Cork Caucus

Abstract

I was invited, during Cork’s year as European Capital of Culture, to curate and organize a three week series of exhibitions, seminars and presentations in collaboration with Annie Fletcher. Cork Caucus was a completely new concept for a major visual arts event. Rather than commissioning a few artists to produce large-scale work for the public space, we determined to organise a long-term discursive event that brought participants in Cork together with major theorists. Artists were also invited to create work. We aimed to generate new ambition, horizon and possibility in the Cork art scene, through direct experience with artists and thinkers from the international milieu. At the same time, the Cork participants were able to prepare over the long term for their various visits and to provide a specific Cork context for their theories