THE POWER OF LOCAL
A festival of art and culture in Ennistymon, 4th – 7th August 2011
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THE POWER OF LOCAL, a celebratory festival organised by the Courthouse Gallery will take place over a period of four days, August 4th - 7th, in various venues in Ennistymon. The festival will present art, film, live-performance, food, music, video, panel discussions, an open-air market, outdoor screenings, open studios and artist talks exploring the rich complexities of the local and the trans-local.
The Festival which we have named “THE POWER OF LOCAL”, is a collection of events exploring the potential and possibilities of the power of local by bringing together a range of thinkers and makers, producers and artists, organisations and businesses from local, national and international contexts to consider some of these questions.
Invited contributors include the artist group Liquid (Estonia), Dr. Igor Calzada, Associate Researcher at the Center for Basque Studies-University of Nevada, Reno (USA), Outrider Artists (Ireland), Ground Up Artists Collective (Ireland), The Trans-Local Condition, a programme of international artist films curated by Fiona Woods (Ireland).
Everyone is local to somewhere; this festival is an opportunity to engage with the rich possibilities of ‘local’, to consider local as a way of taking action, producing culture and encountering difference in association with others. Everyone is included. Of course, irrespective of how ‘local’ an event, or festival of events may be, the power of the arts to transcend geographical, political and cultural boundaries and barriers is internationally recognised and accepted. This ‘power’ will be recognised and celebrated in Ennistymon, August 4th – 7th, 2011. The Festival THE POWER OF LOCAL is devised and directed by Trudi van der Elsen, curator/coordinator of the Courthouse Gallery.
General Program of the festival - All events are free
The festival is kindly sponsored by the Clare County Council.
Byrne’s Townhouse & Restaurant, Fitzpatrick’s Super Value, Hayes Print, Ennistymon.
-Thursday 4th Aug
8pm: Official Opening in the Courthouse Gallery by Senator Martin Conway.
8.30 pm: “Sunrise” A Life Performance by Sorge, (Margus Tiitsmaa) from the artist group Liquid.9pm: Ron Kavana, reading & singing from his book & box set “Irish Ways”, in Banner Books,
10pm: An outdoor film screening of “Seaside Stories” by Fergus Tighe in the Square, Ennistymon. (on Considine’s wall)
-Friday 5th Aug. - The Courthouse Gallery will host:
11- 5pm: The international exhibition “Liquid is everywhere” from the Estonian artist group Liquid.
11- 5pm: “The Translocal Condition”, a continuous screening programme of international artist films, curated by Fiona Woods. The Translocal Condition is made up of works by; Kultivator (SW), Herbologies/Foraging Networks (FI/LAT), Nina Nordstrom (FI), Gareth Kennedy (IRL), Wapke Feenstra (NL), Jennie Guy & Claire Behan (IRL), Ahmed Nabil (EGY), theweathergroup_U (AUS).
5pm: An artist talk by Gareth Kennedy, admission free, all welcome.
7pm: Official opening, In the Blue Frog Café of James Slevin’s new hand carved wooden objects.
-Saturday 6th Aug. - The Courthouse Gallery will host:
11- 5pm: The international exhibition “Liquid is everywhere” from the Estonian artist group Liquid.
11- 5pm: “The Translocal Condition”, a continuous screening programme of international artist films, curated by Fiona Woods.
11- 5pm: OPEN STUDIOS -The resident artists in the Courthouse Gallery; Jackie Askew, Michael Hanrahan, Ann Vaughan, Liz Moloney and Sara Foust welcome the public to see their work in progress.
5pm: PANEL DISCUSSION on The Power of Local in the Courthouse Gallery. All welcome to contribute.
IN THE STREET OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE GALLERY:
11- 5pm: OPEN AIR MARKET including local crafts, food, music and community information.
12- 5pm: MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT: Paddy Mulcahy, Edel Barry and special guests.
3pm: Poetry Reading from Majilla Culinane and Devon McNamara, presented by Jessie Lendennie of Salmon Poetry.
8 pm: In An Teach Bia, Maeve Collins and Marie Connole will collaborate on a participatory project based on Brian Merriman's “The Midnight Court”.
-Sunday 7th Aug. - The Courthouse Gallery will host:
11- 5pm: The international exhibition “Liquid is everywhere” from the Estonian artist group Liquid.
11- 5pm: “The Translocal Condition”, a continuous screening programme of international artist films, curated by Fiona Woods.
11- 5pm: OPEN STUDIOS - The resident artists in the Courthouse Gallery; Jackie Askew, Michael Hanrahan, Ann Vaughan, Liz Moloney and Sara Foust welcome the public to see their work in progress.
IN THE STREET OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE GALLERY:
11- 5pm: OPEN AIR MARKET including local crafts, food, music and community information.
12- 5pm: MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT: Paddy Mulcahy, Edel Barry and special guests.
STUDIO ARTISTS:
Jackie Askew will be showing work in her studio from The Counting Prophetess Exhibition.... work from Iceland .
Ann Vaughan will be showing 'Ar Aghaidh Linn!' ( Off We Go!)
This will be a series of Drawings/Sketches based on observations of people 'on the move', again from snapshots from the Prom in Lahinch, where it all happens!
Liz Moloney ‘Curious’: The inherent curiosity of animals and her immediate environment has influenced her recent work, photography and observational drawings often develop into finished pieces.
Michael Hanrahan: Will show his recent work including paintings of the local area and also work from his travels.
Sara Foust: ‘An Unreasonable Fear of Loss’ an installation of photography, paintings and other works dealing with memory.
As part of the festival there will be exhibitions, films and installations from various artists in venues around Ennistymon town:
Fiona O’Dwyer: Location: Byrnes Townhouse & Restaurant, Main St, Ennistymon.
”Shoes to collect the cheque in” (1,350 Used Stamps and Yes Glue)
Fiona O’Dwyer: WORTH… Work in progress by visual artist Fiona O¹Dwyer. Her work crosses a range of media including drawing, sound/video installation, sculpture, performance and print. Her practice increasingly references the cinematic, engaging with both the narrative content in, and the making of, film.
James Slevin: Location: the Blue Frog Café and Arts Venue, Ennistymon.
Hand carved wooden objects.
Opening: 7pm - Friday 5th August
Marianne Slevin: Location: Fitzpatrick’s (Old Super Value shop), Parliament St., Ennistymon.
"The Mycelium and Earth Regeneration Series": An exhibition of drawings on maps which are local to the Burren as well as other places. The works include text about the place and the time they were being made in Doolin.
Alexandra Rafferty: Location: OH LA LA, French Creperie.
2 Video pieces: “Ram Project” and “Inside Out”.
Vincent Wall: Location: Wall's Shop Window, Main Street, Ennistymon.
“Davorenia” - A Tribute to the T-Shirt Stylings of Michael Davoren.
Format: Multimedia Installation
Marie Hannon, Monica de Bath, Eimhin Hawes: Location: Tides Shop, Main St. Ennistymon
Marie Hannon’s practice is primarily concerned with the social environments and conditions that have a bearing on who we are as individuals and as a people.
Monica de Bath is currently exploring the complexities of stories that go beyond ideas of legal ownership and dig deep into a people's relationship with Land, with each other and the urgent need to make a living.
Eimhin Hawes: ‘The Horde’ is an installation work that explores the global problem of colony collapse disorder in honeybees.
Deirdre O’Mahony: Location: the local Ennistymon Post Office.
shows a video about the X-PO in Kilnaboy.
Maria Kerin: Location: Good Night In, Video Store, The Square, Ennistymon.
shows the video performance that she made on Raadi airport Tartu Estonia.
Also "The Price of Flour"- consisting of 50 unused Estonian paper flour bags will appear in shelves around the shops of Ennistymon. They were designed by Michael Walsh. The artist sees them as small artworks highlighting the price of flour at different times over the Estonian past.
Pauline Keena: Live performance on Main St. Ennistymon. Sunday 2pm
The human form is the most important subject for her. Using the body as metaphor for local she engages the language of stillness, silence and repetition to explore moments of transition from lostness to listening.
Fergus Cronin: Live performance in a public place in Ennistymon for 2 hours, Sat or Sun (or both) :
“I NEED TO BELONG”
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