Family Workshop: Trickster Species and Shape Poetry

Explore shape poetry and learn about Irish lichens, a trickster species - of algae and fungi. Experiment with language with artist Chloe Brenan through print, stencilling and simple stop motion animation to create unique artworks made from patterns, letters, words and symbols that reflect the uniqueness of botanical life forms.

Chloe Brenan is an Irish artist from rural County Carlow who divides her time between Carlow and Dublin. Through a combination of moving image, photography, sound, print, installation and text she explores how forces are registered and measured - both experientially and materially - in human and non-human bodies, exploring the possibilities of different and expanded modes of sense making. Works often involve close and careful examinations of the poetic haptics of daily life, processes on the edge of perception that call into question boundaries between bodies, intimate spaces and the wider environment.

Trickster Species and Shape Poetry is a family workshop suitable for children aged 6 and over. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Please make one booking per child, adults do not need to book a ticket. 

This event takes place as part of the Summer School, from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 July, 11am -– 5pm.