What Alice Found There
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| Artist Name(s) | Deirdre Morrissey |
| Artwork title | What Alice Found There |
| Context/Background | As part of The Red Stables Emerging Curator programme 2011 Deirdre Morrissey was selected to curate a site-specific exhibition of temporary artworks in St Anne's Park, Dublin 3. The exhibition What Alice Found There was inspired by the nonsensical elements of the Lewis Carroll book Alice Through the Looking Glass. Eleven artists were chosen to create work that was engaged with notions of impossibility, the uncanny and the imaginary to create a labyrinth of site specific installations and live art throughout the park encouraging play and participation with young people and their families. The aim of the exhibition was to transform the familiar perceptual and sensory experience of the park, giving the audience the opportunity to experience work in non-traditional media and encourage visitors to engage imaginatively with contemporary art. The Emerging Curator Programme was initiated by Dublin City Council Arts Office with the kind support of the Arts Council of Ireland in 2009 to nurture emerging curatorial talent by providing opportunities to develop projects that engage with St Anne’s Park. This exhibition was made possible by The Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin City Council, The Red Stables Artists Studios and Open Spaces. |
| Description | The primary focus in this project was on collaboration between different artists and on art work that encouraged active response to its surroundings and involvement with its audience. |
| Mediation | The exhibition was discussed on the Ray Darcy show in June ‘11. |
| Biographies | Deirdre Morrissey is an artist and curator based in Dublin. She is co director and founder of The Market Studios, an artists studio space in Dublin city centre, and co curator of its exhibition space Unit H. Her interests as a curator for this project lay in the exploration of art practices that seek to develop new or alternative strategies with its audience. |
| Commission Type | Local Authority |
| Commissioner Name | The Red Stables |
| Commissioning process | A curated process |
| Project commission dates | June 5, 2011 - June 18, 2011 |
| Public Presentation dates | June 5, 2011 - June 18, 2011 |
| Artform | Visual Arts |
| Art Practice | Arts Participation |
| Funded By | Dublin City Council |
| Budget Range | 0 - 10000 euro |
| Project commission start date | 05/06/2011 |
| Project commission end date | 18/06/2011 |
| Location | St Anne’s Park, Dublin 3 |
| County | Dublin |
| Street Address | St Annes Park, Mount Prospect Avenue, Dublin 3 |
| Website | whatalicefound.wordpress.com/ |
| Content contributor(s) | Deirdre Morrissey |
| Relationship to project | Curator |
| Public engagement | Visitors to the park, young people, families |
| Associated professionals / Specialists involved | Artists: Catherine Barragry, Francis Fay & Mary B Keane, Michael Fortune, Carl Giffney, Jennie Guy & Claire Behan, Joan Healy, Maria Makrai, Niamh Murphy and Meabh Redmond |
