’s text grew out of that encounter, and flows along, unpunctuated, personal and authentic,  a spinning wheel of images and ideas.

Working within the organisational system of the Irish Times,  its language, format, house style – the siting of each episode depends on the sub-editor’s layout decisions. Modest in scale, it fits in and presents as a piece that can change itself and items around it. It is quietly radical. It re-shapes the landscape of the newspaper as it passes through.

John Lalor attended Limerick School of Art, Ireland. He lives and works in Paris since 1988 and has exhibited widely in both countries, most recently in Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin; Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris; Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin; and
 Glassbox, Paris, along with film-screenings
at SUB:URBAN, Rotterdam, La Fémis cinema in the context of ‘Pointligneplan’, Paris, Centre international d’art & du paysage, île de Vassivière; and Temporarycontemporary, London. He was an
active member and director of Glassbox, a pioneering artists-run space from 2004-07 in Paris.  John Lalor is currently working on the publication of a collection of his writings in English and French, entitled ‘Found in translation’, as well as as film project entitled ‘Un incident urbain’ (An urban incident) around French architect Dominique Perrault’s BNF building (the French National Library) and Marin Karmitz’ nearby MK2 independent cinema, featuring actor Jean-François Stévenin and André S. Labarthe (actor, critic, film producer and director).

John Lalor and  C/K Projects

Next episode will appear tomorrow in The Irish Times.