2008

July

Mercury Boy have moved around the corner, we are now sharing a building with the guys from Dialogue. Our new address is here. Work wise we are busy creating video for The irish Times, Cawley Nea and Brinkman Beverages. We are also perofmring visuals and a live audio visual set at the Electric Picnic. John has also been awaerded with a grant from Visual Artis Ireland for a new short film he is making with Jonny McCauley entitled "Turn it Off"

April

Mercury Boy are giving a workshop in video podcast production and distribution in the Project theatre on April 17th. More details here

March

TheBubble V2.0 has launched. Take a look and let us know what you think. Also 2 of Tim's short film scripts have been shortlisted for the Virtual Cinema scheme. You can also read a piece about Mercury Boy here in the Irish Times magazine.

February

We are delighted to announce that the Irish Times have come on board as our media partner for the production of TheBubble.ie. From March onwards video content from TheBubble will also appear on Ireland.Com

January

We are currently busy re-developing TheBubble.Ie and getting ready for it's relaunch in February. We have also been busy working on projects for the Temple Bar Trad Festival, Larionovo, Cybercom and Wildwave

2007

December

Tim and John have been busy working as assistant directors on Team Sleep, a short film funded by the Irish Film Board.

John has produced GW Bush's version of the John Lennon Christmas classic: Happy Xmas / War is over. You can see it here. Yoko Ono liked it so much that she sent John a Christmas video message, and she has also added it to her blog.

November

Mercury Boy have purchased a two year option on Paco Hayes’ script ‘Chancer’, previously developed by Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B. A full story is here. Our portfolio page has also been updated with 2 new videos, a video from Josh Ritter Live at Vicar Street, which we produced last year, and a video showcasing our audio visual installation which we developed for the opening of this year's fringe festival. You can see our portfolio here.

October

We will be speaking on a panel at the Cork Film Festival discussing new distribution opportunities for those making short film. We were also featured in the Irish Independent. Read the article here.

September

The Bubble has been nominated for best podcaster at the Irish Net Visionary Awards. Please Vote for us here !

After performing at the Electric Picnic we produced an Audio/Visual installation for the opening night of the Fringe Festival, which you can see here on the Bubble.

We have also been busy producing brand films for Ben & Jerry's, Jameson, The Irish Government and 3 Mobile.

August

Super busy producing content for the Electric Picnic and The Fringe Festival. Also The Bubble has gone from strength to strength and we are soon to launch a number of other video podcast shows. Watch this space!

July

We were recently interviewed in the Independent newspaper

We are doing some visuals at The Mantua Festival on July 14th

June

We have just secured a new office on Dame Street

Our weekly video podcast has gone from strength to strength, we have just covered the Darklight Festival.

We are also preparing some new visual concepts for the Mantua festival and the Electric Picnic

May

We have just launched our weekly podcast: "The Bubble".

April

We have been working on a TV advert for media company MNTWilson. Cal and Leon also produced a live audio visual performance for the Stasis Tailors Hall event in Dublin.

March

We are currently busy working on a number of viral-videos, projects that remain Top Secret. TBA!

February

John has been abroad, providing visuals for a touring show, featuring the world’s fastest dancer, James Devine, on his tour of Italy.

Leon and John produced a visual extravaganza for the Electric Shock electro-party. This event, in the TBMC, Dublin, featured acts Ellen Allien & I-F.

January

MercuryBoy delivered their documentary on the making of Dublin Bus’s four recent commercials. The commercials, produced by Toytown Films, are to be aired consecutively over the coming year.

2006

December

MercuryBoy produced and performed at the Studio Artois screening of the Matrix in the Mansion House, Dublin. This featured their collaboration with FutureShorts London, combining dance, set-design and audiovisual performance.

We also shot on location with Cawley NEA and Toytown Films, making the documentary for Dublin Bus.