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Portumna Castle Harbour, 22 MAY 2022
Artists Joanna McGlynn and Anne Marie Deacy guide you along a sensory exploration of place on a forest trail leading from the Mayfly’s mooring at Portumna Castle Marina through Portumna Forest Park and researcher Niall Ó Brolcháin tells us why peatland restoration is absolutely essential for greenhouse gas reduction.
2.30PM
REWETTING OUR PEATLANDS
Conversation with Niall Ó Brolcháin
Niall Ó Brolcháin is a Research Associate at the Insight Centre for Data Analytics (formerly DERI) in NUI Galway and specialises in Peatland restoration & GHG reduction.
Over 80 per cent of Ireland’s 1.5 million hectares of peatland is degraded, meaning it emits millions of tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere each year. Studies have shown that restoration of these peatlands would result in a significant reduction of Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions.
l a n d // i n g is an invitation to walk with place through the collaborative practice of sound artist Anne Marie Deacy and socially engaged artist Joanna McGlynn.
Experience a duo of complementing walks to unearth the sights, smells, sounds, textures and tastes of a biodiverse landscape, where forest edge meets floodplain on the shores of Lough Derg.
In coming to land, the artists invite you to connect to your relationship with the natural environment and consider it in the context of a more than human world.
Sensing Place, Shorelines Arts Festival 2021. Image Credit: Soft Day Media
LEAD ARTISTS
TOUR MANAGER
Vincent O’Shea
Artists Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly of the School of Looking believe that looking closer and longer at things affords a deeper learning experience by fixing attention. Whether we regard nature as science or as art, we can better understand its qualities and its problems if we observe carefully and document accurately. This workshop invites you to use a range of simple viewing devices - bug boxes and magnifying glasses - to observe closely samples of biodiversity found on site, and to draw these using the materials provided, in a relaxed atmosphere conducive to conversation.
TALK
FOREST WALK
WORKSHOP
12PM
3.30PM
12PM
3.30PM
2.30PM
5PM
On Sunday 22nd May the Eco Showboat Mayfly will dock at Portumna Castle Harbour. You are invited to join us for this wonderful afternoon of workshops, talks and walks in the forest.
River Movie will record the first expedition of the Mayfly - a series of encounters with artists, activists and scientists as we travel upriver from Limerick to Enniskillen, discovering the beauty of the Shannon and the Erne waterways, exploring scientific and artistic ideas for how we can save this environment from everything that threatens it today - pollution, invasive and endangered species, climate change… Using a 4k drone, a 4k gimbal camera, an IR camera and other devices for macro-photography and sound recording, River Movie will document a unique collaboration of art and science addressing the great problem of our time.
l a n d // i n g forest walk with Anne Marie Deacy and Joanna McGlynn, Portumna, May 2022 - Image Credit Soft Day Media
l a n d // i n g forest walk with Anne Marie Deacy and Joanna McGlynn, Portumna, May 2022 - Image Credit Soft Day Media
l a n d // i n g forest walk with Anne Marie Deacy and Joanna McGlynn, Portumna, May 2022 - Image Credit Soft Day Media
l a n d // i n g forest walk with Anne Marie Deacy and Joanna McGlynn, Portumna, May 2022 - Image Credit Soft Day Media
l a n d // i n g forest walk with Anne Marie Deacy and Joanna McGlynn, Portumna, May 2022 - Image Credit Soft Day Media
l a n d // i n g forest walk with Anne Marie Deacy and Joanna McGlynn, Portumna, May 2022 - Image Credit Soft Day Media
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〰〰〰️️️PROGRAMME 2022
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