ABOUT THIS SITE >>> This site is a blog as well as an archive: It gives visibility to the continues working of radical_hope & radical_house and holds documentation of the research projects Distraction As Discipline and OTΗOE - works for passers-by.
radical_hope (since 2010) creates and holds frameworks for artistic research/es & co-creation/s.
radical_house (since 2020), next to being a long term project on notions of ownership, privacy and privilege, provides a physical place in Brussels: here people can tempralrily cohabit with the permanent users of the house in order to work, rest or find shelter.
Distraction As Discipline (2015 - 2019) is
an investigation into enactivist principles in art and education
(research trajectory at KASK School
of Arts Ghent 2016-19). It considers the potential of performance art and
pedagogy in general, in resisting the current and massive
desubjectivation, by critically reclaiming both, attention for the moment and participation in a process.
OTΗOE - works for passers-by (2012 - 2014) was the development of radical_hope's artistic practice in the city and questioned how and by whom this practice (and its bodily, social and economical aspects) is perceived. The title refers to the public of a city and to how we encounter and register most things on our way through the city: Out of The Corner of Our Eyes. OTΗOE.
Joan Somers Donnelly Making Space
2022: Ireland
During 2022 artist Joan Somers Donnelly is researching and developing a space for women and non-binary artists, makers and performers in Ireland to connect, and share practices and knowledge.
A pilot project of four group sessions will take place in Dublin in the summer.
radical_house is supporting Joan in the framework of Bridging From Schools. >>>
Her research is supported by radical house, the Living Commons (Cork), Unit 44 (Dublin), and an Agility Award from the Arts Council of Ireland. If you want to know more, email her at somersdj@tcd.ie.