Flux Archives – The College View

Caravaggio painting has lived in the National Gallery of Ireland for 25 years

November 28, 2018

Unlike his artistic peers, he was an advocate of drawing straight on the canvas. He had no time for meticulous sketches of hands, feet or faces. This technique gives a sense of immediacy to his paintings.

Hudson Taylor “Feel it Again” at the Olympia

April 18, 2018

The show was a mixture of going from the old album to the new one and everyone who was either long-term fans or was new to their music didn’t take their eyes off them from start to finish.

Wild, Wild Country: a real life horror story

April 18, 2018

A small town called Antelope, closest to the site of the Rajneesh ranch becomes the focal point of conflict in this gripping six-episode docu-series that details charming Bhajwan Shree Rajneesh and his flamboyant followers.

This Summer’s sizzling hot festivals

April 18, 2018

Malahide Castle will host acts ranging from rock and roll to disco soul including LCD Soundsystem and Lykke Li on June 5th, Kodaline on June 8th, Gorillaz on June 9th, Liam Gallagher on June 15th and Nile Rodgers and Chic and Craig David on June 16th.

Love, Simon: The long overdue high-school movie we deserve

April 18, 2018

Ever come across a generic pop song that gets stuck in your head on a loop and stays there? You know there’s better songs, underappreciated musicians out there that deserve your time and ears. Nevertheless,

DCUDrama takes a stab at Sweeney Todd

April 18, 2018

The chorus were almost completely naked and covered in mud, blood and chalk for the entirety of the show.

Turntables and timetables: how student DJs work their craft

April 18, 2018

“I knew it would get in the way of a lot of things, especially college but it wasn’t even a decision for me, I was still going for it no matter what,”

Irish artists to look out for: Kevin Smith aka Kojaque

April 18, 2018

This approach to hip-hop goes against all the stereotypical misogyny and seemingly emotionless bravado that has come with the genre in the past.

Are phones ruining the concert experience?

April 18, 2018

Concerts are places where you go to forget about everything happening around you, embrace that moment because it’s one you’ll never experience again, no one concert will ever be the same as another.

Ricky Gervais provocative as ever in new Netflix special

April 18, 2018

At his best, Gervais feels like a working-class, pub philosopher that has somehow made it to the top. When he boasts about his luxurious home in Hampstead, it feels earned.

When is the pen mightier than the camera?

April 18, 2018

The main advantage of the novel is the fact that you aren’t merely witnessing the story and the emotions the characters are feeling onscreen, but you are experiencing them yourself. The novel encourages you to use your imagination, there’s no limit to how long a book can expand unlike a film that must be cut to stay concise.

“Take Your Pills” documentary focuses in on Adderall abuse

April 18, 2018

One is tempted to go on the dark web and purchase a few bottles of the pills themselves. Or even book a psychiatric appointment and fake their way to a nice, gift wrapped diagnosis and prescription. They make it seem so easy.

Divisive work of Emil Nolde at the National Art Gallery

April 18, 2018

Nolde had a fascination with dancers and the beautiful way in which they used their bodies as an artistic tool, this fascination is evident in the exhibition as a running theme as he daringly painted scenes of dancers performing at a cabaret or caught up in movement on stage.

An Insight into Dublin’s Underground Cultural Performance Circle

April 18, 2018

Amongst the Sessions many wonderful absurdities is the unspoken policy of silence when an act is on until a song, or bit, or piece is finished, a rule that not only works but adds to the intimacy of the performances because you can not hear the listeners.

The Weeknd mourns past relationships in new album

April 18, 2018

The 21-minute-long album is a breakup album, exploring the love and loss, where at times The Weeknd seems to be pleading for a chance to reignite a lost bond and at others simply acknowledging a loss and looking for blame to place.

Immortality, sex and violence: Altered Carbon’s first season

February 28, 2018

Based on a novel of the same name by the British Sci-fi writer Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon is Netflix’s latest science fiction series and is a visual spectacle for fans of the genre.

Review: The Snowman

November 1, 2017

Backlash against progressive Nordic feminism haunts every flake that falls on The Snowman as surely as it haunted the ancestral homes and unwelcoming streets of the Millennium films. More explicitly social-minded than its Swedish cousin,

Review: St. Vincent at The Olympia

November 1, 2017

Annie Clark tends not to bend the knee to convention. In her second of back-to-back sold out shows at the Olympia, she showcases her eccentricity and unloads a mammoth 90 minute set that examines the

Amazon bookstores dehumanise book buying

October 11, 2017

Amazon is a multi-billion-dollar company that has been around for over two decades. They stream music and TV shows, sell everything from cameras to Halloween costumes and have revolutionised reading with the kindle. They also

Extensions: Art Exhibition in aid of mental health

October 11, 2017

Fintan O’Byrne is an Irish artist who recently hosted an exhibition of his artwork in aid of Jigsaw, Ireland’s National Centre for Youth Mental Health. Jigsaw’s mission is to bring about significant change in how

Nintendo SNES Mini – The Lowdown

October 11, 2017

Not long after Nintendo’s NES Mini was released last year, the SNES Mini was confirmed. Boasting a library of 21 games, improved audio output and the inclusion of a second controller as standard, this new

Review: Red Hot Chili Peppers at the 3Arena

October 4, 2017

After a nine-month delay, Red Hot Chili Peppers took the 3Arena stage by storm for two sold-out concerts. Their original dates last December were postponed when frontman Anthony Kiedis was struck down by a flu,

DCU Drama’s ‘The Breakfast Club’

April 19, 2017

In the wake of DCU Drama winning Best Society, the society’s fifth and final show of the academic year had a big reputation to live up to. It did not disappoint. The second contemporary play

On Raglans’ road

October 12, 2016

How Mick Flannery rages against the capitalist ideal

October 12, 2016

“I’m just one person, I have to look after my own life. I can’t save this stuff… so I’m gonna have a pint,” Mick Flannery tells me over the hubbub in the Dame Tavern, reaching