Mrua -translocal transdisciplinary mentoring/residencies/exchange

Images of Mrua: translocal residencies for artists, curators and dance-makers, Monreal North, Ennistymon, Co.Clare

MRUA Downstairs studio view

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Rose tinted view from Studio

Maria Kerin outside Luisne, Monreal North www.sitemettings.blogspot.com, politicalheartworks.blogspot.com

Mrua - mentoring/residencies/exchange

I am in the process of developing Mrua:
translocal residencies for artists, curators and dance-makers
Mrua offers the space for Translocal Engagement
- putting the local issues in a global context and making it widely accessable through the internet, through live channel feed and web platforms Mrua invites artists and curators across the disciplines to partake in this residency, and as Maria Kerin is a transdisciplinary artist working through merging contemporary dance with her visual arts process, dance- makers are also very welcome.
Mentoring is offered SOURCED THROUGH EMBODIMENT in the rural domestic setting of her home, Luisne, Monreal North, Ennistymon, Co.Clare as an extension of her creative practice: USING PRESENCE AND EMBODIMENT FOR CLEARLY LISTENING and engaging with others.
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Offering:

Residential Studio space (wooden floor, east and south facing windows)
with separate bedroom and bathroom in a beautiful modern lightfilled home with inticing views of a river valley and open skies and sounds of the pheasants and the donkeys next door

Mentoring-supporting reflection and considerations for:
Research inquiries
Development of process
Finetuning end productions
For curators: meeting and linking with other artists in the west of Ireland or just a time out rural retreat. Opportunities to brainstorm with AMrtai
Translocal: Linking world wide to other audiences/artists through web channel, live and archival video and text

Networking -introductions and sharings:
Meetings with communities for collaborations, curating, coalitions

Workshop space- safe comfortable warm environment : atmospheric support for sensitive work

Mrua source:
Listening, sharing hospitality, generosity, friendship, meeting, support, reflection and consideration, embodiment and presence.

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Mrua hosts:

Weekly gatherings

Antoinette Spillanne - Grace work
Transdiscipline movement and voice workshops. Nov 11

Alexandra Boettcher- independent contemporary dance artist research and development of process into embodiment and presence in movement. Site meetings.blogspot.com. Ongoing collaboration since 2009.

Fine art mentoring –painting and drawing workshops with Ailse Ellis, Christine Porter, Densise Ryan and Emma Stuart Liberty. Ongoing since 210.
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Residencies:

Liquid artist group from Estonia were our invited guests for a week in August 2011 while they took part in the Power of Local festival in Ennistymon. Ongoing collaborations have developed and they are returning in July 2012 to continue working here.

Artist in Residency December 2011
Fiona Woods.
Supporting her Work in progress: Vocal process being developed with a group 17th-18th Dec, by hosting a supper and providing the studio space with the right conditions sensitive to the work being explored.
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Extra offerings:
Dining: As I have many diatery exclusions I can offer home cooked wheat free/ dairy free food and cater for any special requests.
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If you are looking for mentoring, studio residency or assistance in making links in Clare please contact me directly on my email: kerinmaria@gmail.com.
Rates are open to barter and bargaining...
A web site is being developed to expand MRUA and will be up in the new year.

drawings from Estonia

During my residency in Moks, Centre for art and social practice, Mooste, Estonia this year I did some drawings.

The bridle broke

Nervous Around Horses proved to be a very challenging piece to install. The Vets office had some difficulties with it - the challenges of showing work in a public space takes all parties involved to be open to it. However, miscommunications led to the work being lost in the politics. Im grateful however to the Pets shop for hosting it with such welcome.

The Pet Shop, Skibereen

Liquid -Vedelik come to Ennistymon

The Estonian based art group came to Ennistymon this August for a week to partake in the Power of Local, a cultural festival.

"Pink Wall, Parliment Street, Ennistymon" was the final intervention orchestrated by myself with everyone present invited to make a huge map of the art links, naming the places we are all linked to through our art projects.

Throughout the weekend the shared sense of creativity buzzed and filled our hearts. I showed my performance piece on video "Raadi airport" that was made in Tartu, 2010.

Michael Walsh created an installation in a disused shop, using

100 empty flour bags that he had previously designed for a flour company in Estonia.

Nervous around Horses

An invitation to partake in the West Cork arts festival this July has inspired a new soundscape, sourced in the body, expressed through the voice. Nervous around horses is a sound installation of live recordings of my engagement with Robert, my nieces 13.2 pony. I have been trying to learn to horse ride again for the past month. This requires facing my fear. I love horses but am nervous around them. I discovered that I talk continuously to the pony. Ive always been in awe of the farrier, PJ Connole who has been shoeing our ponies for 25 years. I listened to him and witnessed his calmness and control as he spoke to Robert while shoeing him. This is the first recording. The second part is a live recording of me saddling and riding Robert, a strange day that put a limit to my horse riding. The bridle broke. Robert snapped the bit from the lead and broke the bridle.

Residency in Moks

From April 1 to the 5 may I spent a fantastic time at MoKS, centre for art and social practice, in Mooste, Estonia.
During my time there I drew, worked with Jaan Ulst to create a site specific dance and gave workshops on embodied movement. I really enjoyed holding the space with a dozen 6 year olds from the village.

Barn dance performance, 31 April, Mooste - Jaan Ulst dancer

I worked as director with dancer Jaan Ulst and sourced a site for his piece. Performed in a huge old soviet ex-communist barntwice infront of mainly an audience of children on 31 April, witches night in Mooste, Estonia. Working with the found elements of texture and light as the space was explored through embodied choreographed movement.

Dance performance at the witching hour

Tere,

Oled oodatud koos oma perega
vabaohu tantsuetemnousele

volbriohtul, 30 Mail, kell 9

Kuguneme Moksi Ees
vota kaasa Torvik!!!

Hi, you and your family are invited to an outdoor contemporary dance performance
at the witching hour of 9pm this Saturday, 30 May

Please meet with torches outside MoKs centre

Concept and Director Maria Kerin
Dancer Jaan Ulst

Performance at SALT

At 5pm on the 20th of March, I did a 12 minute live performance using salt and movement witnessed by a small audience

at EAST gallery, Tallinn as part of SALT group exhibition entitled Salt: stories of looking back.

Body & Dance Section- divedivedive.org

Ive got a lovely job curating the new section BODY & DANCE for divedivedive.org an online cultural magazine coming from Tallinn, Estonia. This will be up and running by the 17th March but check out the magazine now for very interesting cultural articles.  If you have an interesting article with images that you'd like to contribute for Body & Dance section please contact me as soon as possible.

SALT- exhibition in Tallinn

SALT, an exhibition of film, photography, painting and live performance will take place in East Gallery, Pikk Street, Tallinn from 17^th to 20^th March, 11pm to 6pm. 

This exhibiton includes work from the curators/artists Jackie Askew and Maria Kerin 

as well as Maeve Collins, Fergus Tighe, Fiona O’Dwyer and Fiona Woods

who have all referred to the sea in their creativity, connecting them to the theme of  

Stories from the Coastline that Tallinn has chosen as City of Culture 2011.

There promises to be a very exciting Opening on Friday 18th at 7pm, not to be missed! 

The Exhibition will be formally opened by the Irish Ambassador to Estonia, Mr.Peter McIvor, followed a singing performance by Maeve Collins. 

Fergus Tighes’ feature film Seaside Stories… will be shown for free from 20.15 to 22.15.

Maria Kerin will create a durational performance throughout the evening, including dance, drawing and photography with audience participation using salt and chalk.

This exhibition is being kindly funded by the Clare Arts Office, Ireland. 
For more information please see http://salt-exhibition-tallinn.blogspot.com

English subtitles are on the film and comfortable seats available so large groups of children and students are welcome- freee showings at 11am, 12.45pm 2.15pm and 4pm daily.