A trailer for an Irish documentary exploring DIY culture and ideas is now up. The film is made by a group of young people with no previous film-making experience including Dylan from Hideaway House. It was made for Dublin Community TV. Ian MacKaye of Fugazi appears. Certainly looks interesting.
Next Monday the 15th, sees Heathers, Adebisi Shank, Find a Way and Ciaran Parnell play Hideaway House.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
Hi Niall
Cheers for that. The film is launching next Saturday 20th September in the IFI at 12pm. It’s free and all are welcome.
Here’s the synopsis:
“Roll Up Your Sleeves: The DIY Counterculture (27 mins)
The debut film from 21 year old Dylan Haskins and a group of his friends was two years in the making. The documentary is a colourful exploration of the phenomenon of ‘Do-It-Yourself’ counterculture from the starting point of his own group of friends and their local alternative community. The journey of discovery leads Haskins to drive a US folk punk band on their European tour and looks at the relationship between DIY ideology and european autonomous social centres. This is contrasted with the Seomra Spraoi social centre project in Dublin and the problems they face. Independent music features as a thread throughout the film.
Interviewees include Ian MacKaye of legendary alternative bands Fugazi and Minor Threat, Ellen Lupton, author of DIY: Design it Yourself and Curator of Contemporary Design at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, Ellie and Louise Macnamara of young irish band Heathers and members of long running Dutch experimental punk band The Ex.”