Mural

The Mural Hunter and The Writing on the Wall…

Soapbox on December 19, 2015, 12:03 am | Readers 1645

By my estimates, there are around 500 to 600 murals of various shapes and sizes in Northern Ireland. Between 2008 and 2015, I visited and photographed around 400 of them, with just short of 200 of these photographs featuring in my book The Writing on the Wall: A Visual History of Northern Ireland’s Troubles, published in October 2015 by Bluecoat Press. I do not claim to have laid eyes on all the murals in Ireland, but Bill Rolston, Emeritus Professor at the …

The Writing on the Wall (Stuart Borthwick) – gable wall imagery & the history it portrays

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on December 19, 2015, 12:01 am | Readers 412

VIVID PICTURES from gable walls across Northern Ireland accompanied by intriguing notes and laid out in chronological order to map out how local history has been illustrated over the years.

POTD – Poster and mural

Moochin Photoman on May 21, 2011, 9:49 am | Readers 30

Poster to inform of a march tomorrow (Sunday 22nd) alongside one of two new (old style) murals at the junction of Dee St and the Newtownards road. Not sure that the murals would have been part of the Arts Council NI Re-Imaging Belfast initiative. Moochin PhotomanPhotographer and visual artist based in Belfast. I have facilitated community based workshops with groups as diverse as visually impaired individuals in Dungannn, Travellers across Northern Ireland, Young Offenders and many community groups across Belfast. …

POTD – Percy Street Mural

Moochin Photoman on April 15, 2011, 12:41 am | Readers 162

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Belfast Blitz when 200+ Luftwaffe bombers attacked the virtually defenceless Belfast resulting in the loss of over 900 lives. Moochin PhotomanPhotographer and visual artist based in Belfast. I have facilitated community based workshops with groups as diverse as visually impaired individuals in Dungannn, Travellers across Northern Ireland, Young Offenders and many community groups across Belfast. My work has exhibited extensively …