| Part ofEuropean Capital of Culture Cork, 2005 | |
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| Date | June 20 – July 11, 2005 (2005-06-20 –2005-07-11) |
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| Location | Cork, Ireland |
| Theme | Culture, politics, art |
| Organized by | David Dobz O'Brien, Fergal Gaynor, Annie Fletcher andCharles Esche (curators)[1][2] |
| Website | www |
Cork Caucus (Irish:Cácas Chorcaí,[3] 20 June to 11 July 2005) was an interdisciplinary meeting of 60 to 80 artists, thinkers, writers,philosophers and other creative individuals, held inCork, Ireland.[4][5] The caucus investigatedcultural,political andartistic issues.[6]
The Cork Caucus project was devised by the National Sculpture Factory as part ofCork's tenure asEuropean Capital of Culture in 2005, and was curated byCharles Esche,[1] Annie Fletcher,[1] and Art/not art (David Dobz O'Brien and Fergal Gaynor).[7] In addition to lectures and exhibitions, the organisers also coordinated two outdoor public events.[8]
The origins of the project date to at least early 2004 whenCharles Esche, director and curator of theVan Abbemuseum inEindhoven, visited Cork.[9][10] Fergal Gaynor, who was one of the co-curators of the project, was also a co-organiser of theSoundEye Festival and the 2009 festivalThe Avant: Ten Days of the Progressive Arts.[11] Other participants in the Cork Caucus events includedVito Acconci,Maria Eichhorn,Bik Van der Pol,Sarat Maharaj,Chantal Mouffe andGayatri Chakravorty Spivak.[1]
Cork Caucus was funded by organisations including theEuropean Cultural Foundation,Arts Council England,British Council andDanish Arts Council's Committee for International Visual Art.[1]
[David] Dobz O'Brien [..] was a co-curator of the Cork Caucus in 2005 with Charles Esche, Annie Fletcher and Fergal Gaynor
Cork Caucus was een grootschalige, interdisciplinaire en internationale bijeenkomst van circa 60 tot 80 kunstenaars, denkers, schrijvers, filosofen en andere creatieve individuen, gedurende de zomer van 2005
Cork 2005 will display the National Sculpture Factory's international art project called Cork Caucus from Monday 20th of June to Monday the 11th of July [..] Cork Caucus is a collaborative investigation of social, cultural and political issues through art
Cork Caucus is [..] a series of visits to the city between June and July of more than 40 international artists, curators and writers in an interchange programme managed by curators Charles Esche, Annie Fletcher, Art/not art and the sculpture factory, directed by Tara Byrne
Because much of [Cork Caucus] is presented through lectures or exhibitions [..] the new Cork Caucus programme from June 20th to July 11th includes two big outdoor events. First comes BangCork, a two-day open market held at Bishop Lucey Park [..] Food is again the focus of the second open-air event: The Discursive Picnic takes place at the gardens of Bessborough House in Mahon on July 2nd
