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For the whole summer The Big Wash Up has been attracting attention in the Shandon area from residents and tourists alike. This project by Cork Community Art Link features a series of temporary images that have been power-washed onto walls and buildings in Shandon bringing stories and memories of the area back to life.
“The Big Wash Up is a participative and community based arts project that was undertaken in partnership with the wider community. The project set out to gather memories and stories relating to Shandon in order to inspire a series of images. Consultations were held in St Mary’s Road Library with the assistance of the Northside Folklore Project and a wealth of local knowledge was recorded. During the course of the project we listened to stories of shawlies and corner boys, crubeens and messenger boys as well as characters that were unique to the area.”
The memories shared with Artlink have inspired over fifty temporary images that were washed onto walls and buildings in and around Shandon. From the buttera (Butter Exchange Brass Band ) circa 1885 to knitwear making in the butter exchange in the late twenties, corner boys playing pitch and toss or delivery boys taking a rest, each wall is set to tell a story. The Firkin Crane and the Butter Exchange feature as two of the principal locations and host some of the more spectacular temporary murals relating the past uses of each building.
Artist Philippe Chevrinais from Artitillerie Nantes France joined Cork Community Art Link for part of the project. Artitillerie specialise in developing public space arts project and have undertaken some spectacular large scale wall washing and paper pasting projects in France .
The Big Wash Up remains on display until Sept 28 2009. Mural trail maps can be found at St Mary’s Road Library, the Firkin Crane and shops around Shandon during July and August.
The project was undertaken with the support and participation of St Mary’s road Library, The Shandon Street Festival, Northside Folklore Project, Firkin Crane , Artist Philippe Chevrinais, Artitillerie, Shandon Youth Club and all those participants who gave their time, memories, materials and even their buildings as canvas
The Big Wash Up is part of the What if… public space arts programme and Cork Community Art Link's programme of community based participative art making for 2009.
Cork Community Art Link is a multidisciplinary arts organisation that develops participatory arts projects with communities and groups in Cork City . It prioritises working with groups who are disadvantaged or socially marginalised in their access to the arts and in their participation in the making of local and national culture.
As a multi-disciplinary arts organisation working with people in various social contexts it believes that access to the arts, not just as a spectator but both as participant and creator is a fundamental right to which every person should be entitled, regardless of their personal circumstances
Cork Community Art Link uses a range of artistic mediums from street spectacle and celebration using the street as a forum and stage for a collective community purpose, to visual arts based projects in more secluded contexts, performances, exhibitions, music and sound
The Big Wash Up
Date: 26 Sep 2009
The Big Wash Up is a community based participative arts project and collaboration between Cork Community Art Link and French company Artitillerie Travaux Publics from Nantes, France, supported by the Firkin Crane, St Mary's Road Library and the Northside Folklore Project. The project initiated social dialogue based on local memory and reflection, to enable participation in the making of local culture and to produce a pertinent temporary in situ work of art. The Big Wash Up is part of CCAL's What if ... public space exploration programme.For the whole summer The Big Wash Up has been attracting attention in the Shandon area from residents and tourists alike. This project by Cork Community Art Link features a series of temporary images that have been power-washed onto walls and buildings in Shandon bringing stories and memories of the area back to life.
“The Big Wash Up is a participative and community based arts project that was undertaken in partnership with the wider community. The project set out to gather memories and stories relating to Shandon in order to inspire a series of images. Consultations were held in St Mary’s Road Library with the assistance of the Northside Folklore Project and a wealth of local knowledge was recorded. During the course of the project we listened to stories of shawlies and corner boys, crubeens and messenger boys as well as characters that were unique to the area.”
The memories shared with Artlink have inspired over fifty temporary images that were washed onto walls and buildings in and around Shandon. From the buttera (Butter Exchange Brass Band ) circa 1885 to knitwear making in the butter exchange in the late twenties, corner boys playing pitch and toss or delivery boys taking a rest, each wall is set to tell a story. The Firkin Crane and the Butter Exchange feature as two of the principal locations and host some of the more spectacular temporary murals relating the past uses of each building.
Artist Philippe Chevrinais from Artitillerie Nantes France joined Cork Community Art Link for part of the project. Artitillerie specialise in developing public space arts project and have undertaken some spectacular large scale wall washing and paper pasting projects in France .
The Big Wash Up remains on display until Sept 28 2009. Mural trail maps can be found at St Mary’s Road Library, the Firkin Crane and shops around Shandon during July and August.
The project was undertaken with the support and participation of St Mary’s road Library, The Shandon Street Festival, Northside Folklore Project, Firkin Crane , Artist Philippe Chevrinais, Artitillerie, Shandon Youth Club and all those participants who gave their time, memories, materials and even their buildings as canvas
The Big Wash Up is part of the What if… public space arts programme and Cork Community Art Link's programme of community based participative art making for 2009.
Cork Community Art Link is a multidisciplinary arts organisation that develops participatory arts projects with communities and groups in Cork City . It prioritises working with groups who are disadvantaged or socially marginalised in their access to the arts and in their participation in the making of local and national culture.
As a multi-disciplinary arts organisation working with people in various social contexts it believes that access to the arts, not just as a spectator but both as participant and creator is a fundamental right to which every person should be entitled, regardless of their personal circumstances
Cork Community Art Link uses a range of artistic mediums from street spectacle and celebration using the street as a forum and stage for a collective community purpose, to visual arts based projects in more secluded contexts, performances, exhibitions, music and sound
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