Maria Kerin(-Walsh), artist curator choregrapher.


Welcome to my blog. It introduces some of the processes and projects that I have been involved in recent years as an independent, rural based artist-curator and choreographer, working towards sustaining a slower rural based lifestyle, through creativity that also supports autonomy and self organisation within an inter-connective model of collaboration.

My movement-based arts practice provokes and informs a translocal artist-curatorial and choreographic practice, manifesting into peer to peer networks and systems to support collaborations presently in Ireland, Estonia and Sweden, in an interdisciplinary practice without borders.

I am particularly interested in deep listening, sensing time and opening up memories through awareness/presence as an embodied creativity process and ethical inquiry, informed through somatic principles that supports my practice concerned with our relationships with nature and consciousness. For example see blog page 'Post domestic: The future is the forest". Work with Kristina Kvamme, Sweden, since August 2019, in her walking practice that links through image and text live online on Fridays nourishes this. Ongoing explorations with Rachel Sweeney through Articulating Thresholds expands this inquiry.

Since 2018 I've been working on translocal, transdisciplinary collaborations in experimental heritage, with Professor Bodil Petersson of Linneaus University and members of Experimental Heritage network Sweden. This has led to us forming Karum-Creevagh, a group of artists, archaeologists and ecologists from Ireland and Sweden, concerned with our future.
See www.experimentalheritage.com for a detailed archive.

See Outrider Artists.wix.com for more info on local rural networks and cross-cultural sharing.
For other online images, see my kind partner Michael Walsh's documentation of my work:

https://issuu.com/michaelwalsh/docs/10_days_embodied_creative_process_d


https://issuu.com/michaelwalsh/docs/future_domestic_2013_visual_diary


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSYpxRfzKp0&t=4s


Should you wish to contact me for more information please text 00353877711033 or email: kerinmaria@gmail.com
See www.thefloatingvillage.net for collaboration with Dr Rachel Sweeney as part of The Floating Village eco-somatic practice since 2019.

Monday, December 6, 2010

curriculum vitae

Curriculum Vitae: MARIA KERIN

Address: Luisne, Monreal North, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Email: kerinmaria@gmail.com
Nationality: Irish
Date of Birth: 12-07-69

Education:
2005- 2006 MA in Contemporary Dance Performance (2.1)
Irish World Acadamy of Music and Dance,
University Limerick  
1992-1998 Advanced Diploma in Fine Art (2.1)
Painting and Graphic Design,
Dublin Institute of Technology
1987-1991                       Degree in Business Studies
Marketing and French,
University Limerick.

Works in progress:
-Site-specific transdisciplinary dance, visual art and newmedia project at Raadi airport, Tartu, Estonia, Oct/Dec 2010 to be shown in the West Cork Arts Centre, July 2011.
-Invited to create a dance for film skyped live projected performance for the Fasnett Short film festival, May 2011.
-Editing a 3 minute short film of dance coalition SiteMeetings,160810, a sitespecific performance with Alexandra Boettcher and Maeve Collins in the gallery space.

Most recent works:
Political HEARTWORKS was a coalition process facilitated by Maeve Collins and I that include 12 Clare based artists being led through a movement/inner listening state and encouraged to move by the river edge in Ennistymon and use their Mobile Cameras as an extension of their bodies to photograph their presence. The outcome of images was edited was by Maeve and I into a photomontage for the Clare People (see 21—8-10) in a 2 page spread as a site for the new artwork.

Exhibitions:
Dec. 2009 Christmas Show: Courthouse gallery, invited by curator Trudi van Elsen to show drawings.
Oct. 2009 Mutual Exchange group exhibition, Alignment performance with Fiona Woods’ sculpture. Included a coalition with 5 other artists using mobile phones to partake in the performace.
Aug. 2008 Sculpture in Kells, Kilkenny Arts Festival  Installation and photograph, site specific work in the priory with children.
July 2008 Trading Spaces – Exhibited photos on shopwindows
Nov. 2007 Selected for group Christmas show in the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
June 2005 Sweet Bellharbour, monumental choreography installation, Corcomroe Abbey, Bellharbour, Co. Clare.
July 2004 Outdoor installation of studio presentation at Corofin Agricultural show with Ground Up 2 artists.
June 2004 Slide presentation of photographs at the Ennistymon Agricultural fair with Ground Up 2 artists.
Dec. 2003 Drawings shown with group exhibition of Burren artists at Russell gallery, Newquay, Co. Clare.
Sept. 2003 Exhibited with Rita Wobbe in Aras Eanna, Inis Oirr.
Sept. 2002 Showed drawings at the Liverpool Biennial, England.
July 2002 Courthouse Group show at Mrua Gallery, Bellharbour.
Dec. 2001 Solo exhibition chosen for opening of Glor, Ennis.
May 2000 Clare Artists drawing exhibition at Mrua Gallery.
June 1998 DIT Graduation exhibition at Arnotts Exhibition Space.





Performances:
June 2010 Sitemeetings 170610 6 sitespecific dance performances at abunDANCE, Karlstad, Sweden with Maeve Collins, final performance skyped live and projected to audience in the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co.Clare.
Nov 2009 Alignment, 4 performances in response to Fiona Woods Sculpture assemblages in the Courthouse gallery over the month involved mobile phone video recording by audience.
June 2009 Inis Cealtra Festival, Mountshannon, Clare: Freeze, site specific live dance performance developed with Alex Boettcher and Jance Schuurmans.
January 2009 Public showing of Nigal Rolfe’s performance workshop outcome in Limerick College of Art Church space.
November 2008 Showing of performance in response to Nigal Rolfe’s workshop with MA dance and LIT art students, Limerick.
July 2008 Tading Spaces town window, Arts festival, Ennistymon
Collaboration with Sarah Fuller, Dog and String Puppets.
July 2007 Anois/Anois Solo performance in the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon as part of studio artists group show.
April 2007 Mamuska, Daghdha Space, Limerick: ”Rattling 1” developed concept, choreography and video. Danced by Cristina Goletti.
April 2007 Mamuska, Limerick: Live performance in a hidden space projected simultaneously onto the huge screen in Daghdha dance space as I danced with  Elfetheria Rapti.
March 2007 Dance Research Forum Ireland Symposium at University Limerick.  Choreographed and performed with Pullco.
Nov. 2006 Lunch-time Performance, UL, Limerick- Alumni invited.
May 2006 M.A. performance of solos and ensembles, Daghdha.
March 2006 Lunch-time performance, UL, of MA work in progress
June 2005 Glor, Ennis, Co. Clare: Choreographed “Wall & Others”. Clare O’Dea dancer and Des O’Dwyer composer.
August 2004 Aras Eanna, Inis Oirr: Directed a performance “Plassey” for children.
March 2002 Mrua Gallery, Bellharbour, Co. Clare: Directed performance of “Easter Island” by clients of the Brothers of Charity, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
June 1998 Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin: “Behind the Wall”, performance/Installation involving two dancers.  Concept, choreography, installation and sound- Maria.

Commissions: Iniscealtra Festival, Mountshannon, commissioned with Alex Boettcher to create a site specific dance piece  Freeze, in ’09. Performend live outdoor in the park at Mountshannon.
Sculpture in Kells Commissioned to do residency and create new work along with Aileen Lambert for Kilkenny Arts Festival, ‘08. Worked with the primary school children.
  Kilkenny Arts Festival: Commissioned in August 2007 for Reproduced: choreographed dance/chant performance, dancer Mary Wycherley, vocalist Oscar Macerenes, sound recording: Jurgen Simpson.
“Sweet Bellharbour”, a multimedia temporary installation involving a sound recording of neighbours naming their deceased family members and 49 stitched white sheets in a triangular field, commissioned by Clare County Council as part of the Ground Up 2 art in rural context process, ‘05.

Funding awards: Support from Leader- 7000e, Clare County Council- 10,000e, Clare Arts Office- artists awards, and the ESB. Travel and training award, Arts Council ’09.
Residencies:
August 2008 A two week residency for Sculpture in Kells, Kells, Co. Kilkenny to create new work based on the Priory, Kells.
August 2003 A month at the Arts Centre, Aras Eanna, Inis Oir to create work for shared exhibition there with Rita Wobbe.




Presentations: GMIT guest lecturer 2003
DIT guest speaker, Life after College Conference, 2002.
Clare County Council funded artists talks, 2005.

Publications: Reviewed Alastair MacLennan’s actuation in Holy Hiatus, Cardigan, 2008 for publication by curator Ruth Jones with Parthain Books due out late 2010.
Article in Midlands Arts and Culture Magasine, winter 06, “The importance of artist-led networks…”


Press/reviews: Irish Times, The Observer, Sunday Business Post, Contexts, Clare Champion, Galway Advertiser, Kilkenny Post, VAI, Clare FM, Rattle Bag and Arts Zone.

Seminar project management:
Designed and organised Finding Portlaoise: Urban Artistic Interventions seminar
Chair: Fiona Woods. Talkers included Jenny Haughton, Ed Carroll, Sarah Browne, and
others. For Laois Arts Office, October 07.

Related Work Experience:
Facilitated  movement and meditation every morning in a shared daily practice with
 dancers and artists from October 2009 to August 2010.

Teaching art to children, adults, clients with learning difficulties, and part-time lecturing at 3rd level at GMIT.

Curating- Over 50 exhibitions in numerous galleries including The Courthouse
Gallery, Ennistymon, Co.Clare: Also The Belltable, Limerick, Russels Gallery, NewQuay
Co. Clare, Glor Gallery, Ennis, Co.Clare and Mrua Gallery, Bellharbour that  I established,
curated and managed, 2000-2002.

Curator and project manager for the Irish section in the Independent section of the Liverpool Biennial, 2002 where I brought an exhibition of 12 artists incuding my own work.

Curator and project manager of Finding Portlaoise, urban artistic interventions,
for the Laois Arts Office, October 2007. Included 11 artists perfrorming in sitespecific
locations in the streets of Porlaoise. Followed by seminar.

Adjudicator for arts burseries for several County councils.
Art Advisor for Glor Gallery, Ennis, Co. Clare in 2001/2002.
Art Mentor working with over 40 artists, privately and through the midlands Arts Offices,
since 2004 having recommended best practice  Mentoring recommendatins to the Arts
Council in conjuntion with Sinead O’Reilly, Offaly Arts Officer.

Other skills and workshops attended
Somatic Practice, Year 1 completed with Joan Davies, Maya Lila, Co. Wicklow 2007-2008.
2 week workshop with Nigal Rolfe, connecting students from the Limerick School of Art and
 the MA in Contemporary Dance and alumni. UL. ’09. Attended movement and yoga twice
weekly with Antonette Spillane from 2007 to 2009. DARI workshop with Joan Davies in
authentic movement, 2009. Mark Taylor, Mind Body Centering, UL 2008, invited thruough
 MA alumni UL. VTOS film-making course, Galway, summer ’94.
Advanced French, written and spoken after Erasmus year in Angers University, France, ’88.


Referees:
Mary Nunan, Director of MA in Contemporary Dance Performance,
Irish World Accadamy of Music and Dance, UL, Limerick.
087 6689600

Therry Rudin, Painting Lecturer (Dunlaoighre College of Art and Design,)
Ballybrit, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary.
087 2065111

















Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Estonia, 8 Nov. 3am snow walk

Snow in Tartu. 8th November, 3am snow walk with skype laptop. Photos Michael Walsh

Monday, October 25, 2010

New Media- skype projects




“Site Meetings 170610” 

LIVE broadcast from a sculpture pond outside a library as part of the AbunDANCE International Choreography and Dance Festival,  Karlstad, Sweden on the 17th June 2010. This process of movement inquiry was developed over  a 9 months daily movement practice focusing on inner listening, contact improvisation and authentic movement in response to site by Alexandra Boettcher, Maeve Collins & Maria Kerin.  Performed by Collins and Kerin and shown live to a second audience through Skype new media and video projection in the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare. 



See picasso album for more images of the performance in Sweden take by Michael Walsh.



Karlstad, Sweden:






Outrider Artists - friendship

Friendship- a sustainable model for supporting a rural art practice to show work abroad has lead to the 
network of Outrider Artists. Formed last October in my kitchen when I invited 6 artists friends to 
come together and offer support for each others individual practices to get work shown abroad. 
Friendship is the common ground between us.

Participatory movement practice: Friendship - a sustainable model for interaction

Political HEARTworks
The heart piece in the river Inagh in Ennistymon resonates with us locally. We are interested in it as a site of contention and wanted to respond to this site though a participatory artwork. We took this opportunity to acknowledge friendship as a sustainable model of our interactive process,  as an integral part of the making of our work. The development of our art process practice has been constructed through friendship and we couldnt create without our friends involvement on many levels. So we invited 12 artist friends to partake in meditation led movement manifesting into performance with mobile phones, taking stills of the site and the movement generated over 3 days exploration.


Out of this process we gathered all the images that were taken in this unusual process- using the mobile phone as an embodied extension of the hand rather than the eye. Maeve and I created a work of photomontage for the Clare People, entitled political HEARTworks. A 2 page spread was printed on the 24th August 2010.

Coalitions

Alignment
A selection of images documenting Alignment from the Mutual Exchange Exhibition in the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, October 20-Nov 15, 2009.

This process of  artistic intervention is a coalition: supporting 2 different art practices. Fiona Woods initally intervened in the space by suspending 3 assemblages from the ceiling. In a performative intervention over 4 performance Maria Kerin was invited by Fiona to respond to the sculpture. This time based cumulative research process brought 2 practices into temporary alignment as the work unfolded through the making. As part of the research the work was documented in different ways; through Fiona photographing the moments of alignment, through stationary video from above the space and finally 5 artists were invited in to record video snips on their mobile phones.

Collaborations

Freeze
Freeze is a site specific dance piece that was commissioned by Inis Cealtra Arts Festival, Mountshannon.  
A collaboration between Maria Kerin, Alex Boethcher and Jance Schurrman over 6 weeks rehersal to create a 20 minute piece choreographed many of the individual phrases but not the seqence. Informed by our daily practice of inner listening together in search for awareness and presence through embodied movement, release technique, contact improvisation and body-mind centering, inspired by a visit to the cliff edge at the Cliffs of Mohar. Body movements explored balance, weight shift and groundedness and finding edges within and out.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Biography

Biography
Trans-disciplinary artist Maria Kerin combines embodied movement through dance with process-based visual art practice to create installations, performances and new media body works.

Through body-based art work Kerin explores points of meeting with site, artist and audience in an autobiographical enquiry into sites of contention. Often this response includes working with other artists using the model of friendship to form creative coalitions.

A graduate of Fine Art from DIT ’98 and a Bachelor of Business Studies from UL,’91, Kerin also holds an MA in Contemporary Dance performance from UL ’06. Her work has been included in group and solo exhibitions, theatres, art festivals, public commissions, and reaches audience through alternative site-specific locations, printed publications, the internet, mobile phones and live through skype.

Maria Kerin has also curated and mentored nationally and internationally. Founder member of Outrider Artists her web presence includes danceworkslive.com and sitemeetings.blogspot.com.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Estonia, recorded performance

Detailed documentation from a recorded performance made on Raadi Airport an old abandoned ex Russian airport that is now the proposed site for the new Estonian History Museum, Tartu, Estonia.