Cónaitheacht Ealaíontóirí / Artist Residency
Oileán Chléire / Cape Clear Island
le tacaíocht ó / proudly supported by Engaging Communities Grant - Cork County Council Arts Office, Comharchumann Chleire Teo, Ealaín na Gaeltachta and CREATE.
Is ealaíontóir í Vicky Langan atá lonnaithe i gCorcaigh a bhfuil a soláthar ag trasnú réimsí éagsúla a bhíonn ag forluí go minic, le fuaim, taibhiú, agus scannánaíocht ina measc. Scrúdaítear dlúththaifeadtaí den domhan nádúrtha, fuaimeanna pearsanta ón saol laethúil, agus dianghníomhartha fisiciúla mar spás ama ina ndéanann an corp ábhartha agus an domhan istigh céadfach mogalra. Mar thoradh ar a comhpháirtíocht scannánaíochta deich mbliana leis an scannánóir agus an criticeoir Maximilian Le Cain, taispeánadh scagthástáil agus cúlghabhálacha dá gcuid oibre ar fud an domhain. I measc na ngradam a bronnadh ar Vicky tá Gradam Ealaíontóra na Chéad Ghlúine Eile sa Cheol 2019/20 (Comhairle Ealaíon na hÉireann), chomh maith le sparánachtaí ó Chomhairle Ealaíon na hÉireann, Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí agus Líonra Ceoil.
Caithfidh Vicky dhá mhí inleabaithe ar Oileán Chléire, ag taifeadadh agus ag doiciméadú na n-éiceachóras ilchultúrtha ar an taobh thoir-thuaidh den oileán. Ag obair go dlúth leis an éiceolaí fónta agus le ball de phobal an oileáin Michael Prime, fiosróidh Vicky an áit a dtrasnaíonn an fiantacht ar an oileán leis na flóra coimhthíocha atá ag fás ar ghairdín luibheolaíoch príobháideach Michael atá 14 acra i méid. Trí mhachnamh a dhéanamh ar dhíchoilíniú luibheolaíoch, ar chomhoibriú idir-speicis agus ar éifeachtaí an athraithe aeráide ar Oileán Chléire, oibreoidh Vicky i dtreo cur i láthair / ceardlann a fhorbairt bunaithe ar obair shaol Michael, a chuirfear i láthair go príomha ias Gaeilge, le gur féidir le muintir an oileáin Gaeltachta tuiscint níos doimhne a fháil ar a gcomharsa príobháideach ach neamhghnách.
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Vicky Langan is a Cork-based artist whose practice operates across several often overlapping fields, chiefly sound, performance, and film. Close recordings of the natural world, intimate sounds from daily life, and intense physical actions are explored as a temporal space where the material body and sensual inner worlds mesh. Her decade-long filmmaking partnership with filmmaker and critic Maximilian Le Cain has resulted in screenings and retrospectives of their work having been shown throughout the world. She is a recipient of the Arts Council of Ireland’s Next Generation Artist Award for Music 2019/20, as well as bursary awards from the Arts Council of Ireland, Cork City Council and Music Network.
Vicky will spend two months embedded on Cape Clear, recording and documenting the multicultural ecosystems on the north-eastern side of the island. Working closely with sound ecologist and island resident Michael Prime, Vicky will explore the intersection of the exotic flora growing on Michael’s 14 acre private botanical garden and nature reserve and the wildness of Cape Clear. Through reflection on botanical decolonisation, interspecies collaboration and the effects of climate change on Cape Clear, Vicky will work towards developing a presentation/workshop based on Michael’s life’s work, delivered in the Irish language, so that residents of this Gaeltacht island can have a better understanding of their private but extraordinary neighbour.
