Six artists will create and perform works related to the theme of Performance Ecologies during a two day event in the Inagh Valley.
Curated by Áine Phillips and Alannah Robins, the event takes place in the unique environs at Interface, a visual artists’ workspace, from Saturday August 26 to Sunday August 27. selection of artists from Ireland, America and Sweden will respond to this unique local environment and create new forms and dimensions of relationship.
Eileen Hutton in The Microecologies of Derryclare Lough will conduct a series of workshops in and with the lake, using nets, waders, petri dishes and a stereo microscope. Participants will co-create an underwater-world installation using photo microscopic images.
A Fish in the Shape of a Voice by Day Magee will address the original function of the salmon hatchery and explore a symbolic germination and continuation of salmon at Interface. In this work, the salmon will persist as an idea to be experienced via the human body and expressed via words.
Noel Arrigan in Healing Point, will perform a durational piece on a bed of nails to promote healing in the body. He draws a relationship between the human body and the surrounding landscape in an ancient and mystical physical ritual.
Gustaf Broms will create a performative representation of the environment with its contrasts, beauty, cracks, poetry, and reflections in people.
Elizabeth Bleynat’s short film Polypropolyene II will be screened in which she performs a queer embodiment of environmental degradation and transforms the plastic detritus washed up on our Atlantic shores.
The award-winning collaborative Burren College of Art film project Coming Full Circle will also be screened. The artistic community of the Burren College engaged with the eminent UK walking artist Richard Long to performatively repair his Circle in Ireland 1974 at Doolin, Co. Clare.
Tadhg Ó Cuirrín will present I Hear Voices, and invite people to perform karaoke in one of the cavernous and echoing salmon tanks on site
All are welcome to join, The events are free, but ticketed, and can be booked via Eventbrite. More information, directions and booking at www.interfaceinagh.com
Interface is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland, with support from Galway County and City Councils, and Ealaín na Gaeltachta.
