SIRIUS Summer School: day two (continuation). Carlos Garrido Castellano examines how art activism shares similar tools as those in decolonialist thought, and traces examples of practitioners emerging from the Global South, critiquing the Western vocabulary of "social practice."

SIRIUS Summer School: day three. gregory sholette discusses the position of the art worker through questions of individual/shared authorship, precarity, exploitation, and redundancy, and elaborates on topics of unionisation, artistic value, commodification, and class relationships.

SIRIUS Summer School: day four (morning). Georgia Perkins and myself look to examples of urban resistance and anti-gentrification projects as discussed in gregory sholette's book Delirium and Resistance.

SIRIUS Summer School: day four (afternoon). Colette Lewis and Marilyn Lennon discuss their practice in light of some of gregory sholette's ideas and notions, and provide examples of their work, including their ongoing project PLOT.

SIRIUS Summer School: day five. I present the notion of the “useful museum” based on my experience and dialogue with peers. I discuss curating as a civic practice, reclaimed from the neo-liberal regime and shaped as an intellectual activity committed to resistance to power.

SIRIUS Summer School's team: happy to be next to gregory sholette, Georgia Perkins and @qaideen. Thanks to all participants who contributed to the rich discussions. I look forward to planning next year's edition, hopefully contributing to further the debate about art's role in society.

Today at 5pm (Irish time): premiere of Karen Power's …on location…, a video compilation of six compositions from the human nature series, via a Zoom event featuring a pre-recorded performance and a live conversation between @karenpower and the musicians/performers.

Great visit to KCAT Arts Centre, where I engaged in a rich conversation with Fergus Fitzgerald after two years of online meetings. We talked about his work, sources of inspiration, and ambitions. This encounter was a unique opportunity to experience the vibrancy of his practice.

I am sharing my latest contribution to artforum (Critics' Pick), a review of Emily Hesse's solo show at @The_Tetley in Leeds. Such a powerful exhibition! It was an honour and a privilege to write this text. Follow this link to read it: artforum.com/picks/leeds.

In The Visual Artists' News Sheet, I have an interview with gregory sholette (co-conducted with @_GeorgiaPerkins) about his new book. Sholette: "I want to talk about activists taking up techniques of art to speak up. I’m also interested in artists infusing protest culture with art."

My interview with gregory sholette (co-conducted with @_GeorgiaPerkins) about his new book features in the latest issue of The Visual Artists' News Sheet, published by VisualArtistsIreland. A free copy is available at most Irish galleries and other organisations active in the field.

The new exhibition in the series that I am curating for @triskel_cork opens today, featuring recent and new works by Ofri Cnaani that explore the 'algorithmic turn', looking at the intersections of digital life, questions of touch/contactless and data management in e-capitalism.

An interesting article on marie brett's exhibition at Sirius Arts Centre by colette sheridan, outlining key ideas and plans about the project and, more broadly, the artist's practice.

I had the honour and privilege of hosting my friend and colleague Annie r is on mastadon at Sirius Arts Centre, for a conversation in the context of marie brett's exhibition. We discussed the show from a curatorial viewpoint and, more broadly, themes of curation, ethics and engagement.

I had the honour and privilege of hosting critic Chris Hayes at Sirius Arts Centre to conclude a series of events around marie brett's exhibition. His talk and our conversation engaged with questions of pre-Christian folklore, care and postcolonial anxiety in contemporary Irish art.

Partisan Social Club: Talk to the Land is an exhibition produced by Sirius Arts Centre that I curated. It explores themes of communing through the lenses of land use inspired by the writings of radical social reformer William Thompson. It was great to renew my dialogue with the artists.

The news of Emily Hesse's passing brought me and many others profound sadness. The world has lost a free spirit. As she once said, "In solidarity and in the hope of [a new] beginning"!

Artforum's obituary of Emily Hesse elucidates her distinct approach to art and life... News | Emily Hesse (1980–2022) artforum.com/news/emily-hes… @artforum

SIRIUS Winter residents are The White Pube. They are extending their research on the art world's infrastructure, potentially using examples from the local scene. Join me and @_GeorgiaPerkins for an exciting conversation with them at Sirius Arts Centre on Saturday, 10 December, at 2.30pm.