Creative Transformation Through Adversity
In the face of adversity, people have discovered the transformative power of creativity. Join us for an empowering afternoon of readings and discussion. Things Went T*ts Up (Orla Kelly Publishing) by Dearbhaile O’Hare is a powerful collection of refreshingly honest, raw and humorous poetry, illustrations and reflections that speak to the courage and strength of those affected by breast cancer; a book about striving to rise above challenges, no matter what life throws your way. Mammary Mountain by artist Tara Baoth Mooney, is an intimate immersive virtual reality (VR) and embodied haptic experience that explores dis-ease within the body and its relationship to the broader context of the land, created based on her journey after being diagnosed with breast cancer. It was selected to appear at the Venice Biennale and will premiere in Ireland as a full installation in Carrick On Shannon from the 18 – 23 November. Join us as Dearbhaile and Tara discuss their journeys and how they channeled the challenges faced into art that will resonate with many.
Dearbhaile O’Hare. Cancer kicker, poetry prattler. Sales Director, photographer. Animal lover and nature bather. Possibly the world’s wonkiest qualified personal trainer. Thriving, grateful, happy an d hopeful. Currently living in Dublin, but Birr will always be my local!
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Tara Baoth Mooney is an interdisciplinary artist who responds to events past and present that explore lived experience and the inter-relationship of people with daily ritual, nonhuman life forms and objects within their respective ecologies.. The work encompasses sound, performance, textiles, drawing, and video and is often site-specific where Mooney enters into collaboration with the place and its respective elements. Tara works in collaboration with The Clumsy Giantess, a shadow persona that enables engagement with new perspectives of the world around her. Oscillating between historical foundations of meaning-making in context, current social constructive elements where self and meaning sit in situation or place, and the interruption of self and unmaking of meaning through destruction of place. Tara is one of the collaborative team members that created Mammary Mountain, a VR immersive experience that explores dis-ease as it manifests in the body and extends to the land.