“This 50-foot woman loves Dublin city and wants it to stop being destroyed by capitalist greed and allow its culture, arts and community to flourish.”
Just a typical day in Dublin, another historical establishment, community space or beloved landmark being knocked down to make room for a hotel or luxury apartments.
I decided to pay homage to a classic B-movie poster and set it in Dublin. This 50-foot woman loves Dublin city and wants it to stop being destroyed by capitalist greed and allow its culture, arts and community to flourish. She rips out overpriced, unnecessary hotels and pulls out a wrecking-ball crane from the skyline. In her fury she steps into the Liffey by mistake – ruining her giant new shoes. A small price to pay for vengeance, but now she’s really mad.
I’m Karen Harte, an illustrator, comic creator and visual designer from Dublin. My illustrations focus on playful visual storytelling and are informed by finding joy in the everyday. Check out my work on Instagram at @karen.harte, and on my website www.karenharte.com.
Mel Keane took the stage Saturday as part of Dublin Digital Radio’s annual festival, Alternating Current, at The Complex.
Sculpting through assemblies of objects is the main aspect of his practice, he says. A scarecrow-like figure wearing a Mickey Mouse t-shirt, with cigarette butts, and a Madonna cassette, for example.
“Pitched as ‘avante hyperpop’, her music can sound like what Mariah Carey might cook up if she spent more hours hanging out in video arcades and reading radical literature.”
Filmmaker Sarah Share’s “The Graceless Age: The Ballad of John Murry” tells the story of the Mississippi-born musician, who is now living in Ireland.
