As part of StreetLive International
artists were coupled with local Dublin artists, and worked together in pairs to
create unique live art responses to various localities within Dublin city which
were showcased during Dublin
Live Art Festival 2014
I had the fantastic opportunity to collaborate with Lili Spain, working in the Arbour Hill area of
Dublin 7. The performance took the form of a ritual walk from Montpelier
Gardens to a vigil in Ostman Place. The result was a very personal performance,
with both of us with differing family links and relationships to the area.
StreetLive
collaborations aimed not only to create links between each pair of artists but
also between the these artists and their chosen local community. Embedded
through site and local knowledge, these performances aimed to offer people
and groups from within these Dublin communities, an opportunity to experience
live performance art in a new and more involved way.
With Many thanks to Lili for the Collaboration and Aoife Giles for the sensitive
documentation.
Image credit: Aoife Giles
