Open Call | Gleann na Phúca Expressions of Interest, Glen River Park, Cork

CALL OUT

for Expressions of Interest Gleann na Phúca

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GLEANN NA PHÚCA is an Art project that invites responses to the Glen River Park

At one time known as “Glen of the Spooks”, the project takes the name Gleann na Phúca as a term for engagement with The Glen River Park. The project aims to respond to the ecological, cultural, industrial, and historical heritage that hovers still within this ancient glacial valley and contemporary urban park on the Northside of Cork City.

The project is aspirational and does not aim to produce actual artworks in this phase.

EXPRESSIONS of INTEREST

Artists from any discipline are invited to consider site-specific responses in any art form to the Glen River Park. The spirit of the project is for propositions, which will reveal themselves subtly to Glen Park walkers, which will inspire curiosity and wonder without interrupting the natural beauty of the park. Collaborative, performative, participatory responses, as well as those with a material or virtual element, are all welcome. This is a visionary project, and we welcome imaginative propositions.

WEBINAR

The Glen River Park has a rich cultural, historical and industrial heritage and is an urban wetland of significant bio-diversity

On Wednesday 23 March 7- 8 pm there will be an introductory Webinar

Speakers will include:

Gerard O’Brien Gouldings Glen native, writer and historian

Maeve Fleischmann Gouldings Glen native & daughter of the celebrated

musicologist and composer, Aloys Fleischmann

Catherine Seale-Duggan Community Water Officer, Local Authority Water Programme

Jo Goodyear botanist and herbalist

John Baker Eco activist

Julie Forrester Gleann na Phúca Project Initiator

In attendance will be Gleann na Phúca project partners:

Elaine Coakley Studio Director, Backwater Artists Group

Aoibhie McCarthy Artistic Director, Sample-Studios

FRIENDS of The GLEN (Cork City) Applicants may wish to request membership to the Friends if the Glen Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2099200060223758

SITE ViSIT

Julie Forrester will conduct a site visit of the park on Saturday 26th March at 11am

The Deadline for Expressions of Interest is 1 April 2022 at 6pm Please make your expression of interest on the application form provided from gleannnaphuca@gmail.com

SELECTIION PANEL

Six of the expressions will be selected form the Call Out by a panel comprising:

Julie Forrester, Gleann Na Phúca Project Initiator

Sarah O’Flaherty, Artist

Danny McCarthy, Artist

Gerard O’Brien, Writer and Historian

David Dobz O’Brien, Programme Manager, The National Sculpture Factory

Elaine Coakley, Studio Director, Backwater Artists Group,

Aoibhie McCarthy, Artistic Director, Sample-Studios

And two others to be confirmed:

SELECTED ARTISTS

The six selected artists/propositions will receive a fee of €500 for research and development of their ideas. Expanded propositions will be sent electronically to the Gleann na Phúca team at gleannnaphuca@gmail.com by the deadline of 27 May 2022

PUBLIC DISPLAY & CONSULTATION

All six artists’ propositions will be printed and mounted for public display in Mayfield and Blackrock libraries and at the Atrium, City Hall, Cork, from

17th June – 1 July 2022 There will also be an expectation and opportunity for artists to engage with the public at one or more of these events and/or during a programmed walking tour in the park.

POTENTIAL FOR REALISATION

After the period of public consultation, the propositions will be reviewed by the selection panel and, pending panel decisions, one or more may be presented for further funding, for potential realisation in 2023.

This is a visionary project and there is no guarantee that any of the selected propositions will be realised.

Artists’ fees should cover all of artists’ costs.

There is no budget for any travel expenses or materials.

Gleann na Phúca is supported by a Cork City Council Project Award

For more information and to apply click here.