XVIII – Stories of TULCA
| Date | 17.04.2021 - 30.04.2021 |
| Venue | Online |
| Organiser | TULCA |
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TULCA Festival of Visual Arts and Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture present:
XVIII – Stories of TULCA
Specially commissioned publication
TULCA Festival of Visual Arts first presented a programme in Galway city in November 2002. The intervening 18 years have seen the festival become embedded into cultural life of the city by presenting a new programme every year that is formed and informed by life in the west. TULCA is unique in Ireland as the only platform reserved solely for Irish curators.
TULCA has supported hundreds of artist’s diverse practices and introduced thousands of schoolchildren and adult learners to contemporary art for the first time. Over the years, TULCA has transformed many unwanted or neglected sites into spaces to exhibit and experience high quality, ambitious visual art.
XVIII – Stories of TULCA marks TULCA’s 18th anniversary through a series of new writing commissions, photo-essays and reflections and documents the TULCA UnSelfing Programme for Galway 2020. Featuring contributions from: Aideen Barry, George Bolster, Michelle Browne, Sarah Browne, Helen Carey, Valerie Connor, Mary Cremin, Michael Dempsey, Lucy Elvis, Isadora Epstein, Susanna Galbraith, Marilyn Gaughan Reddan, Kerry Guinan, James Harrold, Austin Ivers, Greg McCartney, Louise Manifold, Megs Morley, Gavin Murphy, Deirdre O’Mahony, Matt Packer, Áine Phillips, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Sarah Searson, Clíodhna Shaffrey, Linda Shevlin, Dominic Thorpe, Josephine Vahey.
Edited by Michaële Cutaya and designed by Pure Designs.
About TULCA UnSelfing
TULCA UnSelfing is a programme of visual art exhibitions, performances, and encounters commissioned by TULCA Festival of Visual Arts for Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture. Launched in February 2020 with the inaugural exhibition Deep States curated by Helen Carey presenting the work of artists; Dominic Thorpe (Ireland), Veronika Merklein (Austria & Germany) Andrej Mircev (Croatia), Nikoleta Markovic (born in Yugoslavia), Eunseo Yi (Republic of Korea).
Followed by two exhibitions; Threads by Irish Artist Austin Ivers curated by Sarah Searson and online exhibition and publication Nothing to Look Forward To But The Past curated by Gregory McCartney with artists; Stuart Cairns, Nadege Meriau, Daniel Seiffert, Tara Wray. Writers: Prof. Lorna Piatti-Farnell, Prof. Peter Knight, Dr Dara Downey, Anna Walsh, Gail McConnell, Sharon Young.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic the remainder of the programme has been further reimagined and repositioned with projects taking place in April 2021.
About TULCA
TULCA Festival of Visual Arts first presented a programme in Galway City in November 2002. The intervening 18 years have seen the festival become embedded into cultural life of the city by presenting a new programme every year that is formed and informed by life in the west.
TULCA is unique in Ireland as the only platform reserved solely for Irish curators. TULCA has supported hundreds of artists’ diverse practices and introduced thousands of schoolchildren and adult learners to contemporary art for the first time. Over the years, TULCA has transformed many unwanted or neglected sites into spaces to exhibit and experience high quality, ambitious visual art.
Image: XVIII – Stories of TULCA, design by Pure Designs, detail of mural by Nikolay Oleynikov, TULCA 2011. Photo: Tom Flanagan
