Cork Caucus Explained

Cork Caucus
Partof:European Capital of Culture Cork, 2005
Location:Cork, Ireland
Theme:Culture, politics, art
Organizers:David Dobz O'Brien, Fergal Gaynor, Annie Fletcher and Charles Esche (curators)[1] [2]

Cork Caucus (20 June 2005 to 11 July 2005) was an interdisciplinary meeting of 60 to 80 artists, thinkers, writers, philosophers and other creative individuals, held in Cork, Ireland.[3] [4] The caucus investigated cultural, political and artistic issues.

Organisation

The Cork Caucus project 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, Annie Fletcher, and Art/not art (David Dobz O'Brien and Fergal Gaynor).[5] In addition to lectures and exhibitions, the organisers also coordinated two outdoor public events.[6]

Participants and supporters

The origins of the project date to at least early 2004 when Charles Esche, director and curator of the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, visited Cork. Fergal Gaynor, who was one of the co-curators of the project, was also a co-organiser of the SoundEye Festival and the 2009 festival The Avant: Ten Days of the Progressive Arts. Other participants in the Cork Caucus events included Vito Acconci, Maria Eichhorn, Bik Van der Pol, Sarat Maharaj, Chantal Mouffe and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.[1]

Cork Caucus was funded by organisations including the European Cultural Foundation, Arts Council England, British Council and Danish Arts Council's Committee for International Visual Art.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cork Caucus . ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk . January 2005 . 10 January 2022 . Charles . Esche .
  2. Web site: National Sculpture Factory - Meet the team . nationalsculpturefactory.com . 7 March 2023 . [David] Dobz O'Brien [..] was a co-curator of the Cork Caucus in 2005 with Charles Esche, Annie Fletcher and Fergal Gaynor.
  3. Web site: Regathering on the Grounds of Art - Programma . becomingdutch.com . 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 . nl .
  4. Web site: O'Flynn . Louise . 23 June 2005 . Displaying a sense of imagination for Cork's year as Capital of Culture . 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.
  5. News: 28 March 2005 . Making all the right moves in the city . 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.
  6. Web site: Leland . Mary . 6 June 2005 . Feeding debate at 'BangCork' . 10 January 2023 . irishtimes.com . . Because much of [Cork Caucus] is presented through lectures or exhibitions [..] 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.

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