Cork Caucus

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Cork Caucus
Part of European Capital of Culture Cork, 2005
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DateJune 20 – July 11, 2005 (2005-06-20 2005-07-11)
Location Cork, Ireland
ThemeCulture, politics, art
Organized byDavid Dobz O'Brien, Fergal Gaynor, Annie Fletcher and Charles Esche (curators) [1] [2]
Website www.corkcaucus.ie

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]

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Organisation

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]

Participants and supporters

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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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Esche, Charles (January 2005). "Cork Caucus". ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. "National Sculpture Factory - Meet the team". nationalsculpturefactory.com. Retrieved 7 March 2023. [David] Dobz O'Brien [..] was a co-curator of the Cork Caucus in 2005 with Charles Esche, Annie Fletcher and Fergal Gaynor
  3. "Regathering on the Grounds of Art - Programma". becomingdutch.com (in Dutch). Cork Caucus was een grootschalige, interdisciplinaire en internationale bijeenkomst van circa 60 tot 80 kunstenaars, denkers, schrijvers, filosofen en andere creatieve individuen, gedurende de zomer van 2005
  4. O'Flynn, Louise (23 June 2005). "Displaying a sense of imagination for Cork's year as Capital of Culture". Irish Independent . Retrieved 7 March 2023. 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
  5. Joyce & Steiner 2005.
  6. "Making all the right moves in the city". The Irish Times . 28 March 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2023. 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
  7. Leland, Mary (6 June 2005). "Feeding debate at 'BangCork'". irishtimes.com. The Irish Times . Retrieved 10 January 2023. 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
  8. Lerm-Hayes & Walters 2011, p.177: "the Caucus was an offspring of a 'sociable' strand within contemporary art, and its initial concept had come from the ideas of Charles Esche, curator and director of the Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven, who visited Cork [..] in early 2004".
  9. Cotter 2005, p.56: "Its genesis lies in the National Sculpture Factory's envisioning of a major creative and investigative art project for Cork 2005 and subsequent invitation to Charles Esche to put forward a suitable concept.
  10. Lerm-Hayes & Walters 2011, p.VI: "Fergal [Gaynor] co-curated the Cork Caucus in 2005, co-organises the SoundEye Festival of the Arts of the Word, and co-ordinates the festival The Avant: Ten Days of the Progressive Arts".

Sources

  • Cotter, Lucy (2005). "Cork Caucus: Where Do We Go from Here?". Circa (113). Circa Art Magazine: 56–61. doi:10.2307/25564343. JSTOR   25564343.
  • Lerm-Hayes, Christa-Maria; Walters, Victoria (2011). Beuysian Legacies in Ireland and Beyond: Art, Culture and Politics. European studies in culture and policy (Volume 6). LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN   9783825807610.
  • Joyce, Trevor; Steiner, Shep, eds. (2005). Cork Caucus: On Art, Possibility and Democracy. Frankfurt am Main: Revolver. ISBN   9783865883353. OCLC   795327461. (Graphic editors Can Altay and David (Dobz) O'Brien).