Talk to the Land
UK artists Mel Jordan and Andy Hewitt, founders of the Partisan Social Club, have been on the trail of 19th century Cork philosopher and radical social reformer William Thompson, who not only inspired Marx, founded the idea of social science and wrote the first ever feminist text by a man in the English language, but who attempted to form a communal living experiment in West Cork in the 1820s.
- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 39
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
The Wings to Fly part two
“I said this isn’t going to work, not with the crowd that we have. If you can imagine seventy-year-olds in a room and they’ve never done proper singing before and suddenly they’re doing all this stre…
The Wings to Fly part one
At Nazareth House nursing home in Mallow, Co Cork, dancer Helga Deasy and musician Susan McManamon, who worked together on their Creative Enquiry Arts and Older People residency with MusicAlive, have…
Cultural Lore part two
Font size on printed materials, transport, the time that events are on, no-one to go with, weather, the cost of tickets: find out what artist Marie Brett learned about the barriers that prevent older…
Cultural Lore part one
Walking sticks, like traditional crafts, are often handed down from generation to generation within a family. Artist Marie Brett has all-too-real firsthand experience of how traditional skills can sl…
Local Know-how part two
Artist Colette Lewis discusses the Creative Enquiry residency you heard about in Part 1 and shares what she learned about making communities of interest, about entrenched ageism in our society, and a…
Local Know-how Part One
The key to a sustainable future is to preserve the place-based knowledge of the past. In part one of The Arts & Ageing Podcast, join retired fisherman Kevin Jones, Moggy Somers of community environme…
The Arts & Ageing Trailer
How can we continue to nurture our creativity as we age? What can artists bring to the table? An eight-part podcast series on arts and older people as part of What Next? Arts and Ageing Resources, a …
Immortality for all?
If you were offered a pill right now that would make you immortal, would you take it? Artist and filmmaker Anton Vidokle would. Enter the strange and wonderful world of Cosmism in Vidokle's company, …
One Here Now, Together
“I feel like I’m One, Here, Now. But I know that this was the invitation to everybody.”
Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes is leading Sirius Arts Centre's 2023 summer school, on the practice of visionary Irish…
On Cabbage
In 2011, Holly Marie Parnell's family emigrated to Canada in search of a reasonable standard of living: Holly's younger brother David is quadriplegic and has complex care needs. Against a backdrop of…
The Power of Small Things
After years raising her family, Pakistani-born artist Amna Walayat has been building a powerful art career in Ireland: her miniatures subvert an art form traditionally seen as decorative and feminine…
Talk to the Land
UK artists Mel Jordan and Andy Hewitt, founders of the Partisan Social Club, have been on the trail of 19th century Cork philosopher and radical social reformer William Thompson, who not only inspire…
The Fort: live on Culture Night
“In an ideal world, I’d like them to have a moment of solace.”
In this final instalment in the three-part conversation at SIRIUS with artist Marie Brett, recorded live for Culture Night 2022, learn a…
On Location in Inhuman Places
“I tend to seek out what I call ‘inhuman places,’ so it’s not that humans aren’t there, it’s just that these are places where I feel that I’m actually hearing the place. Places where I can basically …
On Art and Activism
"Shop-dropping is kind of the opposite of shop-lifting" - artist, activist, author and co-director of Social Practice CUNY Gregory Sholette on shop-dropping the Guggenheim gift-shop with Gulf Labour …
A Temporary Iteration
"They're almost like dust, enlarged." Cobh-based artist Fiona Kelly has constructed scalahedrons that mimic the structure of calcite crystals, one of the most commonly found minerals on the planet.
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The Five Trees
“I’m never satisfied with my work, ever, ever. For me, I have to find peace with that and accept that if I was to do that work again, I’d do it differently.”
Visit with artist Marie Brett in Cobh’s S…
The Hidden Mountain
“They’re big topics. But it’s what makes us human, isn’t it?” West Cork artist Marie Brett works with huge and often taboo themes including the ambiguous loss felt by dementia sufferers and their car…
SIRIUS Podcasts trailer
SIRIUS Podcasts is a new podcast series launching on May 23rd on all good podcast platforms. Subscribe to hear conversations with a diverse array of artists recorded in Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh, Co…