The Glenkeen Variations: Sedimented Tactilities

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre and the Crespo Foundation presents:-

The Glenkeen Variations: Sedimented Tactilities

Saturday 17 May from 3.00pm to 5.00pm

Booking on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-glenkeen-variations-sedimented-tactilities-tickets-1348028482479?aff=oddtdtcreator

Sedimented Tactilities presents the work of the artist duo STRWÜÜ (Jo Wanneng and Lukas Fütterer) through an audio-visual performance lecture, followed by a screening of artist Doireann O’Malley’s Maolaigh – the first in a multipart film series, primarily set on Clare Island.

STRWÜÜ’s sculptural choreographies and O’Malley’s layered cinematic narratives reflect on networks of relation: between people and place, body and environment, nature and technology. What emerges are tactile meditations on entanglement — sensorial inquiries that trace the layered imprints of land, identity, and mediated perception.

The artists participated on the ArtNature/NatureArt residency programme at Glenkeen Garden in 2024. Glenkeen Garden is a site of around 10 hectares on the coast of West Cork. Carefully crafted by photographer, psychologist, and philanthropist Ulrike Crespo (1950—2019) along with her partner Michael Satke (1943—2024), this garden, nestled on the shores of Roaringwater Bay, has welcomed artists since 2021 for an artist-in-residence programme, facilitated by the Crespo Foundation. The Crespo Foundation is based in Frankfurt am Main and supports the arts and artists, as well as various educational and social initiatives.

Under the title ArtNature/NatureArt, the garden has been a temporary home for artists working across various media, immersing themselves in this distinctive environment and the unique and welcoming social tapestry of West Cork. A specific emphasis is placed on scientific collaboration, facilitated in cooperation with the Environmental Research Institute at the University College Cork and Frankfurt’s Senckenberg Research Institute.

https://www.crespo-foundation.de/en/programme/glenkeen-garden-residencies