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nuous Butwhent her ec entbl as tsofc oldai r

publ i
cationfor28y ear
snow;i tisthe blew awayt he f ripper yand l ef tus
magaz ine f or t he anal ys
is and near -nak ed,wehadt oas kour selves
promot ion of c ontemporary ar tin whatwewer e,i nes senc e,wor t
h.And
Ireland,andwehav enopl anst ogo thes ur prisi
ngans wer–s urprisi
ng
away .Butwedohav etoadaptt oour becaus eithasc omef rom unl i
kely
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rcums t
ances, and t he sour ces , inc l
udi ng many i n t he
choicet opr i
ntc heapl
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ackand busines swor ld,f r om ec onomi st
sand
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sa froms omei ngov er nment–i sthatour
throwbac ktot hev eryf i
rstissueof cult
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ned,undef inable ,c ontradictor y,
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ngit,we ’
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desan
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nv aluableover
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ewoft hef i
nanc i
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mportanceof
Perhaps t he mos t pos iti
ve, and the ar tst othe ec onomy oft he Republi
c of
hopefull
ymos tendur ingthi
ngt ocome Ireland.Seewww. artscouncil
.
ie
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re-assessmentoft he value oft he htt
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rca.
com
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cTigery ears,thearts barbara@r eci
rca.
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wereof tentreatedasanadd- on–a CIRCAar tmagaz i
ne
bitlik
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Phone( ifyouhappenedt ohaveone) . +35314429616

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 Circa has been i n c onti
nuous Butwhent her ec entbl as tsofc oldai r
publ i
cationfor28y ear
snow;i tisthe blew awayt he f ripper yand l ef tus
magaz ine f or t he anal ys
is and near -nak ed,wehadt oas kour selves
promot ion of c ontemporary ar tin whatwewer e,i nes senc e,wor t
h.And
Ireland,andwehav enopl anst ogo thes ur prisi
ngans wer–s urprisi
ng
away .Butwedohav etoadaptt oour becaus eithasc omef rom unl i
kely
changi ng c i
rcums t
ances, and t he sour ces , inc l
udi ng many i n t he
choicet opr i
ntc heapl
yi n bl
ackand busines swor ld,f r om ec onomi st
sand
white was our onl y opti
on.I t’
sa froms omei ngov er nment–i sthatour
throwbac ktot hev eryf i
rstissueof cult
ur e ex pres ses our ( admittedl y
Circa,whos edes i
gnwehav einpart undef i
ned,undef inable ,c ontradictor y,
copied her e
.May be i
nt he process
, content ious, mul tifaceted) es senc e,
withouts eeki
ngit,we ’
l
lac qui
res ome thatoures senc ei sourc ul
ture,and
radical chic. thatther estoft hewor lds eemst ol i
ke
ust hatway .Wi tht hist akeonc ulture
Tocompensatef
orthepr i
ntchanges, gradual lygai ni
ng gr ound,mor eand
wehav eonl
inei
mpr ovements.In mor e peopl es eem t o be get t
ing
parti
cul
ar,i
fyousubs cr
ibetotheprint behindt henot i
ont hatc utti
ngf undi ng

CIRCA orPDFv
als
mor
s
ev
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i
s
er
ogetan‘
s

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i
onoft
i
mages
stoac
hemagazi
c
ne
hismagaz
uppl
i
ney
ement
ou
’–l
ompanywhaty
,andinglori
ot
s
ou
ous
toc
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pr
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tur

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oni
dbet

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, bec
hegr

eat
aus
es
eat
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tas s
es

et
tf
ul
.
t
1
ol
ur
ly
al

a r t col
our. Government sgoverninunpr edi
c t
able
ways,andi twouldbeunder standable
It’
stimet othankours upporters,but i
ftheRepubl i
c’spresentgov ernment
i
t’shar dtoknowwher etobegin– fel
t utter
ly mi t
hered.We al lneed
m a g a zin e wi
t
thther
heunder
eader
taki
swhoul
ngwor t
ti
mat
hwhil
e
el
,wi
ymak
ththe
e gov
oni
er
t.
nmentf undi
Asweheadi
ng,butwec
nt
othenex
an’
tphas
trel
ei
y
n
twoAr tsCounc i
lswhof undusand 2010,we ar e mostl i
kel
y going to
whohav ebeenofgr eatsuppor t
,with thr
own bac k mor e on our own
our i ndivi
dual subs c
r i
bers whos e resources;thosearev eryri
ch.
suppor twec oul
dn’tdowi t
hout,with
our i nsti
tuti
onal subs cr
ibers who
mak ethemagaz ineavail
abletoalarge PeterFi
tz
geral
dist
heedi
torofCI
RCA
audience,orwi t
htheadv erti
serspas t artmagazi
ne
and pr esentwho hav e beli
eved in
whatwe ’
reupt o?
1
The I ndecon repor ttot he Ar t
s Counci
l
/An
Chomhai rleEalaí
on,j ustpublished,provi
desan
i
nv aluableover
v i
ewoft hef i
nanc i
ali
mportanceof
Perhaps t he mos t pos iti
ve, and the ar tst othe ec onomy oft he Republi
c of
hopefull
ymos tendur ingthi
ngt ocome Ireland.Seewww. artscouncil
.
ie
out of t he pres ent turmoili sa
re-assessmentoft he value oft he htt
p://www. reci
rca.
com
arts.IntheCelti
cTigery ears,thearts barbara@r eci
rca.
com
wereof tentreatedasanadd- on–a CIRCAar tmagaz i
ne
bitlik
e an app y ou’ds t
ickon y our ThePr i
ory,JohnSt r
eetWes
t,Dubl
i
n8
i
Phone( ifyouhappenedt ohaveone) . +35314429616

* *
 Circa has been i n c onti
nuous Butwhent her ec entbl as tsofc oldai r
publ i
cationfor28y ear
snow;i tisthe blew awayt he f ripper yand l ef tus
magaz ine f or t he anal ys
is and near -nak ed,wehadt oas kour selves
promot ion of c ontemporary ar tin whatwewer e,i nes senc e,wor t
h.And
Ireland,andwehav enopl anst ogo thes ur prisi
ngans wer–s urprisi
ng
away .Butwedohav etoadaptt oour becaus eithasc omef rom unl i
kely
changi ng c i
rcums t
ances, and t he sour ces , inc l
udi ng many i n t he
choicet opr i
ntc heapl
yi n bl
ackand busines swor ld,f r om ec onomi st
sand
white was our onl y opti
on.I t’
sa froms omei ngov er nment–i sthatour
throwbac ktot hev eryf i
rstissueof cult
ur e ex pres ses our ( admittedl y
Circa,whos edes i
gnwehav einpart undef i
ned,undef inable ,c ontradictor y,
copied her e
.May be i
nt he process
, content ious, mul tifaceted) es senc e,
withouts eeki
ngit,we ’
l
lac qui
res ome thatoures senc ei sourc ul
ture,and
radical chic. thatther estoft hewor lds eemst ol i
ke
ust hatway .Wi tht hist akeonc ulture
Tocompensatef
orthepr i
ntchanges, gradual lygai ni
ng gr ound,mor eand
wehav eonl
inei
mpr ovements.In mor e peopl es eem t o be get t
ing
parti
cul
ar,i
fyousubs cr
ibetotheprint behindt henot i
ont hatc utti
ngf undi ng

CIRCA orPDFv
als
mor
s
ev
eeint
i
s
er
ogetan‘
s

ual
i
onoft
i
mages
stoac
hemagazi
c
ne
hismagaz
uppl
i
ney
ement
ou
’–l
ompanywhaty
,andinglori
ot
s
ou
ous
toc
at t
pr
ul

oduc
tur

ti
ewoul
he moment
oni
dbet

sourgr
, bec
hegr

eat
aus
es
eat
e c
tas s
es

et
tf
ul
.
t
1
ol
ur
ly
al

a r t col
our. Government sgoverninunpr edi
c t
able
ways,andi twouldbeunder standable
It’
stimet othankours upporters,but i
ftheRepubl i
c’spresentgov ernment
i
t’shar dtoknowwher etobegin– fel
t utter
ly mi t
hered.We al lneed
m a g a zin e wi
t
thther
heunder
eader
taki
swhoul
ngwor t
ti
mat
hwhil
e
el
,wi
ymak
ththe
e gov
oni
er
t.
nmentf undi
Asweheadi
ng,butwec
nt
othenex
an’
tphas
trel
ei
y
n
twoAr tsCounc i
lswhof undusand 2010,we ar e mostl i
kel
y going to
whohav ebeenofgr eatsuppor t
,with thr
own bac k mor e on our own
our i ndivi
dual subs c
r i
bers whos e resources;thosearev eryri
ch.
suppor twec oul
dn’tdowi t
hout,with
our i nsti
tuti
onal subs cr
ibers who
mak ethemagaz ineavail
abletoalarge PeterFi
tz
geral
dist
heedi
torofCI
RCA
audience,orwi t
htheadv erti
serspas t artmagazi
ne
and pr esentwho hav e beli
eved in
whatwe ’
reupt o?
1
The I ndecon repor ttot he Ar t
s Counci
l
/An
Chomhai rleEalaí
on,j ustpublished,provi
desan
i
nv aluableover
v i
ewoft hef i
nanc i
ali
mportanceof
Perhaps t he mos t pos iti
ve, and the ar tst othe ec onomy oft he Republi
c of
hopefull
ymos tendur ingthi
ngt ocome Ireland.Seewww. artscouncil
.
ie
out of t he pres ent turmoili sa
re-assessmentoft he value oft he htt
p://www. reci
rca.
com
arts.IntheCelti
cTigery ears,thearts barbara@r eci
rca.
com
wereof tentreatedasanadd- on–a CIRCAar tmagaz i
ne
bitlik
e an app y ou’ds t
ickon y our ThePr i
ory,JohnSt r
eetWes
t,Dubl
i
n8
i
Phone( ifyouhappenedt ohaveone) . +35314429616

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