13/04/2026
All welcome to the NCAD Research Exhibition & Programme 2026 ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ปt, '๐๐'๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด' ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐. ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ขฬฒ,ฬฒ ฬฒ๐ทฬฒ๐บฬฒ ฬฒ๐ฐฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ ฬฒ๐ธฬฒ๐ถฬฒ๐ธฬฒ๐ผฬฒ,ฬฒ ฬฒ๐ทฬฒโฬฒ๐ทฬฒ.ฬฒ๐บฬฒ๐ปฬฒ๐ฟฬฒ๐ผฬฒ,ฬฒ ฬฒ๐ฝฬฒ๐ฒฬฒ๐ฐฬฒ๐ณฬฒ ฬฒ๐ถฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ขฬฒ.ฬฒ ฬฒ
๐๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ! ๐ก๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
Serving as a point of entry into the artistโs practice, this performance-lecture considers two commentaries on Conceptual Art and administration: โArt 1962โ1969: From the Aesthetic of Administration to the Critique of Institutionsโ by Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, and โPaperwork: Conceptual Art and the โPink-Collarโ Workerโ by Anna Lovatt. Harty notes, despite Conceptual Artโs much-discussed โaesthetic of administrationโ, this movement hasn't been extensively analysed in relation to the changing conditions of clerical work during the United States post-war period. By the 1960s, administrative labour had shifted from a white-collar to a โpink-collarโ profession, confounding earlier categorizations of labour and social class. Buchlohโs essay implicitly understands administrative work as the domain of the Professional Managerial Class (PMC), whereas Lovattโs engages the experience of the ordinary administrative worker. Harty responds to these propositions reflecting on the spaces of work of the cultural / artist worker, and will include screenings of her works': Irish Jobs for Irish Robots, 2017 (video, 4โ57โ), Tech Guy Spiel, 2022 (video, 8โ40โ), and SOB and Real Abstraction, 2021 (video, 5โ25โ - Catherine Harty/ John Thompson).
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐
๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ: www.ncad.ie/gallery-event/view/NCADResearchExhibitionProgramme2026
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๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ is a practising artist and member of the Cork Artists Collective. Her work includes drawing, painting, photography, video and performance.
In 2025, she co-curated Kieran McBrideโs performance piece, '37 Reasons To Be Blue' shown at Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, participated in Printmaking Stories in conjunction with The Translation & Creative Practice Cluster (UCC), and was commissioned by Enclave magazine to write on the work of artist Melanie Bonajo. In 2024, her film, 'On the roof of a Skyscraper' was screened at CineSalon as part of the Experimental Film Festival, Cork.
Catherine holds an MA in Fine Art Practice from Birmingham School of Art, an MA in Art in the Contemporary World (Theory) from NCAD, as well as a Post-graduate Diploma in Digital Humanities from UCC.