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Tuesday 12pm - 6pm Wednesday 12pm - 6pm Thursday 12pm - 6pm Friday 12pm - 6pm Saturday 2pm - 6pm Sunday 2pm - 5pm

A4 Sounds, A4 Sounds, St Joseph's Parade, Upper Dorset Street, Dublin (2026)

06/05/2026

UNDERGROUND
by Kat Lalor

UNDERGROUND runs until May 24th 2026!!

Opening Times
Wed - Fri: 2pm - 7pm
Sat & Sun: 1pm - 6pm
Mon & Tue: Closed

Documentation: Images 1 - 4 by Bowe O'Brien Photography

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UNDERGROUND is a recognition and celebration of existence beneath the surface. Informed by Irish Vampiric Mythologies, this exhibition entangles underground cultures, Q***r infrastructures, and the quiet, regenerating presence of the vampire.

Paying homage to Drag as a resilient political power, the exhibition features a performative film set within soil; the living, renewing, connective tissue, humanised and tenderised by processes of decay. The film is visually led by a viscous green liquid, the source of infection, regeneration, and preservation amongst an ecosystem of underground vampires. As this liquid travels, it bathes and permeates the soil, flowing around, through, and between various vampiric bodies, each in a varying state of preservation, transformation, or euphoria. Holding reference to silent film, the work slowly renews, grows, and mutates temporally into an ode to Q***r Club and Ballroom scenes, the deep and unyielding roots of community, activism, and political resistance, collapsing Q***r time into a pulsing pool of immortality.

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Artist: Kat Lalor .va
Curator: Lisa Crowne .link
Assistant Curator: Indigo Woolfrey

_Artwork Credits_

UNDERGROUND Film
Written & Directed: .va
Videography: Rebecca Behan
Audio Technician: VUYO
Crew: Kaz Reynolds

Special Thanks: Imogen Hinojosa

MOUTHFUL OF STONES & UPSIDE DOWN
Vinyl Prints
Artist & Direction: .va
Photography: Rebecca Behan

MEMORIAL BURIAL BOUNDARY
Artist: Kat Lalor
Eden Munroe .va
Lisa Crowne
Indigo Woolfrey
Fionn Pluincéid

_Exhibition Team_

Installation Team
Dámhín McKeown
Fionn Pluincéid
Aideen Farrell
Richard Reep
Lucy Carrick

Documentation
Kate-Bowe O'Brien

Poster & Promotion
Kat Lalor
Lisa Crowne
Linda Kavanagh

UNDERGROUND is supported by

14/04/2026

UNDERGROUND | KAT LALOR
23rd April - 24 May 2026
A4 Sounds Gallery

Exhibition Opening: Thursday 23rd April, 7pm - 10pm

Link in Bio

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UNDERGROUND

UNDERGROUND is a recognition and celebration of existence beneath the surface. Informed by Irish Vampiric Mythologies, this exhibition entangles underground cultures, Q***r infrastructures, and the quiet, regenerating presence of the vampire.

Paying homage to Drag as a resilient political power, the exhibition features a performative film set within soil; the living, renewing, connective tissue, humanised and tenderised by processes of decay. The film is visually led by a viscous green liquid, the source of infection, regeneration, and preservation amongst an ecosystem of underground vampires. As this liquid travels, it bathes and permeates the soil, flowing around, through, and between various vampiric bodies, each in a varying state of preservation, transformation, or euphoria. Holding reference to silent film, the work slowly renews, grows, and mutates temporally into an ode to Q***r Club and Ballroom scenes, the deep and unyielding roots of community, activism, and political resistance, collapsing Q***r time into a pulsing pool of immortality.

KAT LALOR
Kat Lalor is a Q***r visual artist, generating a practice of worldbuilding through moving-image, performance and writing. They invoke their practice to interrogate constructed binary categories which limit the possibilities of Q***r intelligibility.

As someone existing between the gender binary, Kat’s practice acts as an explorative space for self-experimentation, perspective-switching, and speculative narrative building. They enact this by adapting Drag as a core methodology. Inspired by the writing of Renate Lorenz, Drag becomes a historical and political tool for symbiotic knowledge-making and knowledge-dismantling. With the performing body as the active site, Drag enables purposeful embodiments which can collapse the boundaries of truth/fiction, subjective/collective, and self/other.

Profile: .va

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UNDERGROUND forms part of our wider programme We Only Want the Earth.

WOWTE is supported by

21/03/2026

The Sea as a Witness: An Archaeological Memory

A three part film programme curated by Cindy Chehab

Part One: Sat 28th Mar @ 6pm

Emergency fundraiser in aid of displaced families in Beirut

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‘The Mediterranean is wilder than we think, it’s geological, it’s planetary.’
-Etel Adnan

The Sea as a Witness: An Archaeological Memory explores the sea as a site of memory, displacement, ecological crisis, and violent histories. Drawing from cinema across the Mediterranean, the programme positions the sea as both archive and witness, where sound, image, and motion carry stories that resist erasure.

In a moment marked by aggression and ethnic cleansing by the Israeli Government in Lebanon, Palestine, and Iran, this programme responds with urgency and political clarity. Across these regions, the sea has been militarized, to waters that have borne the weight of forced migration, fatalities, and ecological harm. The violence enacted upon bodies, human and nonhuman, along these shores and across maritime borders underscores a form of slow, systemic erasure that cinema can confront, contest, and document. The films gathered here insist that the sea must be understood as witness and as an active site of political meaning, where histories of violence are confronted.

The programme’s presentation in Dublin, a coastal city in Ireland, adds an urgent layer of reflection. Surrounded by the sea, Dublin’s geographical and historical positionality evokes questions of mobility, borders, exile, and the environmental and political forces that shape islands and coasts.

We come together to think collectively about the ties between the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic, and reflect about our own closeness to the sea, our position, as witness and participant. We invite the audience to imagine how memory, care, and solidarity can flow across waters and oceanic borders.

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Tickets

All proceeds from ticket sales and donations will go directly to relief efforts in Beirut.

Can't come but would like to support? You can purchase a solidarity ticket via our website!

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Full info on our website! We will be posting info about the films and artists over the next few days!

04/03/2026

MEMBER NEWS!

Opening Tonight! Member artists Aideen Farrell & Lucy Carrick are participating in the group exhibition Spring26 curated by at

Artist Profiles:
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Spring26
4th Mar - 2nd May 2026

Opening: Wednesday 04 Mar @ 7pm
Venue: Ground & First Floor Galleries, Draíocht

Curated by Aisling Prior, and featuring 26 emerging artists with a Fingal connection, part of a series of initiatives for artists to mark Draíocht’s 25th Birthday. The exhibition is the outcome of an competitive Open Call process for visual art graduates of the last four years (2022-2025) from recognised third-level art colleges across the island of Ireland and abroad, at BA, MA or PhD levels who are from, live in or work in Fingal; and for early career artists who are from, live in or work in Fingal.

The aim of the Exhibition is to support and celebrate the work of the selected artists while showcasing the breadth of work artists are engaged in, across the Fingal area. The work ranges across video, painting, sculpture, textiles, photography, drawing, print and installation.

Participating Artists:

Maria Atanacković | Maya Brezing | Lucy Carrick | Matthew Coll | Michael Shane Cox | Alex De Roeck | Aideen Farrell | Chris Forrester | Andrew Grace | Elizabeth Hogan | Uisce Jakubczyk | Sinead Kampff | Paula Leimane | Nathan Lowry | Nicole Manning | Justine McDonnell | James McLoughlin | S***a O’Farrell | Kerrie O’Leary | Eileen O’Sullivan | Jack Pierce | Eileen Leonard Sealy | Annette Treacy | Aoife Ward | Catherine Ward | Diarmuid Woodcock.

Information taken from website

20/02/2026

A4 MEMBER PROFILE!

ELLEN FAGAN

Ellen Fagan is an Irish Artist, Curator and Art Researcher whose work explores semiotics, folklore and social constructs. Working through photography, sculpture, film, and writing, her practice investigates surreal assemblages in the landscape, as well as the ritualistic use of objects and their social histories. Studying Fine Art Sculpture at the University of the Arts London and holding an M.Phil in the History of Art and Architecture from Trinity College Dublin, her practice in recent years has focused on socially engaged art. She is the co-founder of Self Care Craft Club () , a social craft initiative to tackle social isolation in communities.

Profile: .art

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Featured Images

Tall Tales, 2019. Images 2-5

Lost and Found Series, 2017-2025. Images 6-9
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Further Information

You can read more about Ellen’s work by visiting her profile linked above and via her profile on our website.

16/02/2026

Open Call: One Private Workspace Available!

€200 per month

Please apply via our website, link in bio or visit a4sounds.org/join-us
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One of our private workspaces will be available from Monday 16th March.

We are accepting applications until Monday 9th March.

We encourage anyone that is interested in making an application to visit our website and read about our studio, membership structure and supports offered.

Applications can be made directly through our website. Information you will need to make your application includes: a short bio, a short description about your practice and examples of your work (you can either link to your website or upload a pdf).
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About our Studio Membership

We aim to offer an affordable alternative to the traditional private artist studio, with additional access to a wide range of facilities & training, and professional development programme.

Studio artists have access to a wider range of facilities including:

Large Build Workshop
Ceramics Area
Print Area
Electronics Area
Textiles Area
Darkroom
Quiet Room & Small Library
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What kinds of artists are we looking for?

We welcome applications from artists working in a wide range of disciplines at all stages in their careers (recent graduates to established artists).

Applicants should be committed to the ongoing development of their practices.
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Other Membership Types

We offer tiered membership options at A4 Sounds to suit artists who may be on lower incomes or do not have a need for a dedicated workspace, but may need access to facilities, professional development supports and/or a community of peers.

Our Collective Membership is €20 per month and gives artists access to all our professional development supports which are delivered online, to a community of artists via our members forum and all member events and socials.

Our Studio Membership is €100 per month and gives artists access to all shared facilities and workspaces, as well as all supports offered through our collective membership.

You can also apply for these memberships via our website.

13/02/2026

MEMBER NEWS!

Studio artist Manuel McCarthy Valderrama is taking part in the upcoming group exhibition Past, Passing, or To Come opening 26th Feb at the Digital Hub.

Profile:

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Past, Passing, or To Come
26 Feb - 05 Mar 2026

Opening: Thursday 26th Feb @ 6pm
Venue: The Bank,

Past, Passing or To Come brings Cypriot artists into creative dialogue with artists living and working in Ireland. Participating artists are Christina Shiakola, Eliza Pieri, Mandalena Miltiadi, Manuel McCarthy Valderrama, and Vassilis Vassiliades.

Drawing inspiration from Sailing to Byzantium by W. B. Yeats, the exhibition explores themes of transcendence, memory, and the passage of time, reflecting on the human desire for continuity beyond material existence.

Positioned at Europe’s geographical margins, Cyprus and Ireland—two islands shaped by layered histories and cultural encounters—are brought into dialogue through artistic exchange.

22/01/2026

THE ROOKERY STORIES
Storytelling sessions with Hog & Dice

Tue 27th Jan | 6:30pm - 8:30pm(ish)

The collective noun for Rooks is a Storytelling, so it follows that the collective noun for Storytellers must be a Rookery. Storytellers at every level, from fledglings to old crows are invited to join our Rookery every month at A4 sounds to swap stories, develop their craft and find community in an inclusive and accessible environment that centres the q***r and the disabled. This tradition and this art was once the province of the marginalised, who now find ourselves excluded all too often, join us in reclaiming it.

Hog & Dice
Once described as being like “a lovely loaf of fresh baked bread served at a satanic orgy” Fáin is an oral storyteller with a multidisciplinary background who loves to discuss the bizarre, the subversive and the deviant while creating an atmosphere of comfort, safety and comradery. Fáin studied Irish Folklore at UCD, laboured in the story mines of The National Leprechaun Museum, and has produced various multi-media projects including podcasts, audio-dramas, Alternative Reality Games and video essays. Often involving weird little puppets.

Their influences include Growler, Tom Waits, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and the local crows.

Profile:

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Who is this event for?

Anyone who wants to listen to and/or learn and practice how to tell stories.

The event is open to all but prioritizes the comfort and needs of disabled and q***r folks. Attendees do not necessarily need to tell a story and are welcome to simply watch and listen if they wish.

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Want to tell a story?

Just come along! At the beginning of the event you can sign up to one of six available slots. A sign up sheet will be available at our front desk!

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Tickets & Access Info

Please visit our website for full information about the event and to book tickets.

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The Rookery Stories forms part of our We Only Want the Earth Programme.

WOWTE is supported by &

21/01/2026

I forgot anteaters exist is a series of info-dump sessions allowing us to learn about the world through the special interests of others. Each session invites someone new to come and share their knowledge on a topic of their choosing. It could be related to their usual area of expertise or it could be their current side-quest down the rabbit hole network.

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WEEK FOUR: EVOLUTION
with Jordy Smith

Fri 23rd Jan | 7:00pm - 9:00pm

The story of evolution is more than just gene flow, founder effects, and rates of substitution. This talk is about evolution as biological, social, and political phenomenon. This info dump should satisfy science and history fans alike. We will discuss the theories of evolution as they are understood today and dig into its historical origins, often tied to racist and colonial ideologies, all the while remembering that scientific facts are socially constructed and often wielded - or ignored - for political ends.

Jordy Smith
Jordy Smith is, amongst other things, a scientist who relishes any chance to shoehorn evolution into his work, or any conversation for that matter. Fortunately for him, this is normal in both his field and his majoritatively special-interest-holding social circles.

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Who is I forgot anteaters exist for?

The series is open to everyone who loves a good rabbit hole. It is an open informal platform to share knowledge and share in the joy of the interests of others.

Format
This is an experimental space and we will play with the format until the right fit emerges. Each week we will invite a guest speaker to tell us about their special interest. Following this there will be space for short 3-5 mins info dumps from anyone who wants to participate on the evening!

Please feel free to bring along your own snacks & refreshments.

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I forgot anteaters exist forms part of our We Only Want the Earth Programme.

WOWTE is supported by &

06/12/2025

UNCERTAIN ETHNOGRAPHERS: short films from Southeast Asia

Curated by Dini Adanurani & Bảo Hân

Fundraiser in aid of Southeast Asia Floods Relief

Thursday 11th Dec 2025 | 7:00pm - 9:30pm
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This program is a curated collection of short films by contemporary Southeast Asian artists, focusing on themes of colonialism, land, and the ethnographic gaze.
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Films

Letters from Panduranga by Nguyen Trinh Thi (35’, Vietnam, 2017)

A Tale of the Crocodile's Twin by Taufiqurrahman Kifu (18’, Indonesia, 2022)

Here We Are by Chanasorn Chaikitiporn (20’, Thailand, 2023)

To Pick A Flower by Shireen Seno (17’, Philippines, 2021)

Before the Sea Forgets by Lê Ngọc Duy (17', Vietnam, 2025) .lengoc_
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Schedule

7:00pm: Doors open. You are welcome to have some pre-chats and drinks in our heated garden area or get comfy in our gallery.

7:20pm: Film Screenings. Films will run for approx 1 hour 47 mins.

9:10pm: Garden Chats

Please note doors will close at 7:30pm to avoid disruptions to the screenings.
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Fundraiser

While the curators initially planned it to address the significant underrepresentation of Southeast Asian art in Dublin's cultural scene, its purpose has now become critically urgent. In direct response to the devastating natural disasters that have recently struck the Philippines, southern Thailand, central Vietnam, and western Indonesia, this event has been transformed into a fundraising initiative.
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Tickets & Donations

All income received from ticket sales will go directly to vetted relief efforts in these affected regions.

In addition, we encourage everyone who can to make an additional donation at the time of booking or on the night of the event to help raise as much funds as possible.

Can't attend but would love to support? Please purchase a solidarity ticket and/or make a donation via our website! Link in Bio.
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Further Information

Full information including event accessibility can be found on our website! Link in Bio

Curator Profiles: ,

This event forms part of our wider programme WOWTE, which is supported by &

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