PS2 Residency Week 3- Leaning into the not fully formed.

I was experiencing a low level anxious hum in my centre of bodily gravity yesterday, over the pressure to produce. I find the days go by in a kind of moving escalator of activity, trying to tick off the to-do list and deal with the daily extras that crop up unanticipated. Finding time and space to be centred and to consider things objectively is not [...]

2023-07-19T21:19:02+00:00July 19th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

Week 2 PS2 Residency Belfast Visit- rain, childhood memories and marching bands.

Week 2 PS2 Residency arrived up to Belfast today, Tuesday 11 July, grey skies and rain, I felt right at at home :) PS2 is right smack bang in the middle of the city, not hard to find- google maps and my cautious knowledge of the city from previous visits got me there. Had gotten no work on the residency done yesterday or at the [...]

2023-07-12T18:49:42+00:00July 11th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

PS2 Carer Residency Week 1 – reconceptualising the caring action- Stranger Things

I am just laughing at the blog title, it sounds like quite the easy read :) which begs the question, should I try harder to create catchy titles? I struggle with titles- I go with ones that do what they say on the tin rather than obtuse phrases hinting at the contents.. I tried being pedantic with this title but maybe I will add a [...]

2023-07-07T08:42:44+00:00July 6th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

PS2 Carer Residency Week 1- red lines, dying daisies

lists, and lists. an artist friend once advised me to keep one notebook per project. Here I am with multiple notebooks still writing lists on the back of envelopes. I am embarking in my residency with PS2 this week. I've been going about my days thinking, plotting, planning. I've been thinking about the stuff I do each day with slightly more subjectivity. I [...]

2023-07-05T15:10:28+00:00July 3rd, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , |

conscious and unconscious movement

This year I applied and was fortunate enough to be selected for a mentorship scheme run by glór, which pairs you with a mentor of your choice and funds a series of meetings between you and your mentor- the goal being to progress your professional practice in some way. I was thrilled to get this as I know its a competitive arena, as its such [...]

2023-06-20T10:06:12+00:00June 20th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , |

Artist as Carer

Recently I came across a rare thing- an open call for a residency geared specially towards artists who are parents- and carers. I couldn't quite believe it- I didn't have time to look at it properly when I first saw it advertised on social media- so I did my usual thing of screen-shotting the post so as I would remember to revisit it later. But [...]

2023-05-26T23:40:02+00:00May 26th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

La Pocha Nostra Perforamance Workshop with LiveArt Ireland

I spent the last 4 days at an intensive workshop with https://www.guillermogomezpena.com/la-pocha-nostra/ at Live Art Ireland Headquarters, Millford House, Tipperary. There were I think about 14 of us in total, not including our instructor team, Guillermo and Balitronica. I took some notes during the 4 days, as I know I will forget a lot of what went on. I am unsure at present if we [...]

2023-04-13T23:03:26+00:00April 13th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

Mural progress

What I have been doing is progressing my schools and mural work. I got into Scoil Christ Ri today (finally a day with mostly no rain) and made progress on the top 1/2 of the mural This is a BIG wall, this photo does not show how big it is. It is def too ambitious for the BLAST hours but too late now. It was [...]

2023-04-06T22:33:35+00:00April 6th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

adrift in a sea of confusion

slightly flowery way of saying that I have gotten yet another PFO email and I am feeling disheartened and unsure of the best way to proceed. After all the definition of stupidity is to repeat the same actions. T, last week,  was a No. Clare community grant, received today, was a No- but they said it was because my application did not meet the criteria, [...]

2023-04-05T20:49:54+00:00April 5th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

Friday before Easter holidays and avoiding rejection

And thats a no from TULCA. I made myself go and train this morning before I checked emails, as I had remembered that the website had said that feedback would be sent by 31st. I didn't allow myself to look at my mailbox during training as something in me knew it would be there lurking, waiting for me. I correctly anticipated needing to be post-workout [...]

2023-03-31T10:17:00+00:00March 31st, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|
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