Tag: Leszek Wolnik

Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM: Show 103 July 10 2013

That was quite a packed show! Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. I had chats with Jarlath from Swords who have just released their album ‘Lions and Gold’ and with Stephen from Raglans who have just signed to Cuckoo Records in the UK. I also caught up with Michael Conlon, Director of the Liberties Festival and with Leszek Wolnik of The Copperhouse Gallery about the ‘Propeller’ initiative which the run for Art students.

Here’s what happened:

1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
2. Chat with Jarlath from Swords
3. Swords: Lions and Gold
4. Chat with Michael Conlon of Liberties Festival
5. Lois and The Love: Eye of The Storm
6. Chat with Leszek Wolnik of The Copperhouse Gallery / Fire Design Studio
7. Ella Fitzgerald: Too Darn Hot (RAC Remix)
8. Chat with Stephen of Raglans
9. Raglans: Natives
10. Sound of System Breakdown: Neon Contrails

Thanks to all my guests and thanks to you for listening. Don’t forget you can listen to the full show again on the RTE Player. The show is broadcast every Wednesday at 1400 GMT and is repeated every Sunday at 2100 GMT. You can also subscribe to the Culture Cafe podcast on iTunes.

July 10, 2013
Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM: Leszek Wolnik – 10 Weeks

This is the second of this week’s podcasts. I decided that this deserved a full unedited piece in its own right, aside from the radio show.

The two exhibitions which are currently running in The Copperhouse Gallery compliment each other beautifully. Emma Campbell’s ‘When they put out their hands like scales’, is a photographic exhibition which deals with the plight of women who have had to travel to the UK from Ireland for abortions. Running in conjunction with that is ’10 Weeks’ by Leszek Wolnik, this is centred around the moulds used to make the ’10 weeks’ pin used as a pro life symbol. The exhibition also has a multimedia element to it with visitors about to write their thoughts and also leave audio clips of their experiences and the experiences of their friends.

Culture Cafe isn’t a political show, I don’t want it to be. I chose to look at these exhibitions because through art, they look at the journeys women make and continue to make, the loneliness of that time and it gives those affected, themselves or their friends a chance to express these feelings, through writing or audio, as themselves or anonymously. This podcast includes an audio piece submitted by Deirdre McGing.

February 20, 2013
Culture Cafe on RTE 2XM 20/2/2013: Show 83

This week’s show is literally full to the brim. I chatted with Emily Elphinstone about the Collaborations Festival, James from Manchester band Delphic and I also spoke to Leszek Wolnik about two exhibitions running in The Copperhouse Gallery in Dublin. 10 Weeks and ‘When they put out their hands like scales’ both deal with plight of women who have traveled to the UK from Ireland for abortions. I’ve decided that I should include that in a podcast of it’s own, you’ll find it here.

In this podcast, you’ll hear me chat to Emily and to James, here’s the full list of what happened:

1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
2. Chat with Emily Elphinstone about Collaborations Festival
3. Delpic: Baiya
4. Chat with James from Delphic (Part 1)
5. Delphic: Memo
6. Chat with James from Delphic (Part 2)
7. Delphic: Atlas
8. Audio Piece Submitted by Deirdre McGing to 10 Weeks
9. Chat with Leszek Wolnik (Part 1) about 10 Weeks and Emma Campbell’s When the put their hands out like scales.
10. Ani DiFranco: Amendment
11. Chat with Leszek Wolnik (Part 2)

I really hope you enjoyed this week’s show, personally I’m not sure there’s anywhere else I’d be able to put together such a diverse show as this. It’s days like today, I have to thank RTE 2XM for the platform they have given me.

Thanks for listening, don’t forget you can listen to the full show again on the RTE Player. The show is broadcast every Wednesday at 1400 GMT and is repeated every Sunday at 2100 GMT. You can also subscribe to the Culture Cafe podcast on iTunes.

February 20, 2013
Culture Cafe Show 48 podcast and Playlist: 20/06/2012

This week’s show was quite a diverse affair, theatre, classical music and the photographic art world were all looked at, I even managed to get some dark electro gothic punk music in there too!

Here’s the playlist:

1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads
2. Elevens: New Beginnings
3. The Pale: An Autograph for my Dad
4. Chat with Owen Roe about his roll in Glengarry Glen Ross at The Gate Theatre
5. Gaslight Anthem: 45
6. Calling All Astronauts: Winter of Discontent
7. Kopek: Love is Dead
8. Chat with Ivan Ilic
9. Ivan Ilic: Study Number 30 in F Major ‘Pastoral’
10. Leszek Wolnik speaking at the Propeller 2012 Exhibition Launch at the Copper House Gallery
11. Chat with Amy Hanrahan, winner of the Propeller 2012 award
12. Polica: Lay Your Cards Out
13. Niall Kelly: Your Worst Nightmare

Thanks for listening!

June 20, 2012