After taking a break from filming my Long Takes, focusing instead on other work, I decided to resume shooting my video series while in my hometown of Galway, Ireland. In fact, it seemed strange to me that this Long Take encounter with Irish artist Jennifer Cunningham should be the first one I filmed in the place where I grew up.

I found out about Jennifer’s exhibition while visiting the Facebook page of the Galway Arts Centre, where her new exhibition “Between Worlds,” was hosted. The exhibition was commissioned by the Baboró International Arts Festival for Children and Jennifer agreed to give me a tour of it.

During our Long Take, we got into some of the themes of her exhibition and the different materials, techniques and approaches she utilized in putting it together. Furthermore, Jennifer really opened up about the origins of her art career and some of her concerns about being an artist today.

For more information about Jennifer Cunningham and her work, visit her official website.

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In my previous video with pianist/composer Eric Pan, I had talked about how strange it is to me when people demolish buildings that have no need to be demolished. This tour of H33, which I filmed while in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, proved to be relevant to this topic.

On this video, I was in fact given a tour of the city’s fascinating Social Innovation Hub in Cluj-Napoca set up by Dan Clinci and Horea Manea of Urbannect Association. Our guide is visual artist Puiac Virgil. Along the way, we also meet Carmiina Tarean, Simion Răzvan and Iulia Mircean and more people who are just some of the colourful folks who occasionally inhabit this place.

As I walked round to see the different creative spaces, markets and exhibitions in the complex, I gradually find out that this space would soon be demolished and that this would encapsulate in part what I aim to do with my Long Take series: to document what will, at some point, no longer be there.

For more information on H33 visit their official Facebook page.

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During my short trip to Berlin, Germany, I was determined to meet and film a musician. A friend of mine hooked me up with Eric Pan, a pianist/composer who also works a lot within the jazz spectrum and lives between Berlin and New York.

I met Eric a day prior to filming and during our chat and walk around the city, I realized that this would be a fascinating entry in my Long Take series. The next day, he was kind enough to invite me to his new flat, which he had just moved into, to film this episode.

In this Long Take, Eric spoke to me candidly about such themes as inspiration and spirituality, also revealing something about his projects past, present and future. In the end, I was even able to convince him to play a few notes on his piano.

For more info on Eric Pan and his projects, visit his official website.

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This year, I was invited once again to the Transilvania International Film Festival in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. I covered the festival for FRED Film Radio and in the end, I decided to prolong my stay in the city to about a month.

In between interview, I met Cezar-Severus Tomoroga in the yard of one of my main internet locations. i fortuitously found out about him being a graphic designer and it didn’t take me long to realize that it might be interesting to meet up and chat with him about some of his unique ideas for one of my Long Takes.

In this video, he shares some of his unique viewpoints on the art of 3D printing. He also talks with me about the origin of his interests in art and some of the hardships that he has had to overcome as part of running his own business.

For more information about his work, visit the official Facebook page of his business, Petadroid Production.

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For years, I have been a vinyl aficionado but have sadly have had to cut down on buying records as a result of my current nomad lifestyle. While staying the beautiful city of Wroclaw, Poland, I came across a few vinyl record store, interested in seeing with my own eyes the exclusive releases that came out as part of this year’s Record Store Day.

One of the stores I came across was Winylove, which was located in a bookstore, in a charming location that reminded me of some type of fantastic treehouse. On this Long Take, DJ Creon, a well-known and award-winning music artist in Poland, gave me a tour of the place, which he co-runs with an associate.

While there were some communication barriers – his English was not perfect and my Polish was non-existant – it’s interesting to see us try to communicate through the language of music. And while there, I got to flick through some vinyls and find out something about the Polish music scene old and new.

For more information on Winylove in Wroclaw, Poland, visit their official Facebook page.