Cork Caucus

Project Partner:
National Sculpture Factory

Contact:
www.corkcaucus.org
www.nationalsculpturefactory.com

Date: 20 June – 12 July 2005

Project Description:
'Cork Caucus' was initiated and managed by the National Sculpture Factory (NSF) together with invited curators, Charles Esche and Annie Fletcher, collaborating with Art/not art. It was a nine-month project (culminating in a six-week intensive phase) based in Cork city.

‘Cork Caucus’ took the form of a major interdisciplinary, international meeting of 60-80 artists, thinkers, writers, philosophers and other creative individuals during the summer of 2005 and investigated cultural, political and artistic issues.

The intention of Cork Caucus was to stimulate the discursive environment within the city of Cork and to provide ways in which the ambition of art to intervene in social life and political thinking could begin to be realised. This was particularly significant given the Capital of Culture status of Cork, which provided
a possible focus for culture to reach beyond its traditional interest groups. It is hoped that this model will impact on future activities and the way ongoing discourse operates within the city.

Reading Group 1
Date: 26 January 2005
Venue: Upstairs, The Long Valley, Winthrop St

Bik van der Pol Lecture and Workshop
Date: 23 February 2005
Venue: Crawford Municipal Art Gallery Lecture Theatre

Vito Acconci
Date: 18 & 19 March 2005
Venue: Caucus Centre, Evergreen Street & Lewis Glucksman Gallery

Catherine David Lecture
Date: 28 April 2005
Venue: Crawford Municipal Art Gallery Lecture Theatre

Models of Resistance
Date: 14 May 2005
Venue: Caucus Centre, Evergreen Street

The Ford Boxes
Date: 20 June – 11 July 2005
Venue: Various locations including Cork Caucus Centre

Aesthetics and Politics Seminar
Date: 21 June 2005
Venue: Granary Theatre

EXIT Cork
Date: 23 June 2005
Venue: Cork Caucus Centre, Evergreen Street

BangCork
Date: 25 – 27 June 2005
Venue: Bishop Lucey Park

Art and Democracy
Date: 29 June 2005
Venue: ICD, Firkin Crane

The Discursive Picnic
Date: 2 July 2005
Venue: Bessborough House & Gardens, Blackrock

the world won't listen
Date: 4 – 5 July 2005
Venue: Granary Theatre

Democratic Politics and Artistic Practices
Date: 6 July 2005
Venue: ICD, Firkin Crane

Courage to Refuse
Date: 7 – 9 July 2005
Venue: National Sculpture Factory

Mingle-Mangled
Date: 10 July 2005
Venue: Club One, Phoenix Street