Basic Talks: Day Magee
Artist Day Magee discusses performance, psychonarrative and the body in time in this free Basic Talks lecture at TU Dublin.
For the months of October, November and December 2026, Hugh Lane Gallery & Basic Talks are delighted to have the Basic Talks programme hosted by the TU Dublin School of Art & Design, Grangegorman, Dublin 7.
Day Magee is an artist, performer, and writer based in Dublin. Their practice centres the body in time and space, interrogating the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and enact, encompassing religiosity, psychonarrative, and illness. This manifests in oratory performances posed as speculative speech acts, along with texts, installations and works across multimedia.
Their work has been commissioned by/appeared in: Project Arts Centre (2026); Luan Gallery (2026); Trouble Festival, Brussels (2025); the Hugh Lane Gallery (2023); Rua Red (2023); Pallas Projects/Studios (2022); and TULCA Festival (2019). Their interdisciplinary practice is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
Free, book or come on the day subject to availability.
Basic Talks is a series of talks with leading contemporary practitioners. Curated by Basic Space in partnership with Hugh Lane Gallery, BASIC TALKS is a platform for lectures, workshops, presentations, and performances. Speakers include artists, curators, writers, and critics who will generate discourse on producing, framing and exhibiting art.
BASIC TALKS is a collaboration between Basic Space and the Hugh Lane Gallery, exploring alternatives in the dissemination of contemporary art and its discourses.
Location: TU Dublin School of Art and Design is located in the East Quad building , Grangegorman campus, Dublin 7 (D07 XFF2).
The room that the talk is being held in is EQ 112. To find the room, go to East Quad reception and take the lift to the first floor. Turn right as you step out of the lift, go to the end of the corridor and turn left at the water fountain. EQ-112 is in front of you. Click her for map:
The building is served well by public transport with both the Luas Red Line (Smithfield stop) and the Luas Green line (Broadstone stop) close by. https://www.luas.ie/
Further information about getting to the campus can be found here: Grangegorman | Getting Here | TU Dublin
This talk is presented as part of our HLG Explore & Learn offsite programmes during the Gallery's period of temporary closure.
