DOING WHAT WE ARE TOLD MAKES US FREE

We are very pleased to announce Steven Staplton's first solo exhibition and accompanying 'Sleep Concert' at the Burren College of Art. Please see below for details :

‘DOING WHAT WE ARE TOLD MAKES US FREE’ 
May 4 – June 9, 2017
OPENING RECEPTION, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 6-8pm

Burren College of Art is pleased to host the first solo exhibition of works by Steven Stapleton. Internationally recognised through his pioneering experiments in sound with avant garde band Nurse With Wound, Steven is an acclaimed visual artist who has worked across multiple media. Doing What We Are Told Makes Us Free will bring together his work in collage, assemblage and painting in a dynamic gallery installation. As his first major solo exhibition, it will provide a rare opportunity to experience Stapleton’s multi dimensional approach to visual art, which compliments and expands his extensive body of work in sonic experimentation.

STEVEN STAPLETON | SLEEP CONCERT
Friday, May 5, 10.00pm – 9.00am
The Gallery | Burren College of Art
Tickets 35 euro

Steven will perform live for an 8-hour concert that will run throughout the night, manipulating and re-animating his own Nurse With Wound recordings in an avant-DJ somniloquy to shape and colour your dreams.  Audience members are requested to sleep over for the duration of the concert and inflatable beds and breakfast the following morning will be provided.