“Grá mór” [lots of love] on an electrical box in Ardmoulin Street. Artist unknown.
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Big Love, Belfast
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Apart
Abstract work by Without Matter (ig) for HTN2020.
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Nala Races The Bicycles
Nala bounds ahead so quickly that the bicycles seem to stand still. Work by Conor McClure (ig | web) for HTN2020.
Previously by McClure: Vaulty Towers | Head On | More Wolf Than Woman | Spring Wings | The Art Of Precious Scars | Walled Garden.
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Update February 2021: OMAK leaves his mark on Leo Boyd’s piece:
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City Song
Artist and screen-printer Shane O’Driscoll (ig | web) was in Belfast in September for HTN 2020. His Kent Street piece contains some of the same elements as in his ‘Sea Song’ piece for the New Light exhibition this summer.
Update Nov 7th: The local writers give their verdict by vandalising the piece/re-purposing the wall.
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Cultúr, Teanga, Comhphobaıl
“By night and by day, I ever, ever pray/While lonely my life flows on/To see our flag unfurled/And my true love [to] enfold/In the valley of Slievenamon.” The lyrics are the final lines of The Valley Of Slievenamon, written by Charles J Kickham “fenian, IRB, poet, novelist, author” and much loved in Tipperary. The heroic hurler, however, is Cú Chulainn (rather than the midlands’ Fıonn Mac Cumhaıll). Ardoyne Gaelic games club Cıceam Ard Eoın (tw | Fb) was founded in 1907, 25 years after Kickham’s death.
See previously: (2008) Ard Eoın Kickhams | (2015) The Heart Of Our Community one | two. Also Stronger Together.
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Quarantined Bodies
Illustrator and stained-glass artist Kerrie Hanna (ig| web) has been drawing a series of ‘quarantined bodies’ during, and inspired by, the pandemic lockdowns. For HTN 2020 she did a self-portrait – herself, partner Tiarnán and cat, all sharing the sofa.
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Don’t Burst My Bubble
“Who’s in your bubble?” Bubbles are back on everyone’s mind with the introduction on Friday (Oct. 16th) of new restrictions – bubbles are now limited to ten people from two households (NIExecutive) – and a two-week closure of schools. FGB (tw | ig | web) painted this work in Kent Street as part of a socially-distanced HTN 2020.
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The Machine Enslaves, The Hand Sets Free
The grey “machine” is encased in fluorescent colours in Rob Hilken’s (ig | web | Visual Arts Ireland) piece in Kent Street for HTN 2020.
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Dogs On The Street
R U OK?
Danni Simpson (ig) is looking out for your mental health, particularly under the pressure of the coronavirus pandemic. Painted in Kent Street for HTN 2020 organised by @seedheadarts and supported by @hennessy_ni.
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Extramural Activity 