An immersive day of creative conversations, art encounters, learning and sharing.
Bere Island. Fri 31 July Depart Castletownbere Pier 11am – Return to mainland @ 7pm
Admission €18 (incl. lunch and transport on Bere Island)
Ferry return ticket €8 (paid on the ferry)
Artists from Dinnseanchas and artists working on the West Cork Islands Creative Places Ocean and Environment Commission will share work and works-in-progress over the course of a day on Bere Island. In keeping with the ethos of both these projects, the artists are inviting the public to witness and participate. With thanks to our Island hosts Bere Island Heritage Centre. Participants will be split into groups to accommodate everyone comfortably.
10.45am - Arrive Castletownbere
11.00am - Murphy’s Ferry to Bere Island
11.15am – Oceans and Environment Commission introduction
12.45pm - Minibus to Heritage Centre
1.00pm - Catered lunch
1.45pm - (Group 1) Walking in the Stories of Our Mountains by Zoë Rush is an exquisitely crafted immersive soundwalk that uses scientific and social knowledge to create a unique sensory and reflective experience.
1.45pm - (Group 2)
Net(work) with William Bock is a collective process of net mending using waste mountain wool. The session will function as a meitheal, a time to chat while working with our hands to consider the interconnectivity and shared challenges between the uplands and coastal environments.
2.45pm - (Group 1) Net(work) with William Bock
2.45pm - (Group 2) Walking in the Stories of Our Mountains by Zoë Rush
3.45pm - Coffee
4.15pm - Poetic Policies, a workshop co-facilitated by Heather Griffin and Patrick Mulvihill and poet Grace Wells, uses poetry as a tool for deep listening, critical analysis, and collaborative visioning to transform rigid policy frameworks into adaptive, regenerative visions. Join us to craft policy visions that honour both human and more-than-human communities.
5.45pm - Event ends
6.00pm - Minibus to Ferry
6.30pm - Ferry to mainland