CERBERUS
Cerberus is a performance collective of 3 artists – Deej Fabyc, Olivia Hassett, and Rachel Macmanus
Cerberus is written as the most terrifying creature in Greek mythology, capable of causing even the most courageous hero or warrior to flee. Positioned between our world and the netherworld, Cerberus guarded the gates that divided them so that no soul who had left the human world could return.
The three heads of the vigilant dog would sleep in turn. Thus, the beast was always awake and ready for danger. Though fierce in manner, Cerberus’ basic virtues of loyalty and devotion meant it will not abdicate its post under any circumstances.
As with Cerberus, we exist in the in-between liminal space, of this world, and the netherworld, neither in nor out of either, but at the edge of both, forever on duty as the gatekeepers. We are three individuals who join as one, bound together as the three heads – representing loyalty and vigilance, remarkable strength and ferocity. We perform as one unit that divides itself into three, then remoulds itself into one, always protecting, always awake, and always on guard.
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Based in Co Clare, Ireland, Rachel MacManus works through drawing, painting and performance.
Rachel holds a Masters in Fine Art, OCA (UCA) 2019 and a BA in Visual Communications,
NCAD 1997 She has exhibited and performed nationally and internationally since 2016
Rachel has co-facilitated Creative Circles, a monthly meeting for Clare based Creatives since 2021. She is runs Co. Clare based art collective Negative Space, who have painted over 40 public art works in Co Clare since 2022. In 2023 Rachel founded Here and Now; a performance art collective, and co-facilitates p(art)y Here and Now- a monthly participatoryperformance art event in Ennis. Co Clare. Rachel is a member of Visual Artists Ireland, BBeyond Live, Interface Inagh and LiveArt
Ireland.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rackmac/
Link to health based performance work:
https://rachelmacmanus.art/portfolio-items/rub-re-vision-performing-arts-festival-belfast/
Deej Fabyc’s work intricately weaves together performance, installation, photography, and video. Their oeuvre delves into the complexities of embodied experiences, touching on themes of neurodiversity, ageing, loss, and chronic illness through an innovative mapping of narratives that navigate through awkwardness and vulnerability, marking their presence on the international art scene since the 1980s. Since moving to Ireland in 2020 they have worked as director of Live Art Ireland, and performed at One Body at the Highlanes Gallery, in Rerooting Tallaght at Rua Red Gallery and the Here & Now festival. They recently directed and produced a collaborative grief walk in a bog -Portach Promenade, which is currently in production to become a feature length art film. https://www.fabyc.co.uk/index.php/body-agony-ecstacy/ instagram https://www.instagram.com/deej_fabyc_art/
Olivia Hassett is a Dublin-based artist who creates live art works and regularly collaborates with other performance artists and across disciplines. Working as an
artist in residence in Tallaght University Hospital and collaborating with scientistsin Trinity College Dublin over the past number of years has created a vibrant and
exciting framework for her exploration of notions relating to the politics and physiology of the human body. Over the past year Hassetts practice has focused on a deep exploration of how her body relates and responds to specific ancient Irish sites. Currently Hassett is
developing a series of solo performances and performative video works inresponse various Neolithic sites in Ireland.Olivia Hassett Curiosity arts and health Two year project in Tallaght University Hospital 2023-2025
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hassettolivia/
