'Returning from
War' at Fort Dunree
23.05.22
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ARTLINK is encouraging
members of the public to attend its first ever
international seminar exploring the links between art,
war, peace and memory – ‘Volver de la Guerra / Returning
from War’, which takes place at the art collective’s
stunning location in Fort Dunree from 3pm - 6pm on
Thursday, 26 May 2022. |
The free seminar will be
hosted by Adriana Valderrama López, a former Director of
the Museo Casa de la Memoria (a museum in Medellin,
Colombia, dedicated to the memories & victims of armed
conflict). A range of leading international academics,
artists and psychologists will explore the artistic and
material representation of war and peace in Ireland,
Colombia & Germany. It will also focus on the theme of
‘memories’ of conflicts from around the world and the
wide-ranging possibilities of art as a social catalyst
or vehicle for change.
Adriana said: “I’m delighted to have the opportunity to
host this important international seminar exploring the
links between art, war, peace and memory – and the
different possibilities of discussion and representation
that each of the spaces that are currently part of the
cultural life of Fort Dunree can offer to the local
community.
“I’m also excited that the seminar will include
panellists with the international calibre of Alena
Kunkel (an expert in Forensic Psychiatry from Germany),
Dr Garrett Carr, Senior Lecturer at Queens University
Belfast (& author of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Book of the Week’-
The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland’s Border) and
Judith McCarthy, Curator of Donegal County Museum (a
Trinity College Dublin graduate who has recently
completed a five-year-term as a member of the Board of
the National Museum of Ireland).
"Art and war have a complex relationship, the two are
opposite: art is creative, war is destructive. Art can
enable us to remember violence, recording the experience
of people who may be forgotten by the historical record,
and to rewrite the history of war, but it can also
facilitate the forgetting of violence by censorship.
Thus, war inspires art, but art can also be looted in
wartime or destroyed by war."
Artlink Project Co-ordinator Rebecca Strain said:
"Through our programme of activities Artlink endeavours
to create opportunities for Irish and international
visual artists that increases public knowledge and
appreciation of contemporary art. We want to build
national and international connections for the arts in
the North West of Ireland and to make Fort Dunree a
focal point of artistic interest along the Wild Atlantic
Way. We are delighted to have made this connection with
Colombia through Adriana by which we are exploring both
Colombian and Irish heritage and how art can be a
catalyst for peace-making."
The free international seminar, ‘Volver de la Guerra /
Returning from War’, will take place from 3pm - 6pm on
Thursday, 26 May 2022, at Artlink Fort Dunree. Everyone
welcome and refreshments are provided. Booking for the
seminar is at
www.eventbrite.ie . |
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