New Media Artist

Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly

http://www.connolly-cleary.com/Home/News.html

http://www.mediaartnet.org/mediaartnet/

O'Brien, Paul. "New-Media Art: An Irish Context." Circa (2007): 34-39

• * They both studied architecture, but became interested in film after collaborating with Bernard Huet, an urban theorist. The two New Media artists have been working together since the 1980's.
  
  

• Cleary and Connolly focus their ideas on the effect of art related to daily life. They express these theories/studies with enticing and interactive film, which can be compared to Myron Kruger, who has contributed to New Media Art since 1969.
  
  

• The humor and simplicity of their work communicates with all ages and backgrounds

Quotes from the artists:

"Enforce our belief in a democratic form of Art as a significant cultural movement for our time."

"Our work develops laterally, often evolving rapidly and taking many forms, responding to the particular and individual needs of each project and context. This is in contrast with the current market driven artistic production which equates sell ability with recognizable style. We believe that art and culture should be at the service of society, and our work, despite its myriad forms of expression, is identifiable by a consistent presence of participative and collaborative principles, by an openness to new experiences and techniques, and by a consistent inquiry into social and cultural questions that are significant to our day."