Factotum

NI 100 Commemorative Plate, 2021

Both an arts organisation and artists’ project, Factotum was formed in 2001 by Stephen Hackett and Richard West. They publish The Vacuum a satirical newspaper featuring prestigious artists and writer which comments on cultural, social and political issues in Northern Ireland and beyond. Factotum also put son exhibitions, publishes books and makes films. In the past they have also run a choir, staged contemporary dance events and organised talks. In 2005 Factotum won a Paul Hamlyn Award for the Visual Arts and participated in Northern Ireland’s first showing in the Venice Biennale art exhibition. In 2007 they were selected for the Irish Curated Visual Arts Award by the artist Mike Nelson. Factotum’s work often involves collaborating with a wide range of other arts organisations, artists and writers.

NI 100 Commemorative Plate, 2021

Designed by Duncan Ross

Transfer print on ceramic

25.5cm diam

The Vacuum NI 100 Commemorative Edition

Published for the first time since 2014, this special edition of The Vacuum will be launched on Thursday 5 November at the Golden Thread Gallery as part of the Portrait of Northern Ireland: neither an elegy nor a manifesto exhibition.