Writing the City

Artist Name(s) Conor McGarrigle & TacTic (Ralph Borland Seodin O'Sullivan)
Artwork title Writing the City
Context/Background Writing the City originated in a context of cutbacks in the arts and other sectors and a prevailing atmosphere of economic gloom. The project sought to reflect, in an amusing way, that despite cutbacks there was still a lively, independent arts scene in Dublin much of it operating outside of official funding structures and so immune to cutbacks.

The project also worked as a psychogeographic exploration of the city based on the classic situationist derive. The work was devised to be a social event contingent on the participants and it's location.

Description

The project was a GPS drawing walk intervention which involved walking with a hand-held GPS unit tracking our movement as we walked. The walk was to a preplanned route and as we walked the track log of our movement drew a giant word onto a map of the city. The word written was Fucked? (with the ? of most importance). The walk was documented by video, photographs and a GPS track saved as a .KML file which can be opened in Google Earth.

Mediation

Project documentation: www.conormcgarrigle.com/writing_the_city.htm

Biographies

TacTic (Ralph Borland & Seoidin O'Sullivan) is a cross-national laboratory for tactical art making: investigation, intervention, discovery, testing and application. It is a space for activists and artists to meet in Dublin and inform each other's practice, develop projects and engage a public.

Conor McGarrigle: See www.conormcgarrigle.com/bio.htm

Commission Type The Arts Council
Commissioner Name Self initiated
Public Presentation dates March 13, 2009 - March 13, 2009
Artform Visual Arts
Art Practice Arts Participation
Funded By Other
Budget Range 0 - 10000 euro
Location Various locations around Dublin
County Dublin
Website www.conormcgarrigle.com/writing_the_city.htm
Content contributor(s) Conor McGarrigle
Relationship to project Artist and participant 
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Nazareth Housing Association provides independent living houses for individuals and couples who are 65 and over and on the Sligo County Council housing list.  Nazareth Village is comprised of 48 houses in a garden setting.  The Village was financed as a public-private partnership between Nazareth Housing Association and Sligo County Council with funding from the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government.  

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