THE 2021 TULCA Festival of Visual Arts takes place from November 5 to 21, under the theme of ‘there’s nothing here but flesh and bone, there’s nothing more’, and curated by Eoin Dara.
This year's artists participating are Sophia Al-Maria, Claire Biddles, Renèe Helèna Browne, Miriam de Búrca, CAConrad, Mariah Garnett, Lauren Gault, Patrick Hough, Adrien Howard & K Patrick, Jasmine Johnson, Vishal Jugdeo & vqueeram, Stanya Kahn, Theodore Kerr, Sekai Machache, Mira Mattar, The Many Headed Hydra, Mícheál McCann, Tonya McMullan, Harun Morrison, Isobel Neviazsky, Laura Ní Fhlaibhín, Nisha Ramayya, Amanda Rice, and Jay G Ying.
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Of the 24 artistic presences within this year’s programme, 14 were invited and 10 were selected through the open call. Several of these voices will speak through letters and written correspondence which will be gathered together to form this year’s TULCA publication, as well as appear throughout Galway during the festival.
Exhibitions will take place in the An Post Gallery, Galway Arts Centre, Columban Hall, 126 Artist-Run Gallery, Nuns Island Theatre, and the Pálás Cinema.
'A profound experience'
“Working towards TULCA this year has been a profound experience for me so far, both professionally and personally,” said curator Eoin Dara, “not least due to the ongoing uncertainty that occupies so much of our collective thinking as we continue to move through the pandemic.
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“From corresponding with hundreds of artists through the open call process in spring, to then embarking on detailed conversations with this year’s contributors to shape the programme over the last six months, I have learned such a great deal and I’m honoured to have been able to develop these connections across a vast breadth of artistic practice in such peculiar circumstances.
“I feel immense gratitude and affection towards everyone involved in this year’s festival for allowing me to draw together their work in this way, and I am so looking forward to sharing all of it in Galway this November.”
For more information see www.tulca.ie
