Mentored Residency at Live art Ireland In July 2024 we held a 10 day Mentored SUMMIT of performance exercises with a group of emerging, mid career and established performance artists from all over the globe. La Pocha Nostra (Guillermo Gomez Pena, Balitronica and Federico Tello)were keen to return after presenting a workshop for emeging artists
As an artist originally from West Coast of Ireland, Tina O’Connell has been living and working in Brixton, London, since completing both an MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art, London and a postgraduate degree at Les Beaux Art de Marseilles, France. Drawing on her agricultural background in rural Ireland, her early sculptures were developed whilst undertaking the
Lieselle McMahon is a visual artist living in Dublin, where she studied Music & Media Technologies at Trinity college dublin and Art&Design at CEAD at NCAD. Her practice is mainly sculptural, encompassing 2D, 3D installation, live art and sound sculpture. Drawing on the assertion that the personal is political, conceptual themes around feminism and anti-capitalism
Convergence Festival, 8th – 10th August 2025 Announcement of the artists, final selecton image Maja Zeco
/ Preservation and Loss: Writing (after) Performance The artists selected to participate in the Marilyn Arsem and Mark Leahy Residency and workshop which took place in June 2024 were Nichole Panneton, Rob La Frenais, Ann Conwy, Marianne Marcote, Alisa Alho, Deej Fabyc, Georgia Lale, Silke Michaels & Carlos Tejo. The durational performances are a response