Live From Dublin: Who is that man?

ChristChurch Cathedral

This week’s episode of Live From Dublin brings you more sightseeing around the beautiful city of Dublin…walked around the Fishamble area to see ChristChurch Cathedral and St. Audeon’s Church, along with the area surrounding Merrion Square and saw Oscar Wilde’s statue. Visited more museums and galleries in the Temple Bar and College Green areas. There was a gorgeous exhibition created around the topic of childhood at the National Photographic Archive with the selected images ranging from the late 1800s up through the 1960s. Saw some contemporary portraiture at the Hyde Gallery before attending my art history lecture at Trinity.

I’m slowly getting to meet all of the designers and makers who make up the collective Project 51 and my flatmate, Sinead, has been so good about taking me round to her friends in town. For sure, it was a quieter week than last, but good for becoming more acquainted with P51, the people, and the space. I would say the biggest headline for the week might have been the “modern art” that was on display on South William Street. It caused quite a ruckus; the garda (Irish police) even came out.

The Jumper

For those of you following my picture posts on Facebook- pay attention because here is the answer to the question I posed…The art on display in the image is a statue of a man who looks like he’s about to jump from the roof of the building next door. Passers-by must have thought he was real and called emergency services. What was interesting was that the statue had been up there for at least a week or so and had only gotten that kind of attention till late this week. I guess it shows how often city-dwellers look up. The statue is down now so the excitement is over.