Exhibitions / Galleries / 10am – 8pm / Free, Drop in
Late opening of our exhibitions, Howardena Pindell A Renewed Language; Coming Home Late: Jo Baer In the Land of the Giants; Anne Madden: Seven Paintings, and Influence and Identity: Twentieth Century Photography from the Bank of America Collection.
SEANCHOÍCHE / The People’s Pavilion/ 7pm – 9pm
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Started in Dublin 8, and now taking Amsterdam and London by storm, Seanchoíche is described by its founder, Ciaran Gaffney, as a storytelling night where people with little or lots of experience get up and tell a story. Seanchoíche is a night for people from all corners of the city to come and listen and engage with spoken stories, ranging from personal anecdotes, monologues, fictional narratives, to poetry pieces and anything in between. This special edition of Seanchoíche will revolve around the theme of ‘Creativity for Change’, inspired by EARTH RISING. Hosted by Ciaran, the voices of artists and creatives who can truly speak to the power of creativity as a changemaker. This intimate evening will feature stories from: Joe Caslin , Louise Bruton, Jess Majekodunmi , Kyle Sven, Asbestos, MayKay Geraghty.
Cooking for Freedom Culture Night Party / Field Kitchen/ 7pm – 9pm
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Cooking for Freedom is a group of asylum seekers living in the Direct Provision system who meet in borrowed kitchens around Dublin to cook together. Join us this Culture Night for celebratory collective cooking with demonstrations, stories and music.
Smoke House/ Meadows/ 11pm – 9pm
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Smoke House is a collaboration between interdisciplinary artist William Bock (Land Art Meitheal) and artisan Max Jones (Up There The Last). It is a communal experience for the hands, head, heart and belly. The Smoke House is centred around an outdoor wood fired smoking pit and an ever growing Sugán rope sculpture crafted from wild grasses harvested on the Kilmainham grounds. Bock and Jones invite you into a unique creative space to share conversation while working your hands and tasting freshly smoked natural, ethically sourced produce.
Understanding my Mind / Future Generations Tent /7pm- 8pm
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Film screening + Q&A with filmmaker Caoimhe McGrath
This short film, Understanding my Mind, offers a unique perspective and a deep insight into Dyspraxia, through powerful storeytelling and compelling visuals.
The Birdwatchers Trip to Alpha Centauri / Studio 12 / 7pm – 8pm
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The Birdwatcher’s Trip to Alpha Centauri is a Sci-Fi Film by Colm Higgins with live experimental performance, space music from strange instruments, costumes of the future, and way too much citrus fruit.
Leviathan Cycle/ Screening Room/ 4pm – 8pm
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Leviathan Cycle is set 20-50 years into the future, envisaging a future eerily like our present to consider possible links between borders, psychological trauma, and human and marine ecologies. every film in leviathan cycle is a universe unto itself, and follows the journeys of a cast of characters who are the survivors of a cataclysmic solar event.
Moreclaylessplastic Workshop / Studio 8 / 4.30pm – 6.30pm
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Moreclaylessplastic host an immersive hands-on workshop with sound and clay materials provided. Create a collection of swifts using clay, basic tools and bamboo sticks to take home. Suitable from age 8 upwards.
Cord Making Workshop / Studio 13 / 7pm – 8pm
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Learn how to make one of the world’s oldest technologies: cord! in this workshop artist Helena Doyle will teach you how to make cord from plant materials while discussing how this ancient technology shaped history and culture through the ages. interested participants can go one step further and make a Celtic love knot. This workshop is an introduction to cord making, and so suitable for all!
Deep Listening workshop/ Studio 13 / 6pm – 7pm
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Extending his group listening practice from interface to the earth rising festival, artist brett sroka is seeking participants to join him in a guided listening session. we will sit somewhere on the grounds of imma to actively listen to its sonic environment, using some basic ideas from music, meditation and mindfulness. afterwards we’ll discuss what we’ve heard, and observations on our own perception. people of all ages are welcome!
Stray Penguin / Studio 9 / 11am – 9pm /
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Stray Penguin project, brought to you by Sihong Chen and Dan Ouyang, is a bicycle somatosensory interactive game. in a world where glaciers are melting due to global warming, the game’s antarctic glaciers are collapsing on a massive scale. The world’s last emperor penguin is fleeing in search of its next habitat in a melting glacier.
Woven from our soil Workshop / Workshop Tent / 11am – 9pm
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Woven from our soil is an interactive crafting experience that invites participants to collaboratively create a tapestry using irish-grown fibres dyed with irish-grown plants. while helping craft this tapestry, participants will also learn about fibershed’s “soil-to-soil” model for local textile production, which champions the use of natural fibres and natural dyes which can be safely decomposed back to the soil at the end of their usable life.
Youghal Blue & Green Community & Creative Led Climate Action Hub / Workshop Tent / 11am – 7pm
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Visit the unique town of Youghal, in the video work Youghal Naturally Immersive, using high-res Immersive Virtual Reality Video with full Spatial Audio. Experience the amazing landscapes, seascapes, rivers, wetlands, wildlife, flora and fauna of this historic town. Get insightful guidance from the legendary Birdman of Cork, Patrick Smiddy. See how a town, under immediate threat of floods and coastal erosion from climate change, is working together to preserve, clean, protect and enhance their environment and ecosystems.
The VR experience was recorded and produced by leading VR developer and filmmaker Paul Cullen of SkyWatcherVR.
Music in the Courtyard: Equipoise / 7pm – 9pm
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Curated by Seán Carpio, Equipoise is a series of musical performances of song, sound and improvisation across the four days of earth rising. it will feature established and new collaborations between seán and ‘bog bodies’ (robert stillman & anders holst) sharon phelan, mark garry, natalia beylis, joachim badenhorst, jasmine wood, cian nugent, dylan kerr and eomac.
