Gareth Stack

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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • Coming Soon – The Wall in the Mind

    Our next series, ‘The Wall in the Mind’ is coming to Newstalk this April. Claire O’Hanlon, a young Irish woman, became caught up in the events sweeping East Berlin, just prior to the fall of the Berlin wall. Arrested at a pro-democracy protest, Claire and her friends were imprisoned by the East German secret police. Read more

  • Dead Medium Productions – Sound & Vision Application Examples

    April 7th is rapidly approaching. This is the deadline for the next BAI Sound & Vision Application round. As we’ve been lucky enough to receive funding a number of times over the past five years I’ve decided to share some of our recent applications. The hope is that they’ll serve as examples of a) the Read more

  • Freelance Forum Talk

    I’ll be speaking for a couple of hours tomorrow at the National Union of Journalists ‘Freelance Forum‘ for photographers and writers. I’ll be talking about my experiences applying for funding and producing work under the BAI’s Sound & Vision scheme. I’ll also be addressing serious issues with the scheme and funding reductions to the radio Read more

  • Spaghetti D*ck

    A man discovers a unique talent when he attends a support group for people suffering from unusual bodily problems. Just over a year ago, I went along to an event run by Dublin Filmmaking Collective Kino D. Kino Kabaret’s are weekend long filmmaking jamborees. Anyone no matter their level of experience can take part in Read more

  • Storytelling Through Sound – Course

    I’m teaching my first course in A4 Sounds, this coming February. The six week course, ‘Storytelling Through Sound’ won’t focus on sound engineering, but instead on exploring the role of sound in multimedia artistic practice. No experience necessary. Details below! Aimed at storytellers in all media, from writers to filmmakers. The goal of the class is Read more

  • Why Don’t You Make Someone a Mixtape?

    It seems like just a moment ago blogging was young, the web was exciting and the mix had slipped from tape and CD onto the internet. We downloaded mp3’s from blogs, livejournal and the hypemachine, and mixtapes were back in vogue, passed like notes in class. Notes that whispered of love, lust and the joyful Read more