THE MILL

THE MILL / Nathan O'Donnell

Led by writer Nathan O’Donnell, The Mill is inspired by the Clondalkin Paper Mill and the legacy of the 1980s’ strikes there.

ROCK TO THE TOP

ROCK TO THE TOP / Ciarán Taylor

Inspired by the story of Oisín i dTír na n-Óg, who single-handedly lifted a boulder up the mountains near Tallaght, Ciarán Taylor’s Rock to the Top invites the people of South Dublin to take up the challenge of recreating this mythic feat by working together.

WORK SONGS

WORK SONGS / Fiona Dowling and George Higgs

Visual artist Fiona Dowling and composer George Higgs will collaborate with workers from a cross-section of workplaces, both industrial and rural, to create Work Songs, a musical portrait of South County Dublin's economic profile.

​CLAMOUR & ROAR - A CITIZENS' CHORUS

​CLAMOUR & ROAR - A CITIZENS' CHORUS / Veronica Coburn

Clamour & Roar – A Citizens’ Chorus is a mixed discipline, multi-generational, cross-community participatory art project which will culminate in an original theatre performance devised by theatre artist Veronica Coburn.

PUBLIC FEELING

PUBLIC FEELING / Sarah Browne

Sarah Browne’s project, titled Public feeling, considers the ways our bodies are changing - physically and socially - in a post-austerity context. Her project responds to the gym or leisure centre as a space where the bodies of citizens are trained, transformed and cared for.

IN CONTEXT 4 - IN OUR TIME is South Dublin County Council’s Public Art Programme 2016-2019 under the Per Cent for Art scheme.

The IN CONTEXT 4 - IN OUR TIME Open Call aimed to attract radical, ground-breaking and extraordinary artistic proposals across all contemporary art forms including: architecture, circus, dance, film, literature, music, opera, performing arts, theatre and visual arts/visual culture. 

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TRANS-BORDER

TRANS-BORDER / Cathy Coughlan

IN CONTEXT 4 - IN OUR TIME Launch Commission
Cathy Coughlan (Havoc Dance Company) created a new site-specific dance commission responding to the context of South Dublin County.

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SUBTOPIAN BALLAD

SUBTOPIAN BALLAD / Dragana Jurisic

SUBTOPIAN BALLAD sought to document and to capture the pulse of South Dublin County in order to illustrate the context for the IN CONTEXT 4 - IN OUR TIME programme.

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