Part of European Capital of Culture Cork, 2005 | |
Date | June 20 – July 11, 2005 |
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Location | Cork, Ireland |
Theme | Culture, politics, art |
Organized by | David Dobz O'Brien, Fergal Gaynor, Annie Fletcher and Charles Esche (curators) [1] [2] |
Website | www |
Cork Caucus (20 June 2005 to 11 July 2005) was an interdisciplinary meeting of 60 to 80 artists, thinkers, writers, philosophers and other creative individuals, held in Cork, Ireland. [3] [4] The caucus investigated cultural, political and artistic issues. [5]
The Cork Caucus project was devised by the National Sculpture Factory as part of Cork's tenure as European Capital of Culture in 2005, and was curated by Charles Esche, [1] Annie Fletcher, [1] and Art/not art (David Dobz O'Brien and Fergal Gaynor). [6] In addition to lectures and exhibitions, the organisers also coordinated two outdoor public events. [7]
The origins of the project date to at least early 2004 when Charles Esche, director and curator of the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, visited Cork. [8] [9] Fergal Gaynor, who was one of the co-curators of the project, was also a co-organiser of the SoundEye Festival and the 2009 festival The Avant: Ten Days of the Progressive Arts. [10] Other participants in the Cork Caucus events included Vito Acconci, Maria Eichhorn, Bik Van der Pol, Sarat Maharaj, Chantal Mouffe and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. [1]
Cork Caucus was funded by organisations including the European Cultural Foundation, Arts Council England, British Council and Danish Arts Council's Committee for International Visual Art. [1]
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[David] Dobz O'Brien [..] was a co-curator of the Cork Caucus in 2005 with Charles Esche, Annie Fletcher and Fergal Gaynor
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Cork 2005 will display the National Sculpture Factory's international art project called Cork Caucus from Monday 20th of June to Monday the 11th of July [..] Cork Caucus is a collaborative investigation of social, cultural and political issues through art
Cork Caucus is [..] a series of visits to the city between June and July of more than 40 international artists, curators and writers in an interchange programme managed by curators Charles Esche, Annie Fletcher, Art/not art and the sculpture factory, directed by Tara Byrne
Because much of [Cork Caucus] is presented through lectures or exhibitions [..] the new Cork Caucus programme from June 20th to July 11th includes two big outdoor events. First comes BangCork, a two-day open market held at Bishop Lucey Park [..] Food is again the focus of the second open-air event: The Discursive Picnic takes place at the gardens of Bessborough House in Mahon on July 2nd