the world is sad she needs more dreams

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Friday August 05, 2005 13:28

by dunk - art encounter 2005

fuspey at yahoo dot co dot uk

sharing dreams with the world, from streets of cork to the virtual world- your input is needed

Art Encounter 2005 was an artistic exchange which saw young artists from Cork, Nicaragua and Columbia living and working together in Cork for the month of July.
The culmination of the months work was a public art exhibition in St. Dominic's Meditation Centre, Colmcille Avenue, Mayfield from 2st to 23rd July.
As part of this exhibition an art encounter tent was set up for 3 days in the city centre at Emmet place, a recently rejuvinated street outside the Crawford art gallery and Cork Opera house, in which a giant postcard was created on which members of the public were invited to share their dreams with the world.
here are some of the dreams.
the postcard is being sent out to the Venice Bienelle ("the art olympics").
We invite you, those in the virtual world, to share some of your dreams

What's your dream?

What are your dreams?
art encounter radio Cork - a few hours of audio in english, spanish and irish about dreams, this project, the fear or inability some sections of society have in expressing their dreams, do people dreams anymore.....
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71093

main story about the project, including many more photos:
Muralismo @ Mayfield. Nicaraguans, Colombians, Rebels, rest of worlders;
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70860

press release Jul 19 2005:

Dreams from Cork city to go to Monks Garden in Venice.

Mayfield community arts project, along with Muralismo friends from Nicaragua and Colombia will create an art event in a central Cork public space from where they will send a giant postcard to the Venice Bienelle ("the art olympics").
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Art Encounter 2005 is an artistic exchange which sees young artists from Cork, Nicaragua and Columbia living and working together in Cork for the month of July.The fruits of their labour will be on exhibit at the end of the month at a public art exhibition in Mayfield and members of the public are invited to attend.

Mayfield Community Arts Centre have organised a free open top bus to run from Emmet Place in the city centre to St. Dominic's Meditation Centre, Colmcille Avenue, Mayfield from Thursday, July 21 to Saturday, July 23.

Funded by Leargas, Trocaire, DCI, Cork City Council and Cork 2005, the purpose Art Encounter 2005 is to encourage young people to explore issues of equality, while sharing cultural experiences and working together on a public art project.

Everything from photography to video projections to sculptures will be on exhibit and the open top bus will run every 90 minutes from Emmet Place. You will also have a chance to meet and talk with this group of young international artists at this time.

The Nicaraguan group, Funarte work mainly with mural and the Columbian group Centro Colombo Americano specialises in visual arts, cinema and performance arts. Both groups currently have six young artists participating in the exchange in Cork.

An art event will happen in Emmet Place during the three days, whereby the young artists will demonstrate their skills by creating a giant postcard using stencil and mural techniques developed over the previous weeks. The reverse side of the postcard will then become the canvas for the people of Cork to share their dreams with the world. The postcard will then be sent out to the "Monks Garden" in Venice which is the venue for artist Sarah Pierce's contribution to the Irish Republics participation in this years Bienelle, the postcard will hang in the garden untill October.

We are hoping for maximum publicity for this special event and this afternoon, tuesday 19th, will see the beginnings of the publicity carnival through the streets of Cork. Watch out for colour, music and dancing.

For more information contact Mayfield Community Arts Centre 0860570146 or Nora or Duncan on 086 3765686
or send an email to
info@mayfield arts.org
mayfieldarts@indigo.ie
fuspey@yahoo.co.uk

press release ends.

links, photos, audio reports
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Muralismo @ Mayfield. Nicaraguans, Colombians, Rebels, rest of worlders; Jul 14 2005
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70860

MAYFIELD COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE
http://www.mayfieldarts.org/

FUNARTE - Nicaragua
http://www.pueblito.org/programs/nicaragua/

Centro Colombo Americano - Colombia
http://www.colomboworld.com/
Ireland at Venice
http://www.irelandvenice.ie/

Sarah Pierce
http://www.themetropolitancomplex.com/

critical discussion @ monks garden, venice : Jun 2 2005
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70090&search_text=monks%20garden

sueño - dream

art encounter tent - emmet place, Cork 2-23 july 2005

postcard from cork to venice

the world is sad, she needs more dreams

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Comments (10 of 10)

dreams shared with the world

by dunk

Fri Aug 05, 2005 13:42

the postcard is about 2 metres long by 1.3 metres high. it was one of the walls of the tent for the 3 days, many different people signed it; young, old, black, white, brown, loud, quiet, sad, happy......
it was an open art event where all could participate.
many people commented on the fact that they loved the fact that this was happening in what was otherwise a boring street.
many people took chalk and colored the street.
during the last 2 days poloroid photos were taken with people writing their dreams on cards they held up, these photos made up a poloroid photo wall.
perhaps more and more of these dream sharing events will happen?
why not.

the postcard- one side mural, other side dreamspace

dreams are good friends when your lonely

the human race is my tribe and the universe is my country

i want cork 2 win on sunday. up the rebels

more tea

Fri Aug 05, 2005 13:50

we dream of the day when everyone realises that the world itself is the most unlikely of places and works in the oddest of ways

esta es la union entre los pueblos. solidaridad. A

brian long: my dream is 2 have a lot of cars and stop racism

kieran kavanagh : i wish i will be the worlds best football player

king of the world?

Fri Aug 05, 2005 13:56

dreams from Estelli, Nicaragua being shared with the world

come let us dream together

$hell out of Mayo

my dream is 2 meet all these beautiful people again

those who dream to be dancers and nailartists

Fri Aug 05, 2005 14:02

the poloroid photo wall of dreams

open participative art - how a street can become a much more special space

Frances : my dream is simple. just health and happiness for those that I love.

my dream is to become rich and famous

please write your dreams on our postcard... which we are sending to the venice bienelle.. to hang in the irish pavilion.

Fri Aug 05, 2005 14:07

unite

i want to be a dancer

smaoinimid le cheile (lets dream together)

mammy, why do the big peole not share their dreams? I dont know Sean, maybe they are frightened? or maybe they dont have dreams?

eire 32

Comhghairdeas

by Duine

Fri Aug 05, 2005 14:54

An-Taispeántas.
Is maith liom na healainteoirí ar fad, idir mhuinteoirí is dhaltaí.

Mar a dúirt martin luthar king: "Rinne mé brionglóid"!

innaguration of dream project Colombia

by hernan Bermudez - home

Sun Aug 07, 2005 21:02

heberest at micorreoepm dot net dot co

cr 31 n 57c36 medellin Colombia

2840892

next friday agost 12 / 7 pm the Centro Colombo Americano de medellin will open the exibition called HOMECOMING about the people that went to Cork to make the interchange with nicaraguan and irish people

"state of emergency" is coming into play - dream > reality

Mon Aug 08, 2005 16:10

september 22nd is "international car free day" like other years the irish government have planned very little so plans are underway for the big day
state of emergency - car free day ; 22nd september

a network of different people who are working for a more sustainable world has formed and seeks your assistance and input

we are hoping to further the critical discussion and dreaming in society with more and more people and from that do a few things to demonstrate how things can be more ecological

"state of emergency" is coming into play.....

a little step toward turning our dream into a reality
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70090&condense_comments=false#comment117700

on our bikes, sep 22 : state of emergency, attemting to make the dream of dublin as an eco city a reality