Ormston House

Arts EN ↓ 29 episodes

Ormston House is a meeting place for the arts in the heart of Limerick City. Our programme is co-designed with citizens to promote access and inclusion, resulting in community partnerships, multi-annual projects and cultural events that are responsive to the city and its context. We have developed a participatory model to connect local wisdom with diverse approaches to artistic practice.

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Mary Conroy 09.12.2020 54:14

Mary Conroy’s work investigates humans’ connection with nature through socially-engaged practice, including participation and intervention. For the Memory of Water podcast, she talks us through her three projects developed during the international residency programme in Levadia, Gdańsk and Govan, engaging with the natural environment in three distinct locations. She also shares how she adapted her...

Jonas Myrstrand 09.12.2020 32:46

Jonas Myrstrand is the next guest on our Memory of Water podcast. He describes his dual role of artist and film-maker on the project. Over the course of two years, Jonas has been interviewing artists, community participants, local experts, and residents at all events during the international residency programme and city labs. He has been commissioned by our Swedish partner, Intercult, to document...

Siegfried Vynck 09.12.2020 35:24

In episode two of the Memory of Water podcast, spray-can artist Vynck talks with Mary Conlon about how he turned his graffiti skills into a full-time job and his experience of working in Levadia, Gdańsk and Govan during the international residency programme. When he was unable to travel due to COVID-19 restrictions this year, the artist made a graffiti manual for non-trained artists in Govan, and...

Iwona Zając 09.12.2020 57:55

Welcome to the Memory of Water podcast. In our first episode, Artistic Director, Mary Conlon talks with Iwona Zając, the artist who represents our Polish partner at the Baltic Sea Cultural Centre. She describes her practice, including her iconic Gdańsk shipyard mural, and her artistic interventions for the international residency programme in Greece, Poland and Scotland. Memory of Water (2018-2020...