Frances Mezzetti & Joyce Garvey in residence April 2024 A collaborative project of performance art, sound, creative writing and film. A weave of consciousness exploring growth and decay both human and natural,in reference to the interdependence of humans, planet earth and its biotic parts.Drawing on the philosophy and writings of ancient China, the project explores […]
Dr. Lisa Newman is an artist, writer, curator and co-director/ founder of 2 Gyrlz Performative Arts, an artist-led presenting organization originally based in Portland, Oregon and now located in the West ofIreland. She received an MA in Performance and Cultural Location in Contemporary Europe from Dartington College of Art in Devon, UK in 2007 and a PhD […]
Katharine Paisley & Sinéad O’Donnell will be here in early November for a micro-residency SINÉAD O’DONNELL Sinéad O’Donnell (*1975,Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland). Her performance practice is contexual and she has made works across the globe, integrating her learning of new cultures with personal experience. Sinead uses her body to create works that reference the challenging experiences that […]
Artists Sue Smith, Kuldip Singh-Barmi (Cornwall UK) and Rita Marcalo (Cloughjordan, ROI) have been in residence with their project loosely titled – Dancing on the Edge. Instigated by ideas of precarity, precipice, futures and survival in communities (hyper-local and global), we are exploring new movements in environment-conscious dance practices. At this early stage the research […]
Mná Rógaire is an emerging collective of recent graduates. The Northwest-based group fuses the interdisciplinary practices of Samantha O’Reilly, Laura Grisard, and Rebecca Christina Devins. A responsive collaboration between the estate at Live Art Ireland and Mná Rógaire, unfolds as performance to camera costumed in John McNamara designs. Nourished by this home, wandering their corridors, […]