Art Links Limerick: The Value of Water

Saturday 26th May

Shannon Rowing Club

Sarsfield Bridge Limerick city.

CATA - Come And Talk About Conference

 An afternoon event of talks, interviews and presentations followed by an open floor discussion designed to bring together members of the public with a common interest - the River Shannon in Limerick City.

CATA - Come And Talk About  Art Links Limerick (ALL) present an afternoon of talks by multiple speakerson the subject of water and the River Shannon in Limerick city. The afternoon will include brief and engaging presentations and an open dialogue session with the audience and speakers. The aim of this afternoon of talks is to encourage people to learn about the river and water, network with others involved in the river, and discuss the past, the present and the potential of the river Shannon and water in Limerick city.

Admission is free but there are a limited number of seats so booking is recommended.

Please e-mail us at artlinkslimerick@gmail.com

to secure your place.

The Value of Water II

The Value of Water IPS travels to NCAD Gallery, Dublin.

This IPS will run from 27th February - 3rd of March 2012.

ALL invited by Occupy Space and NCAD
Occupy Space is a non-commercial gallery in the heart of Limerick City, established through the Creative Limerick Scheme in 2009. As part of the programme at NCAD Gallery they have invited Art Links Limerick to present their on-going research about Irish water to the public in the form of an Interactive Public Studio (IPS). ALL will disseminate their research to date while continuing to use the gallery as an open studio space over a six day period, encouraging interaction and dialogue within the space. Throughout this IPS in Dublin ALL will be posting a daily question about water to the public, via Facebook, Twitter and our Blog.

http://gallery.ncad.ie

www.occupyspace.com

Occupy Space at NCAD Gallery is open to the public for participation from 27th February – 3rd March 2012.

* Presentations by Aoife Madden, Creative Limerick Coordinator and by Noelle Collins and Kevin O’Keeffe of Occupy Space on Tuesday 28th February, 12 – 2pm, NCAD Gallery.

* Presentations by Creative Limerick Spaces: Faber Studios; Ormston House and Raggle Taggle on Friday 2nd March 12pm – 2pm, NCAD Gallery.

The Value Of Water I

20th - 22nd January 2011

RaggleTaggle Gallery, Sarsfield St, Limerick City

In response to the film 'Water Rising' (below), Art Links Limerick have initiated primary research into how Ireland utilises water as a finite resource. ALL will present ongoing research about Irish water to the public using the Raggle Taggle Studios Space as an Interactive Public Studio. ALL will disseminate current research while continuing working in the gallery-as-studio space over three days.

The public are encouraged to view, read, listen and give feedback on this preliminary research. They are also invited to submit their own research to this Interactive Public Studio, to create a dialogue and stimulate exchange about water and its use. It will be an opportunity for members of the public to become involved in the development of a project by ALL in relation to the issues raised regarding Irish water.

The Value of Water aims to establish Art Links Limerick’s practice as a collaborative and engaging process within the public sphere and to highlight the emerging prevalence of Socially engaged Art in Limerick City.

Videos from the The Value of Water IPS

As part of the Value of Water Art Links Limerick Presented two public talks about issued relating to water and its use in Ireland today. Terry Irwin, RainDome Harvesting

raindomeharvesting@gmail.com and Gerry Siney, River Shannon Protection Alliance

shannonprotectionalliance.ie

The Artist Collective ALL presented a three day Interactive Public Studio (IPS) In Limerick city, Ireland. Run over three days in January 2012, this IPS presented to the public initial research about water. The public were invited to add to, comment on and interact with this research. One visitor to the IPS, Ronan, demonstrated his ability to Divine water.