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Spinning around in Carndonagh
27.08.10
CANADIAN artist Seema
Goel and ten local volunteers will be spinning
sheeps' wool in front of empty shopfronts in
Carndonagh, this Saturday, as part of a public art
project.
The event is part of the Inishowen
artist-in-residence's Carbon Footprint which shows
how art can address issues such as global warming,
climate change and the part economics plays in it
all.
She chose to spin wool in front of empty shop fronts
as a metaphor for the intrinsic relationship between
climate change and economics and how it is
manifesting itself at a local level in terms of the
recession. |
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Canadian artist Seema Goel spinning
sheeps' wool with local volunteers. |
"The first time I came
to Carndonagh last year, I was surprised by how many
shops were closed. At the same time, I was struck by
the vitality of the town and how local people seemed
to care about what happened to their community," she
said.
She added: “Locally, sheep wool has become valueless
and is a zero profit material for the farming
community but it is a precious material that has
incredible versatility, history and worth if
explored."
Seema’s public art show this Saturday was helped by
local residents in the Inishowen area who took part
in a series of workshops in Buncrana, Moville and
Carndonagh. It taught participants how to spin the
wool on simple drop spindles.
The performance will take place in the Diamond,
Carndonagh on August 28th from 3pm to 5pm. All the
wool will later be knit into socks that will be part
of the gallery show in Letterkenny in November. |
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