QUEER SANCTUARIES IN A DAMAGED WORLD
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Call out for Queer Dance Artists to attend a Research Workshop on 3 May 2024
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Photographer Nigel Enright for Tearmann Aiteach/ Queer Sanctuary by Isabella Oberländer and Fearghus Ó Conchúir
We’re looking for queer dance artists to take part in a dance a dance workshop and discussion with artists Fearghus Ó Conchúir and Isabella Oberländer and with Professors Karen Till and Gerry Kearns. The aim of the project is to share more widely the knowledge that dance artists have in building sustainable queer ecologies and sanctuaries for queerness.
To express an interest email gerry.kearns@mu.ie.
Background:
Gerry and Karen are professors of Geography at Maynooth University with a long history of supporting artist activism and using academic expertise to support marginalised communities to express their knowledge. Fearghus has been dancing with fellow queer artist Isabella Oberländer to explore what Queer Sanctuary could be. That exploration has included joyful dancing as well as practising the conditions of care for human and non- human flourishing.
What is it?:
The invitation is to a series of a dance workshop that shares the practice that Fearghus and Isabella have been evolving. The dancing is intended to be fun, supported and as energetic as you feel like. It looking for different arrangements and rhythms for our bodies as alternatives to the heteropatriarchal, competitive and exploitative relationships our bodies are often put in. Following the workshop, we’ll have a discussion with Karen and Gerry about what the practice means to us. You can share as much or as little as you feel comfortable in these discussions. We’ll share and discuss consent forms to make sure you’re comfortable about your participation in the research.
Practical details:
The workshops will take place on 11:00 - 16:00 3 May at Project Arts Centre. We plan some introductions, 90 mins of physical practice, a lunch break and 90 mins of conversation and a wrap up.
We’ll can offer you €200 to those selected to attend.
We welcome artists of all backgrounds, in particular artists who identify as LGBTQ+, are part of the global majority and/or disabled/have a disability.
Next Steps:
If you are interested please contact Gerry Kearns, gerry.kearns@mu.ie. And if you have access requirements, please let us know at the same address.
We’ll select applicants at random from people who express an interest. This isn’t an audition. It isn’t an assessment. It’s an opportunity to share practice and perspectives that can inform the research project
