OPEN CALL
UCC Creative in collaboration with Gleann a’ Phúca & UCC’s Environmental Research Institute / Dance Cork Firkin Crane
Dance or Theatre Artist Commission Glen River Park / July – Sept 2024
To be presented at Glen River Park, Cork City as part of World Rivers Day - Sun 22nd Sept 2024
Brief: To make a 10 – 15 min Dance or Theatre performance / engagement in collaboration with the Glen River in Glen River Park, Cork City to be presented as part of Gleann a’ Phúca’s celebration of World Rivers Day on Sun 22nd Sept 2024. This can involve work with local communities of interest or be a solo performance. We are interested to support work which wonders into how connection with an urban park and its river might shift sensibilities of wellbeing, care, agency and play in a positive way and in a context of climate emergency / anxiety. We will also facilitate engagement with UCC Scientists working on waterways research.
The fee is €3000 plus a €500 materials budget. The fee is costed at 20 days of engagement including the final performance on Sun 22nd Sept.
Please submit a 300 word proposal & a bio / CV to ucccreative@ucc.ie by Tue 11th June at midnight.
Further info: jgilson@ucc.ie
UCC Creative is an initiative to develop and advocate for creative practice at UCC in lively collaboration with local, national and international communities, festivals and creative/ cultural industries.
UCC Creative Events include public art commissions, workshops, showcases and residencies.
UCC Creative Captial Build is part of UCC’s Strategic Plan and enacts the centrality of creativity as a core value of the university. This building is planned as a beacon for Artistic Practice, Research and Transdisciplinarity within Ireland and internationally.
UCC hosts six artist residencies, a classical quartet foundation and a public concert series. This dynamic outward facing engagement with artists across multiple disciplines involves collaboration with the Arts Council as well as local /national arts organisations/ public bodies.
UCC is also home to the Glucksman Gallery, the Jennings Gallery in the College of Medicine and Health and the Granary Theatre.
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