Two days after we left for Oland (to install POSTED 2), artists Graeme Walker and Maggie Tran arrived to stay in our house for a few days. One of us had met one of them about 3 years ago. We have all spoken by phone recently, to arrange this exchange. We arrived back from Sweden on 10th July to a quiet house, and inside the door a note that invited us to look around – they would be back from a walk shortly…
I was planning to go to Ireland with Maggie Tran, so I contacted a friend. He wasn’t there, but his friends were, so I contacted them. They said we could stay in their house and make an exhibition, but then realised that they were going to be in Sweden while we were here. We arranged to have the private view on the evening of their return. We’ve never met. We’re living in their house. Now what do we do? ________________________________________________________________________________
3 Vincents Ave is a house project curated for Art Trail 2006 by the nomadic art organisation Skart. Coming to Cork and seeing the possibilities and restrictions that are facing artists in today’s money-driven world, Skart wants to comment on this by staging an art event in a house which is currently inhabited. The artists were asked to select and/or produce their own work in collaboration with the house and with consideration for its location and structure. Skart Statement: ‘We wanted to make this project to investigate the possibilities that are available to artists to show their work outside of the gallery. There are so many avenues open for experimentation and this hopefully will be the first of many projects that we will develop in Cork in the future.’ Selected Artists: Stephanie (Sticky) Hough Konrad Juscinski Sharon McCarthy Lorraine McDonnell Peter McMorris Bartek Nowak Kevin Tuohy Laurence Wawrzyn Viewing by appointment only and running on an hourly basis from 2pm to 6pm Thursday 28th September to Monday 2nd October 3 Vincents Ave is located in the Shandon area – for directions and to book your place call 0863623523 Places will be limited so book early to avoid disappointment
The link below will take you to the ArtTrail website, from where you can view the full catalogue, along with related information about ArtTrail – an Artist-led organisation based in Cork City.
Lorraine McDonnell – plasticine and toaster. Installation view.
Bartek Novak – plaster and text/images. Installation view, in sitting room. Sheets on the wall included maps of the locality with floor-plans of the house fitted to the streets, and definitions of ’surface’ from a range of sources.
Sharon McCarthy – Fridge-magnets on washing machine and fridge. Installation view.
Stephanie Hough – t.v. piece, work in progress. Installation view. A looped recording screened on the existing t.v.
