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Scarriff Harbour, 15 MAY 2022
LEAD ARTISTS
TOUR MANAGER
Vincent O’Shea
Marina Levitina PhD, herbalist, nature educator, film-maker and artist, will talk about the Lough Grainey Nature Sanctuary project, dedicated to restoring an oak forest, rewilding and protecting biodiversity in the Lough Grainey Valley in County Clare.
3.30PM
PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY IN THE GRAINEY VALLEY
Conversation with Marina Levitina
Artist Paul Berg presents an Crannog Ceoil (the Musical Island), a four meter diameter raft which makes music as it bobs up and down in the water. Planted with indigenous riparian plants this musical water sculpture will become a device to help conserve and improve the quality of water.
Cormac McCarthy of Waterways Ireland talks about how the organisation uses the shared heritage of the inland waterways as a tool for community engagement and awareness raising, while Marina Levitina talks about the Lough Grainey Nature Sanctuary project, dedicated to restoring and rewilding an oak forest.
Cormac McCarthy from Waterways Ireland will talk about how the organisation uses the shared heritage of the inland waterways as a tool for community engagement and awareness raising. How using the connection between people and the water can create new partnerships and innovative ways to protect and promote our heritage as well as tackling the biodiversity and climate crises.
3.00PM
PEOPLE and WATER
Conversation with Cormac McCarthy
Four years ago Paul Berg started working on ‘An Crannog Ceoil’ (The Musical Island) a four meter diameter raft fixed to a disused pontoon. The project involves working with air displacement by water pressure (in this case using the natural flow and rise of Lough Derg, where the raft is located) to play sound pipes (deconstructed harmoniums, bamboo and timber). For his collaboration with the Eco Showboat, Paul plans to construct a range of low sounding, free floating pipes that can be played on the island and on the harbour wall where the raft will be moored.
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.
TALKS
WORKSHOP
On Sunday 15th May the Eco Showboat Mayfly will dock at Scarriff Harbour. You are invited to join us for this wonderful afternoon of art, workshops and talks.
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.
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〰〰〰️️️PROGRAMME 2022
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