Work/ Force/ Field/ is a group show of work produced by 25 artists. Members of A4 Sounds, Sample-Studios, Cork and Engage Art Studios, Galway and invited artists responded to a series of text based images. The resulting show is a set perspectives gathered in an attempt to discuss where we are at, who we are with, and where we might go next.
PAULA GERAGHTY
Kerry Guinan
Anna Heisterkamp
rik Higashikawa
Kayleigh Maimaran
Emma McKeagney
Andrew McSweeney
Etaoin Melville
Brigid Mulligan
Rachel Naughton
Tadhg Ó Cuirrín
ÁINE O’HARA
Rachel Walsh
Eoin Whelehan
ANDY WILSON
Eoin Woolfrey
What's Happening!
GALLERY
3rd – 27th August 2023
Location
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Artist Information
Information about the artists can be read here!
BROADCAST
3rd – 27th August 2023
Launch
Thursday 3rd at 7pm
Broadcast
Daily 3rd – 27th August
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Audio Work: Energy & Space
Daily 3rd – 27th August
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When routine bites hard.
Mixtapes
Weekly 10th, 17h & 24th
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SESSIONS
3rd – 27th August 2023
When routine bites hard
Mixtape: Work
Thu 10th Aug: 11:59pm
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When routine bites hard
Mixtape: Force
Thu 17th Aug: 11:59pm
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Teach me to rest
Intervention
Sat 19th Aug: 12:30pm
Offsite Location
Gather/ Move/
Yard Party
Sat 26th Aug: 3pm – 10pm
Upcoming Events
Informaion about upcoming events will be announced throughout the month.
Book Your Visit
Booking Required
Accessibility
Masks to be worn indoors.
Our accessibility information is below.
Accessibility
These are private sessions.
Masks to be worn while in hallways or bathrooms.
The gallery will be aired between sessions.
Our accessibility information is below.
Booking Required
Can’t sleep? Working late? Need a walk?
Join us at midnight for our mixtape sessions at the gallery or listen at home from bed.
Our mixtapes will go online at midnight each week here!
Accessibility
Masks to be worn indoors.
Our accessibility information is below.
SAT 19TH AUG | 12:30PM - 4PM
On Saturday August 12th from 12:30pm until 4pm, Samantha Mc Gaffrey will temporarily reclaim a public site local to A4 Sounds as a place for collective rest. Samantha is exploring and offering ways of gathering and engaging with people at a slower and quieter pace. She is exhausted. She finds stopping and resting difficult, almost alien. She is learning to rest.
Samantha is interested in ways that disrupt our dominant cultural and societal narratives about what belongs where and how we should behave in public areas. By lying down in a busy city location this work aims to reclaim our bodies in public space and reclaim our public spaces for resting.
Accessibility
This work takes place outdoors offsite in a public space.
Blankets will be available to lie on.
Cushions will be available.
There will be a small number of camping chairs available.
There will be two people available for guidance.
WED 23RD AUG | 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Energy & Space is an audio work by Planting Seeds. Commissioned for Work/ Force/ Field this work is a reflection of the space we occupy and the energy that moves through us as we move within.
You are invited to listen to the work at any time and then join us online Wednesday 23rd to dicuss the work with the artists.
Instructions:
Listen with headphones and a cup of tea at your convenience.
After listening,reflect on the spaces you move through and the energy associated with those spaces. Take note of how your body responds to it.
Accessibility
The discussion will take place on zoom.
A link will be emailed to you.
It will not be recorded.
Feel free to keep your video off and to listen only.
SAT 26TH AUG | 3PM - 10PM
WORK: LOLZ (GASH COLLECTIVE)
FORCE: PINTBABY (DDR)
FIELD: PROINSIAS ROCHE (DSD)
Accessibility
Masks to be worn indoors.
Our accessibility information is below.
EXHIBITION CREDITS
Artists
Studio members from:
A4 Sounds, Dublin
Engage Art Studios, Galway
Sample-Studios, Cork.
Invited Artists
Michelle Connolly
Michelle Doyle
Kerry Guinan
Fionnula O’Connell
Laura O’Connell
Raphael Olympio
Proinsias Roche
Curatorial Team
Lisa Crowne
Andrew Edgar
Aideen Farrell
Linda Kavanagh
Dónal Holland
Áine O’Hara
Lucia Pola
Workshop Facilitators
Production Team
Lisa Crowne | Installation
Andrew Edgar | Installation
Aideen Farrell | Installation
Sylvia Maher | Installation
Orb Screen | AV Support
Kate-Bowe O’Brien | Photo Documentation
Lucia Pola | Website Design & Build
Frank Prendergast | Installation
Kevin Robert | Installation
ACCESSIBILITY
Accessibility information will be updated when exhibition is fully installed.
FURTHER INFORMATION
We Only Want the Earth is intended as a broad conversation about the goals and strategies of social change: what kind of society do we want and how should we get there? You can find out more information about our programme here.
Read More: a4sounds.org/wowte
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If you support what we do please consider donating 1 hour of your monthly wage to We Only Want the Earth.
Your support will enable is to realise our programme to its fullest potential by enabling us to pay fair wages, facilitate more engaging and accessible art experiences and help us develop our programme for many years to come.