Projects

A=Aght   
Project by artist Jackie Sumell as part of the In Context 3 programme, South Dublin.

After  
Artist led public art project, Leitrim, 2008

Art is Good for You   
Bluetooth project in Thomas Street, Dublin by artist Saoirse Higgins

ArtTrail
An annual festival that facilitates and supports site-specific and site-responsive projects in the Cork City area

Askeaton Contemporary Arts
Annual programme of contemporary visual art in Askeaton, County Limerick, Ireland.

Atlas of Cavan

Project by architects in residence Orla Murphy and Dermot McCabe's as part of Cavan Reimagined.

Aughty Walk: Rural Futures
Project by artist Emma Houlihan - a week long hike through the Aughty region in Co. Clare and Galway that took place from August 23 - 28, 2010

Commonage
Project in Callan, Co. Kilkenny exploring notions of community in contemporary rural Ireland. Curated by Jo Anne Butler, Tara Kennedy and Rosie Lynch.

Farmfilm
Collaborative film project led by artist and filmmaker Katie Lincoln with young people from Belvedere Youth Club

Folk Forms
Website for ongoing project by artist Vladimir Arkhipov - the Post Folk Archive

Hotel Ballymun
From 31st of March to the 27th of April 2007, one of the last remaining tower blocks in Ballymun, Dublin, opened its doors to the public in the form of a unique short stay hotel.

In Context 3
South Dublin County Council's Per Cent for Art programme 2006-2009

The International Guerrilla Video Festival
A mobile festival integrating video art with the urban and social environment

The Kitchen Sessions

A public art project by artist Michael Fortune, commissioned by Galway City Council through the Per Cent for Art Programme.

Lives of Spaces
  
Ireland's participation in Architectural Biennale 08

[murmur]

[murmur] is an audio documentary which collected and presented stories and personal memories about Docklands from older people as part of the Bealtaine festival.

New Sites New Fields

An ongoing arts and landscape research project developed at the Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Co. Leitrim, Ireland.

One Day Sculpture  
Commissioned series of temporary, place-based public artworks in New Zealand

Out of Site

Curated by artist Michelle Browne, Out of Site is a programme of live art that provides a platform for artists to create innovative new performative work in public spaces.

Preponderance of the Small

Douglas Hyde Gallery off-site project, Trinity College, Dublin

Rapture Heap

Public art project by artist Eilis McDonald that centres around the occupation of one of Dublin's many empty retail spaces.

Section 8

A versatile mobile space which takes the form of a converted van. This mobile space was developed as part of a long term project by What's the Story? Collective

S.L.A.M!
Sligo Local Artists Movement blog

The Space Shuttle
A multifunctional structure for interdisciplinary artists/initiatives and (community) organizations to use as a platform for urban creativity and social interaction.

Sweet Futures
A project by Sarah Browne looking at land-use, consumption, happiness, and locality around the axis of the sugar industry both in Carlow and internationally.

Switch

Initiative based in North Tipperary which aims to promote and show contemporary
visual art in a public context

Tactic 
A cross-national laboratory for tactical art making

Transitopia

A public art project created specifically for Naas town Co. Kildare, Ireland

The Tree Museum
A public art project by artist Katie Holten, commissioned by the Bronx Museum, New York.

Trespass

Collaborative project between artists Aoife Desmond and Seoidin O'Sullivan

Vital Signs
A programme of arts and health events that took place in Dublin in October 2009.

Walking Silvermines
A public artwork by artist Fiona Woods resulting from her time as visual-artist-in-residence in North Tipperary, Ireland

What If
Programme by Cork Community Art Link dedicated to creative research, exploration and project development relating to urban public space.

X-PO
Project by artist Deirdre O'Mahony reactivating the Kilnaboy post office, Clare as a public meeting point and cultural exchange.

Focus On

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'Harbouring'

Commissioned in 2008, Harbouring by composer Ian Wilson, was the fifth Per Cent for Art music commission undertaken by Wexford County Council since its inaugural project in 2004.

Wilson's Harbouring is a choral work based on nine poems by both Irish and international writers.

The performances were conducted by Fergus Sheil and featured the Irish Chamber Orchestra, accordian player Dermot Dunne, choristers from Wexford Festival SingersGorey Choral GroupEnniscorthy Choral Society and sean nós singers from the traditional singing group, Whisht! 

Read more about this project in the Public Art Directory section of this website.

 

 

 

 

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