"St. Moritz" 2006 (Irish) - - - portrait by Carli Davidson - - - "St. Moritz" 2006 (Irish)
Bridget Irish - - b. March 17th (Saint Patrick's Day), 1966
Lives and works in Olympia, Washington - United States
"Untitled" 2006 (photo assistance: B. Connolly)
moving image l performance l single frame
new projects l past projects
press
curating & teaching experience l education
published work l recordings l collections
current & upcoming shows and projects 2009:
*** Performing NIGHT ON DISCO MOUNTAIN ***
@ I Love You-The Spring Collection, curated by Missus Adams
Saturday - April 25th - 8pm-10pm - Tickets $10
Capitol Theater, Olympia
*** Performing HOT POTATO ***
12 Minutes Max @ On the Boards : Seattle
Sunday & Monday, April 26th & 27th, 7pm - Tickets $8
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previous shows and projects 2008:
You Have a Body: Fashion Variety Show
at the 25th Annual Olympia Film Festival
April 25th : Film + Performance : Seattle WA (venue tba)
part of the monthly FFFucken Series of film and music
curated by Eric Ostrowski
previous shows and projects 2007:
24th Annual Olympia Film Festival: Blatant Localism - Capitol Theater, Olympia WA
The Black Front Gallery, Olympia WA (video installation)
Sex Workers Art Show National Tour {Portland OR to Boston MA}
"Hot Potato" SWAS Tour 2007 (photo by Missus Adams)
previous shows and projects 2006:
23rd Annual Film Festival: Eye & Ear Tsunami (film+sound show) - Olympia Community Center
Radar Reading Series hosted by Michelle Tea - San Francisco Public Library (main branch)
pre-HAGG burlesque show: Les Royals Erotiques - Jake's, Olympia WA
Homoagogo Fashion Show: A Space Gaydyssey to Uranus and Beyond! (model for Missus Adams)
12th Annual Festival of Experimental Musics: ThunderEgg program (curated by Eric Ostrowski) - Yes Yes, Olympia WA
6th Annual X-Fest SLC (Sarah Lawrence College) - Bronxeville NY (guest filmmaker/performer)
previous shows and projects 2005:
November 11th -- ROCKRGRL MUSIC CONFERENCE (Seattle WA) -- with SECS!
SEPT 21st-25th -- TIE - THE INT'L EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA EXPOSITION (Denver CO)
performed new Super 8 film + live sound piece: S8K40@5&18
AUGUST 6th -- LADYFEST OUT WEST (Denver CO)
participated in an afternoon panel with fellow Ladyfest Olympia 2000 organizers - Allison Wolfe & Sarah Dougher
and presented a selection of my new & older short films & videos later that night
JULY 29th -- LADYFEST OLYMPIA -- with SECS!
JULY 16th -- LOCUST FUNDRAISER -- LoFi, Seattle WA
on-line project documentation
solo public art exhibition: TOLLBOOTH JUNCTION 11TH & BROADWAY
December 12, 2004 - January 29, 2005 @ ArtRod's Tollbooth Gallery
snapshot: vendor-WTC Subway Station 2004 (inkjet print 42"x54")
ArtRod Press Release
installation mentioned in Tacoma News Tribune article:
Art in Tacomas present links past with uncertain future
by Jen Graves
video stills from: TOLLBOOTH JUNCTION 11TH & BROADWAY
< subway rides l-r: Chicago / Boston / New York City >
published work:
FREE TO FIGHT! an interactive self defense project
(various contributors / book & vinyl lp) - Candy Ass Records 1994-95, Portland OR / dist. by Revolver USA
Chelsea Hotel: A Magazine for the Arts, Volume 6, 2.Hj.94
Eggingen 1994 (Freiburg Germany) ISSN 0940-2306 / ISBN 3-86142-029-5
Good to Go: Short Stories West Coast Style (edited by Deran Ludd, Alice Wheeler & Jim Jones)
Zero Hour 1994 (Seattle WA) ISBN 0-9638594-0-4
self-published zerox books:
Boneless: notes for a secret meating (2002) : cut-outs from the Sunday newspaper collaged into single-panel narratives (16 pages, color)
Motel (1992) : excerpts from a Super 8 motel staff logbook (10 pages, b&w, text only)
My Harlequin Romance (1991) : an anecdotal index of encounters & ex-lovers (100 pages, b&w, illustrated)
recordings:
"ENLIGHTENMENT" (10" compilation vinyl lp) - Soledad 1997, Olympia WA
featuring Thrones, Spaceboy, Lice, and Toadliquor
{ with LICE: lead vocals & lyrics }
C4AM95 III (aka The Champs / 2-record vinyl lp) - Frenetic Records 1997, San Francisco CA
{ vocals on song: On Seas of Sorrow Sail Death's Ships }
THE SLATTERNLIES (cassette) - Bumpidee 1995, Olympia WA
{ lead vocals & lyrics }
collections:
Women in the Director's Chair - Chicago, IL - - { video: Nude Ascending Staircase }
Experience Music Project Archives - Seattle, WA - - { performance documentation: Period Piece/Blow }
The Lamm Family - - { found object assemblage: In My Father's Shoes }
The Aguirre Family - - { drawing }
Bridget Irish
P.O. Box 2372
Olympia WA 98507
united states
bridget_irish@riseup.net
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