Our Coffee Conversations are a great way to explore art in a stimulating and friendly environment.
Coffee Conversation
Wednesday 27 November 2024, 11am
Art and Ecology
Lecturer: Artist Gareth Kennedy
This illustrated talk will discuss the intersections of contemporary art with ecology.
Fee: €5, incl. tea/coffee. Tickets available from Reception on the day.
All Welcome.
Gareth Kennedy’s work explores the social agency of the handcrafted in the 21st century and generates ‘communities of interest’ around the production and performance of new material cultures. Deploying an anthropological approach as an operational aesthetic these works draw on the particular social, cultural and economic histories of location. Outcomes typically include architectural or designed structures, films, hand crafted objects, as well as live performative events which bring these physical entities to life within specific public contexts. Kennedy has produced and shown work both nationally and internationally. His practice to date includes public art work, educational projects, exhibitions, residencies and collaborations. In 2009, he co-represented Ireland at the 53rd Venice Biennale along with artist Sarah Browne. Kennedy also works on another distinct artistic practice called Kennedy Browne in collaboration with artist Sarah Browne.
