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The discussion will explore the relationship between Irish infrastructure, technology, and architectural production between 1916 to 2016. Image by Alice Clancy.

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Join us on Saturday, 10 October at 3pm for a discussion between Gary Farrelly (O.J.A.I.), Gary A. Boyd and John McLaughlin. Admission is free and no ticket is required. Boyd and McLaughlin curated, ‘Infra Éireann – Making Ireland Modern’ for Ireland at the Venice Biennale Architettura in 2014.

Grey steps lead up to a platform, a grid structure forming walls bisects the space. Transparent material sits within some of the grid's negative space, with drawings and photographs on the material.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 30/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who submitted to our open call for 'The Limerick Show'. The selection process is underway. We will be in touch with all applicants as soon as possible. Due to the high volume of applications, we ask for your patience during this time. Image by Jed Niezgoda.

An installation view of the 2024 edition of ‘The Limerick Show’. Two TV screens are in the centre of the image. In the background multiple artworks are hung on grey walls.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 24/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us last Friday for Culture Night. The exhibition ‘Alt-West / Alt-Thiar’ opened with a new performance by the Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.). The exhibition will run until 14 November. Images by Shane Vaughan.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 23/09/2026

Image caption: Detail of ‘Streaming From The Source, Rhythms of Resistance’, by Alanna O’Kellly, 2026. Image by Claudio Nego. Tickets are available on the Wexford Arts Centre website here: wexfordartscentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 23/09/2026

Join us on Saturday, 3 October at Wexford Arts Centre from 2–4pm for the closing event of the Wexford iteration of ‘Memory of a Free Festival’. The event is free, but booking is required.

A black and white image shows dark silhouettes of figures holding hands in a circle on top of a wall. Debris litters the ground and a car is to the bottom right of the image.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 16/09/2026

Reminder! Join us on Culture Night, this Friday, from 6-9pm for the exhibition preview of ‘Alt-West / Alt-Thiar’ by the Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.). The exhibition opens with a performance from 6.30–7.30pm. Admission is free and booking is not required.

The image depicts a map of Ireland and the UK. An orange arrow points to a spot in the republic of Ireland which is a dark blue colour, white text reads ‘Ireland’. The surrounding area of water is covered in orange stripes. At the bottom of the image in a grey box, dark grey text reads ‘Culmination Compression Phase’ and ‘Alt-West / Alt-Thiar -68 days’.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 11/09/2026

The centrepiece of the performance was a Buchla 200e analog modular synthesizer, designed by electronic music pioneer Don Buchla. Images by Shane Vaughan.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 11/09/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined us last Saturday for the closing of 'Energy Made Visible'. This afternoon of electronic music by Jürgen Simpson and Neil O’Connor was a response to the paintings of the late Michael Ashur.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 09/09/2026

‘Alt-West / Alt-Thiar’, is an exhibition by the Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.). The O.J.A.I. was founded in 2015 by Chris Dreier and Gary Farrelly. Design by Oisin Ralph. Images courtesy of O.J.A.I. Further information is available here: ormstonhouse.com/programme/al...

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Alt-West / Alt-Thiar - Ormston House

Ormston House is delighted to present Alt-West / Alt-Thiar, an exhibition by the Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.). The exhibition opens with a performance on Culture Night, Frid...

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 09/09/2026

Save the date! Ormston House warmly invites you to the exhibition preview of ‘Alt-West / Alt-Thiar’ on Culture Night, Friday, 18 September from 6-9pm. The exhibition opens with a performance from 6.30–7.30pm, and remains open until 9pm. Admission is free and booking is not required.

White text reads 'Alt. West//Alt, Thiar' at the top of the image on a background of a black and white image of several airplanes in an airport. Black text reads 'Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.).' on a white background.

Black text reads 'Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.).' on a white background at the top of the image. Black text reads '/ ALT. WEST / ALT. THIAR' at the bottom of the image. In the centre a black and white image depicts an office building, on the right corner black text reads 'Collector General Sarsfield House Limerick City'.

At the bottom of the image black text reads '18.09 – 14.11.2026 Ormston House' on an orange background. To the right a black and white image of a high-rise building, with many small glass windows.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 09/09/2026

Reminder! There is two weeks left to submit to 'The Limerick Show'. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, 23 September at 6pm. Images by Jed Niezgoda.

An installation view of the 2024 edition of ‘The Limerick Show’. In the background multiple artworks are hung on grey walls. Several multi-media artworks are installed to the right of the image.

Multiple drawings, paintings and sculptures are hung on a grey wall.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 04/09/2026

Born in 1950 and raised in Dublin, Michael Ashur commenced his studies at NCAD in the late 1960s. The visual novelty of Ashur’s paintings and their capacity to capture the eye and imagination were central to his success from the mid-1970s.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 03/09/2026

We want to thank everyone who joined us for Féile na Gréine, Limerick's festival of emerging and experimental music. Image credits: 1. Laya Meabhdh Kenny 2-7. Izabela Szczutkowska

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 03/09/2026

It’s been just over two weeks since we celebrated Ormston House turning 15. Special thanks to Féile na Gréine for helping us celebrate. We would like to express our gratitude to the performers Dylan Kerr & Weston Olencki, Linda Buckley, and Neil Ó Lochlainn’s Tlú Lín.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 02/09/2026

Reminder! Join us this Saturday, 5 September from 4-5pm to mark the closing of ‘Energy Made Visible’ where Jürgen Simpson and Neil O’Connor will respond to this exhibition with a live performance. Admission is free and booking is not necessary. Image courtesy of Jürgen Simpson and Neil O’Connor.

A close up detail of a modular synthesis machine. Showing an array of various colourful buttons, dials and wires.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 28/08/2026

While outer space has come to be regarded through the lens of science, it was traditionally viewed as the domain of the divine and ‘the heavens’. Muníz’s forms echo the hard-edged shapes seen in Michael Ashur’s paintings but also possess a ritualistic function. Images by Kate Bowe-O'Brien.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 28/08/2026

Thaís Muniz is an interdisciplinary artist and designer interested in the Afro-diasporic connections, identity, belonging and migration. For ‘Energy Made Visible’ Muníz’s has produced a series of geometric diagrams forged in iron.

To the left of the image a geometric iron sculpture sits on a white shelf against an off-white wall. An ornate pillar is in the centre of the image, and a large painting is to the right of the image.

A close-up detail of a geometric iron sculpture against an off-white wall. The shadow of the sculpture can be seen on the wall.

A circular iron sculpture, with arrows orientated in a clockwise direction hangs on an off-white wall. Several artworks can be seen in the background.

Two geometric sculptures made of iron sit on a white shelf against an off-white wall. Orixa tools from the collection of the artist made by Gilvan Barreto.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 26/08/2026

Image by Neil O’Connor. ‘Energy Made Visible’ is supported by the University of Limerick, Kildare County Council, and the Estate of Michael Ashur. Ormston House is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and Limerick Arts Office.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 26/08/2026

Join us on Saturday, 5 September for a special closing event for ‘Energy Made Visible’ from 4-5pm. Admission is free and no ticket is required. Jürgen Simpson and Neil O’Connor will respond to this exhibition with a live performance, using custom sequencing systems and modular synthesis.

A black and white image shows two hands operating a modular synthesis machine. It contains many buttons, dials, and wires.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 22/08/2026

Two weeks remain to see 'Energy Made Visible'. We would like to thank everyone who has come to see the exhibition so far. The exhibition is open Wednesday to Saturday, 12-6pm, until 5 September, 2026. Images by Kate Bowe-O'Brien.

An installation view of ‘Energy Made Visible’ at Ormston House. Several multi-media artworks are displayed in an off-white room with a grey floor.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 19/08/2026

Exhibition invites, catalogue entries and newspaper clippings from the 1980s and early 90s offer glimpses into an Irish art world that has all but vanished. Lynch’s accompanying essay reflects upon how Ashur’s initial success was intertwined with a modernising Ireland. Images by Kate Bowe-O'Brien.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 19/08/2026

‘Energy Made Visible’ is a group exhibition centred around the paintings of Michael Ashur (1950–2024). For this exhibition Sean Lynch has produced a pamphlet featuring reproductions of material from the Michael Ashur Artist File, found at the National Irish Visual Arts Library, N.C.A.D, Dublin.

A pamphlet has a variety of black and white newspaper clippings of the artist Michael Ashur and his paintings.

A black and white image of a painting is spread across two pages of a pamphlet, with the signature of Michael Ashur on the bottom right.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 19/08/2026

We thank all staff and volunteers past and present and all of the artists and contributors that have worked with us. Sincere gratitude also goes to all of our partners and funders, and to everyone who has shown support over the past 15 years. #OrmstonHouseAt15

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 19/08/2026

Ormston House is 15! On 16 August 2011, Ormston House launched its very first exhibition. Since then we have developed and delivered 125 exhibitions and projects, both on and off-site. We have produced over 520 multi-disciplinary events and collaborated with over 500 artists and practitioners.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 13/08/2026

The landscape in Healy’s animation evokes the boundless vistas of Ashur’s paintings but is, in fact, the artist's representation of the mechanics of the human brain. Images by Kate Bowe-O'Brien. ‘Energy Made Visible’ will run until 5 September, 2026.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 13/08/2026

Ann Maria Healy works with video, sculptural and textual form. With their luminous hues, subtly blended effects, and angular compositions, Michael Ashur’s paintings are the natural counterpart to Healy’s animation entitled ‘Gabhlán Gaoithe-Dara Sraith (Swift - Second Series)’.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 12/08/2026

On Tuesday 28 July, Phelan discussed ‘Energy Made Visible’ on Arena, on RTE Radio 1. The programme featured a live broadcast of an excerpt of Phelan’s new record. Listen back to the broadcast here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

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Art in Focus: Energy Made Visible

Artist Garrett Phelan discusses Energy Made Visible at Ormston House, sharing his response to the work of Dublin born artist, Michael Asher and the ideas behind the exhibition.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 12/08/2026

‘Energy Made Visible’ is a group exhibition centred around the paintings of Michael Ashur. Garrett Phelan has ‘translated’ a 1988 painting by Ashur into sound. Using image sonification technology, ‘Fragment of Orion’ has been converted into a soundscape, then pressed into a transparent vinyl record.

Several artworks are laid out in a vitrine. A red vinyl and seven drawings on lined paper sit on a grey background.

A series of multi-media artworks presented in Ormston House. A grey vitrine sits in the foreground of the image. Two artworks hang on an off-white wall in the background.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 07/08/2026

Featuring works by Orla Barry, Brian Duggan, and Alanna O’Kelly. Also including photos by Derek Speirs and original archival material produced by the Irish Anti Nuclear Movement. Image credits: 1. Derek Speirs, Carnsore Festival, 1979 2. Design by Bureau Bonanza. Hand symbol by William Finnie, 1978

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 07/08/2026

Reminder! On Saturday, 8 August from 2-4pm ‘Memory of a Free Festival’ will open at Wexford Arts Centre. Admission is free and all are welcome. ‘Memory of a Free Festival’ is a touring exhibition and event programme presented by Ormston House.

A black and white archival image depicts a festival crowd sitting inside a tent. The crowd is attending Carnsore Point anti-nuclear festival in Co. Wexford.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 05/08/2026

Dylan Kerr & Weston Olencki will perform at 12.15pm. Linda Buckley will perform at 1.15pm. Neil Ó Lochlainn’s Tlú Lín will perform at 2.15pm. The festival runs from 14–16 August. Please see Féile na Gréine’s website and social media for the full festival lineup.

Black text on a white background reads “Ormston House”, “12pm - 3pm”, “Dylan Kerr & Weston Olencki”, “Linda Buckley”, “Neil Ó Lochlainn's Tlú Lín”, “FÉILE NA GRÉINE”, and “SUNDAY 16 AUGUST”

Dylan Kerr and Weston Olencki perform using various instruments against a dark background, with a spotlight in the right corner.

Linda Buckley poses for a photograph, she has long dark hair and is wearing a black, lace top. She is against a background of trees.

A poster depicts an illustration of a hagstone on a stony landscape. Dark brown text reads “NEIL Ó LOCHLAINN’S TLÚ LÍN”, “EOGHAN Ó CEANNABHÁIN - VOICE”, “MUIREANN NÍ SHÉ - PIPES”, “ULTAN O’BRIEN - ALTO FIDDLE”, “CATHAL ROCHE - CLARINETS”, “NEIL Ó LOCHLAINN - FLUTE, BASS”, and “BRENDAN DOHERTY - DRUMS”.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 05/08/2026

Limerick’s independent, experimental festival Féile na Gréine returns for 2026, including three performances at Ormston House on Sunday, 16 August. Admission is free, no ticket is required but capacity will be limited.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 29/07/2026

We look forward to working with and supporting Angel over the next twelve months. The Artist Affiliate Scheme, previously the Artist-in-Residence Scheme, is a support mechanism for artists based in the Limerick region and is tailored to the needs of the individual artist. Image by Feá McCoy.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 29/07/2026

We are excited to announce that Angel Robinson has joined our Artist Affiliate Scheme, through our open call to graduates of L.SAD. Angel Isaac Robinson (b. 2004) is an artist living in Limerick City, Ireland.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 29/07/2026

Artworks will be selected by Ormston House and guest selector Kathy Prendergast. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, 23 September at 6pm. Further information is available on our website here: ormstonhouse.com/the-limerick...

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Open Call: The Limerick Show - Ormston House

Ormston House is seeking submissions to The Limerick Show through our free Membership Scheme for artists.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 29/07/2026

Ormston House is seeking submissions for 'The Limerick Show'. For this opportunity, we invite artist members originally from, studied, or based in Limerick city and county to propose existing artworks for a showcase exhibition running from December to early 2027 at Ormston House.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 24/07/2026

The exhibition will run to 3 October. Further information is available on Wexford Arts Centre website here: www.wexfordartscentre.ie/memory-of-a-... Design by Bureau Bonanza. Hand symbol based on 1978 design by William Finnie.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 24/07/2026

The next iteration of 'Memory of a Free Festival' will open in Wexford Arts Centre on Saturday, 8 August from 2-4pm, and will be joined by speaker Brendan Howlin, Chairperson of Wexford Arts Centre.

Orange text reads "MEMORY OF A FREE FESTIVAL", "WEXFORD ARTS CENTRE", and "8th August - 3rd October". The orange text is on a black background.

Orange text on the top of the image reads "Featuring", "Orla Barry", "Brain Duggan", "Alanna O'Kelly", "and Special Guests". Orange text on the bottom of the image reads "Photographs by", "Derek Spiers", "Archival footage by", "Ken Lynam". The orange text is on a black background.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 17/07/2026

Kathy Prendergast’s practice combines drawing, sculpture and installation. Her work explores a potent cluster of issues including power, identity, landscape, memory, geography, and family. Prendergast is a member of Aosdana and lives and works in London. Image courtesy of the artist.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 17/07/2026

We are delighted to announce that Kathy Prendergast will be our guest selector for the third edition of 'The Limerick Show'. The Limerick Show will run from December into early 2027. Full details on the open call will be announced in the coming weeks.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 16/07/2026

The exhibition is open Wednesday to Saturday, 12-6pm, until 5 September. ‘Energy Made Visible’ is supported by the University of Limerick, Kildare County Council, and the Estate of Michael Ashur. Ormston House is supported by the Arts Council and Limerick Arts Office. Images by Julie McLoughlin.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 16/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us last Friday for the preview of ‘Energy Made Visible’. ‘Energy Made Visible’, is a group exhibition centred around the paintings of Michael Ashur (1950–2024). Including contributions from Ann Maria Healy, Sean Lynch, Thaís Muniz, and Garrett Phelan.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 03/07/2026

Contributions from Ann Maria Healy, Sean Lynch, Thaís Muniz, and Garrett Phelan activate and expand on Ashur’s enigmatic paintings. ‘Energy Made Visible’ is supported by the University of Limerick, Kildare County Council, and the Estate of Michael Ashur. Image by Jed Niezgoda.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 03/07/2026

Reminder! Join us Friday, 10 July from 7-9pm for the preview of ‘Energy Made Visible’. Admission is free and all are welcome. ‘Energy Made Visible’ is a group exhibition centred around the paintings of Michael Ashur (1950–2024).

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 02/07/2026

With a background in Fine Art Photography from LSAD, her work is shaped by an interest in collaboration, community, and the cultural life of the city. Image by Julie McLoughlin

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 02/07/2026

Ormston House is delighted to welcome Laya Meabhdh Kenny to our team as Front of House Assistant. Laya has joined us through the Community Employment Scheme and is a photographer, filmmaker, and musician from Limerick.

Laya smiles at the camera. She has long dark curly hair and is wearing a blue cardigan and black jeans. She is posing with her hands on her hips.

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Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com · 26/06/2026

‘Energy Made Visible’, is a group exhibition centred around the paintings of Michael Ashur (1950–2024). Image caption: ‘Energy Made Visible’ is supported by the University of Limerick, Kildare County Council, and the Estate of Michael Ashur. Design by Ian Malone.

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