Readings in Passage:

Gail Mahon

Rachel Gomme

Tara Murphy

Sandra Robinson

Bronagh Corr-McNicholl

Readings in Passage sees the CAAKE artists group embark on a month-long research project with R-Space gallery as its base. Using visual art, making and performance the group will first spend residential time in the austere landscape of the Glenshane Pass in the Sperrin mountains. The second strand of the project is a “think tank” of public discussions and interactive workshops, and thirdly a live one-night event will distil the resulting body of research into a concluding performance and installation event on 15 April at 6.30pm in the gallery.

Workshops

Rachel Gomme: Moving Matter

Tara J Murphy: Memory Making : Walk, Talk & Make

Gail Mahon: Making Presence

Brónagh Corr McNicholl: Memory Blueprint

CAAKE is a collaborative group of six visual artists and performers from Northern Ireland and England brought together during the City of Culture in Derry/ Londonderry 2013. Their connection was led by discussion and playful explorations of common ground through materials, movement and meaning. On-going conversations have developed a dialogue around how the body reads and responds to materials through skin knowledge, mapped memories and the exchange of mutable traced effects.

As a work-in-progress conversation Readings in Passage doesn’t expect specific conclusions but aims to explore the collaborative role of art practices in research; making knowledge tangible through visual and embodied communication. It hopes to partner with relevant organisations and to raise public interest around the project, especially in relation to Alzheimer’s and Dementia.