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Cork Caucus was an interdisciplinary meeting of 60 to 80 artists, thinkers, writers, philosophers and other creative individuals during the summer of 2005,[1] that investigated cultural, political and artistic issues.[2] It was devised by the National Sculpture Factory as part of Cork's tenure as European Capital of Culture in 2005, and was curated by Charles Esche,[3] Annie Fletcher,[3] and Art / not art (David Dobz O'Brien and Fergal Gaynor).[4] In addition to lectures and exhibitions, the organisers also coordinated two outdoor public events.[5]

Supporters and participants

Cork Caucus was an official Cork 2005 European Capital of Culture project and was supported by organisations including the Arts Council, European Cultural Foundation, British Council and Danish Arts Council's Committee for International Visual Art.[citation needed] Other partners included Fáilte Ireland, the Evening Echo and Cork Institute of Technology.[citation needed]

Participants in the related events included Vito Acconci, Art / not art, Bik Van der Pol, Catherine David, James Elkins, Charles Esche, Sarat Maharaj, Chantal Mouffe, Simon Sheikh and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.[citation needed]

Legacy

In November and December 2007, two of the Cork Caucus curators Charles Esche and Annie Fletcher adapted the caucus model as part of a larger event Becoming Dutch,[6][failed verification] at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.[7][failed verification]

Unofficially, a number of channels that fed into the Cork Caucus - for example SoundEye Festival[8][failed verification] and the work of the Cork Artists' Collective[9][failed verification] - internalised the lessons of 2005 and proceeded with the ongoing task of galvanising the city and country's cultural ground.[original research?] A confluence of these channels led to 'The Avant: Ten Days of the Progressive Arts' in 2009.[10][failed verification]

Further reading

  • Cork Caucus: On Art, Possibility and Democracy. Frankfurt am Main: Revolver. ISBN 9783865883353. OCLC 795327461.; a book based on the proceedings was published November 2006. Text editors were Trevor Joyce and Shep Steiner, and graphic editors Can Altay and David (Dobz) O'Brien. 414–426.

References

  1. ^ "Regathering on the Grounds of Art - Programma". becomingdutch.com (in Dutch). Cork Caucus was een grootschalige, interdisciplinaire en internationale bijeenkomst van circa 60 tot 80 kunstenaars, denkers, schrijvers, filosofen en andere creatieve individuen, gedurende de zomer van 2005
  2. ^ "Displaying a sense of imagination for Cork's year as Capital of Culture". The Corkman. 23 June 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2023. Cork 2005 will display the National Sculpture Factory's international art project called Cork Caucus from Monday 20th of June to Monday the 11th of July [..] Cork Caucus is a collaborative investigation of social, cultural and political issues through art
  3. ^ a b "Cork Caucus". ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk. January 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Making all the right moves in the city". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 28 March 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2023. Cork Caucus is [..] a series of visits to the city between June and July of more than 40 international artists, curators and writers in an interchange programme managed by curators Charles Esche, Annie Fletcher, Art/not art and the sculpture factory, directed by Tara Byrne
  5. ^ "Feeding debate at 'BangCork'". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 6 June 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2023. Because much of [Cork Caucus] is presented through lectures or exhibitions it can seem to be taking place at a public distance, and to counteract any such difficulty the new Cork Caucus programme from June 20th to July 11th includes two big outdoor events. First comes BangCork, a two-day open market held at Bishop Lucey Park [..] Food is again the focus of the second open-air event: The Discursive Picnic takes place at the gardens of Bessborough House in Mahon on July 2nd
  6. ^ "Be[com]ing Dutch". www.becomingdutch.com.
  7. ^ "Van Abbemuseum - Museum voor hedendaagse kunst - Eindhoven". www.vanabbemuseum.nl.
  8. ^ "アルコールが肝臓に及ぼす負担とは？". www.soundeye.org. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Welcome to... : The Guesthouse". www.theguesthouse.ie.
  10. ^ "The Avant". The Avant.
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