Connemara Atlas
Presented by Archive for Space
Date: 29th September – 08 October
Time: 11am - 6pm
Location: Festival Printworks Gallery
This event is FREE and open to the public. There is no booking required.
Summary
This group work curated by Archive for Space explores the rural condition of life in Connemara across various key territories land, mountain, and sea - uncovering a complex relationship between its people and its landscape.
Event Organiser Archive for Space in collaboration with architectsPeter Carrol, Stefan Laxness and Peter Molloy
About
The rural condition of life in Connemara is rapidly changing. The land management practices of turf cutting, forestry, fishing, farming and home building are all subject to increased legislation that has, and is, fundamentally changing life in this landscape. With funding from Arts Council Ireland Archive for Space have assembled a team to investigate, record, and map the rural condition across various territories in Connemara.
Archive for Space in collaboration with Peter Carrol, (A2 Architects) Stefan Laxness, (Forensic Architecture), and Peter Molloy attempt to unveil the specific relationships between the area and its people as a way of understanding this particular rural condition. What has been uncovered is a complex and conflicted relationship with the landscape shaped by thousands of years of culture, politics and an almost constant movement of people to and from the area.
Supported by:
The Arts Council