Site-ations International, Europe 2005/06

“SENSE IN PLACE” - Site-ations International, Europe 2005 brought together, in a year long event, a number of thematic, artistic and philosophical approaches to different places across Europe. Participants created work in response to curators themes that reflected differing social, historical and environmental contexts.
The project took place over one year between August 2005 and August 2006 and curators and artists led organisations from six countries developed the locations, titles and general themes of the events: A conference, education project and collaborative catalogue and web-site complemented these.

“SENSE IN PLACE” I-VI were:

I ‘Mapping Memory: Language, Landscape and Displacement’ in the Communities of N.W Ireland’. Aug.1 – Sept.12, 2005. Sligo, Ireland
To explore the influence of language, memory and myth on our understanding and perception of the rural and urban landscape in the town and County of Sligo, Ireland.

II ‘Factory of Phantasmagoria’. Sept.1 - Oct. 1, 2005. Lodz, Poland
To create a dialogue between the industrial past and cultural futures of the monumental C19th textile factories of Lodz and to illustrate how culture is an important factor in economic, social and urban regeneration.

III ‘Convergence: Ports, Islands and Shorelines’. Oct.1- Nov.1 2005. Cardiff, Wales,
To regenerate links between the sea, the city of Cardiff, its coastal waterways and islands and to examine notions of ‘public access’ and ‘rights of way’ within the Bay and Port areas of the city.

IV ‘Borders as Windows’. March 01 – April 2006. Riga, Latvia.
To open up dialogue and partnership between artists, the public and town planners in the redevelopment of public space and the Andrjsala peninsula and border regions of Riga.

V ‘Water’. May1 – June 01 2006. Zaragoza, Spain
To facilitate a deeper understanding of societies complex need for water and to awaken the publics’ awareness of sustainable and ecological futures in relation to the River Ebro and it’s affected regions.

VI ‘Sense in Place –Place of Power – Place of Art’. June 01 – July 01 2006. Reykjavik, Iceland,
To encourage co-operation between artists and scientists concerning energy issues in relation to both human and environmental needs.

More Information on Site-ations at www.site-ations.org.

For a copy of the ‘Sense in Place’ BOOK including, full colour hard back 270 pages; Site-ations history, conference papers, artists and curators texts, education project and contributors send address and cheque for €60 payable to’ Site-ations Conference’ to:

Site-ations International Book
Leitrim Sculpture Centre
New Line
Manorhamilton
Co. Leitrim Ireland