‘Re-Thinking the Coastal Edge in the face of Climate Change’
Helen McFadden
Exhibition: 11am - 6pm, 29th September – 08 October
at the Festival Printworks Gallery
Presentation & Panel Discussion with;
Dr.Anna Ryan Moloney, University of Limerick (SAUL)
Dr. Steve Larkin, architect, musician and lecturer at SABE, TU Dublin
Ailbhe Cunningham, architect, researcher and lecturer
Alice Clarke, architect and co-founder BothAnd Group
Dr. Kevin Donovan, architect and lecturer at SABE, TU Dublin
2:00pm – 3:30pm, Saturday 30 September , 2023
at the The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid ln,.
All welcome!
About
The shore, as Seamus Heaney once wrote, is where 'things overflow the brim of the usual', and that brim is the heart of this project.
Located in the intertidal-zone where land meets sea are the coastal wetlands at Mulranny, Co.Mayo. Architecture graduate and native of the area, Helen McFadden is conducting a PhD research-through-design project (UL) which is building on a M.Arch thesis (TUD), with the local community, and invites the public to explore “re-mapping” as a means of “rethinking the construction of the coastal edge”.
The brim, in its Germanic roots, meant the turbulence of a breaking sea, a place where the world roars. Owing to climate change, habitats at the brim are being lost at a rapid pace and, analogous to other landscapes, the coastline of Mulranny in County Mayo is hanging in the balance. At the Festival Printworks Gallery, a presentation of the ongoing project will be made by Helen to make visible the dwindling entanglements holding our landscapes together. The presentation will be followed by an interdisciplinary panel discussion – with - to strengthen these ties by initiating a discussion about the future of the coastline.
This is part of a series of events to be held in Mulranny and Galway as part of the Architecture at the Edge Festival 2023 which will communicate and discuss Helen’s research.
EVENT 01 - PRIMARY SCHOOL WORKSHOP,
13th September, Mulranny National School
EVENT 02 - COMMUNITY WORKSHOP,
16th September, 1:00 – 6:00, Mulranny Arts
EVENT 03 - GUIDED WALK OF MULRANNY COAST,
17th September, 1:00, Meet at Greenway
EVENT 04 - TALKS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS,
20th September, 2:30 – 7:30, Mulranny Park Hotel
EVENT 05 - EXHIBITION OF PROJECT,
29th September - 8th of October, Galway Printworks
All above events are FREE but prebook is essential for presentation and panel discussion in Galway on 30th Sept.
Note: Spots are limited, once the eventbrite fills up we encourage those interested to join a waitlist by emailing info@architectureattheedge.com. If you sign up and can no longer make it, please let us know so we can give the spot to someone else.
With thanks to the following for their support:
University of Limerick (@sci_engul), SABE Technological University Dublin (@architecture_tudublin), Mulranny DZ Group, Mulranny Community Futures (@mulrannytourism), Climate Action Group at Mayo County Council (@mayo.ie), Mulranny Park Hotel (@mulrannyparkhotel ),Mulranny National School, Mulranny Arts (@mulrannyarts), LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature (@wan_lifeip), Marine Institute (@marineinstituteireland), Irish Research Council, Mayo Dark Skies (@mayodarkskies), Ailbhe Cunningham (@ailbhe_see), Kevin Donovan, BothAnd Group (@bothandgroup), Atlantic Technological University (@atu_ie ),ArtsCouncil Ireland (@artscouncilireland).
