Art projects
Luxury items (hand-made by skilled craftspeople and artists) are traded between two makers. Defining together the terms of the trade is part of the project.
The Winterberry sweater for the Midnight Madness basket – Swap #1
Red Willow Feet song for the Red Stripe basket – Swap #2
Red stripe basket by Elida Maiques, part of the payment for a 3min song for a film.
A handful of wild blackberries for a handful of red ‘Katy’ apples – Swap #3
Plants in Concert is a collaboration between Klinkerdin Arts Salon and Edible Bray, a public trail of community gardens in Bray. Together they have created a horticultural sound art installation where we listen to plants’ internal movements. Plants gurgle, stretch and turn. We hear.
How can we hear this? One of the plants in the garden has sensors attached, which allows reading its electromagnetic impulses, like a heart monitor, with a midisprout gadget translating them into sound. The sounds have been programmed and finetuned by musician Ruaidhrí O’Sullivan. During Bord Bia Bloom Festival 2023, this plant music was streamed and accessible via a QR code.
The judges awarded us a ‘Highly Commended’ plaque in Bloom Festival.
Plantwerk, the team
Eileen O’Sullivan – co-ordination, production & construction
Ruaidhrí O’Sullivan – sound engineer, sound production & construction
Hugh Ryder – head gardener & soft landscaper
John Mason – head gardener & soft landscaper
Mo Harte – socially engaged artistic collaborator & audio describer
Fergus O’Flaherty – production & construction
Elida Maiques – art direction
Links
www.commongroundbray.com
@ediblebray
@commongroundbray
@common_ground_clh_ww
@mo.harte_mo.chroi
www.braytidytowns.com
@showingup_irl
A project started by Elida Maiques, planted in community during IMMA Earth Rising Eco Art Festival 2022.
A biodiversity haven where willow (sally/salley/salix) is coppiced yearly after flowering and fruiting. Willow rods are cut, harvested and stored for later use in weaving. The stools (tree stumps) remain alive, kept at ground level or up to 70cm.
This native tree is a truly sustainable material, it supports hundreds of species and is the basis for traditional arts such as willow weaving.
Livable futures for all will include willow.
Vault Studios, Imagine! Belfast Festival 2022, 26.03.22
Curated by Second Collective
“A unique workshop/performance/display/event at Vault Artist Studios, Tower Street, Belfast. TAGGED is a workshop-styled project exploring self-perception, self-image and words as tools for social control. Words (or tags) are often tools for othering, on the basis of intersecting gender, age, looks, heritage, social class but this workshop asks participants to reimagine these tags.” [Imagine! Belfast]