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ARCHITECTURE AT THE EDGE

Experience the 2021 Turner Prize winning 'The Druthaib's Ball' installation created by Array Collective, followed by a creative  workshop.

Nun's Island Theatre

Drop by Nuns Island Theatre where we will experience the amazing 2021 Turner Prize winning ‘The Druthaib’s Ball’ installation created by the Array Collective, and to reflect on the concept of &#x27;belonging&#x27;.This will be followed by a ‘word workshop’ in Áras na nGael, Dominick Street, where attendees will be invited to create a provocative placard! In creating phrases about what &#x27;belonging&#x27; in Galway means to us, the workshop aims to empower those from from young peolpe and under-represented groups to have their voices heard and to help to shape their built environment. Participate, protest and take your work home with you. Multigenerational - all welcome!!Meet at The Druthaibs Ball, Nuns Island Theatre, followed by creative workshop in Áras na nGael, Dominic Street.Array Collective are a group of 11 artists rooted in Belfast who create collaborative actions in response to socio-political issues affecting Northern Ireland. The collective has been working together since 2016, motivated by the growing anger around human rights issues happening at the time. Array Collective reclaim and question traditional identities in the North of Ireland using humour and DIY approaches. They playfully merge performance, protest, ancient mythology, photography, installation and video. They work with a range of other creative people and organisations to create a combination of artistic expression, direct action and public interventions in the city and online. Their work embraces joy and empathy in their art-activist practice and calls attention to our need for one another by joining wider demands for rights.Array Collective are the first Northern Irish artists to win the prestigious Turner Prize. They were awarded the prize for their work The Druthaib&#x27;s Ball, presented in the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, UK, 2021.Array Collective are:Sighle Bhreathnach-Cashell,Sinéad Bhreathnach-Cashell,Jane Butler, Emma Campbell,Alessia Cargnelli, Mitch Conlon,Clodagh Lavelle, Grace McMurray,Stephen Millar, Laura O’ConnorThomas Wells
Workshop facilitated by AATE ambassadors Ciara Coogan &amp; Kate McSharry.
We are grateful to assistance of Galway Arts Centre in making this workshop possible.

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