Outputs (3)

Iris in, Iris out: Reflections on the production, exhibition and viewing of a bisected-eyeball hand-puppet (2022)
Journal Article

This article reflects upon my short visual recording Eyedrops: A Monoculogue (2021). It describes the thinking process of creative avoidance (both making something new, but recycling ideas and materials which already exist, both in the mind and close... Read More about Iris in, Iris out: Reflections on the production, exhibition and viewing of a bisected-eyeball hand-puppet.

‘An object of indecipherable bastardy – a real monster: Homosociality, homoeroticism and generic hybridity in dead man’s shoes’ (2013)
Book Chapter

This chapter explores Shane Meadows's approaches to genre, arguing that hybrid forms of film type are employed in order to underscore the elements of myth which are evident in his work. In particular, it looks at how evocations of the monster weave t... Read More about ‘An object of indecipherable bastardy – a real monster: Homosociality, homoeroticism and generic hybridity in dead man’s shoes’.

‘Craicing the safe: The gangster figure in Dublin cinema’ (2011)
Book Chapter

World Film Locations: Dublin offers an engaging look at the many incarnations of the city onscreen through 50 synopses of the key scenes – either shot or set in Dublin – accompanied by a generous selection of full-colour film stills. Sophisticated ye... Read More about ‘Craicing the safe: The gangster figure in Dublin cinema’.