Finding Portlaoise - Urban Artistic Interventions was a very interesting project that I managed for the Arts Office in Laois in October, 2007. Working with Arts Officer Muireann Ni Domhaill we curated 11 performance artists to artistically intervene in the day to day lives of the people of Portlaoise. The Space Shuttle was brought from Ground Up in Clare to a public meeting park in the centre of Portlaoise and used a performance space, art gallery and art classroom.
On of the exciting participatory projects was run by Jake an international hair stylist. She kindly volunteered to work with the travelling community offering them the opportunity to train with her.
After the event there was a day seminar discussing what we as artists found in Portlaoise and questioning the notion of interventionist performance art and its role in our culture.
