Suppose a Stone
Sensory Walk
With architect Jenny O’Leary, Choreographer Aoife McAtamney, Artist Jackson Byrne, and Curator Kate Strain.
22 July, 2023.
CoisCéim Broadreach was delighted to support the SUPPOSE A STONE Sensory Walk in Aughrim, County Wicklow. This 2-hour-long walk was designed to connect participants with the ‘Granite City’ through the sounds, smells, tastes and sensations of Aughrim. A series of exercises explored the different ways that people experience the same physical space. This event was facilitated by architect Jenny O’Leary of Howff, choreographer Aoife McAtamney, artist Jackson Byrne, and curator Kate Strain.
FROM AOIFE:
The SUPPOSE A STONE Sensory Walk was a sensuous workshop that awoke us to our senses, rebuilding a relationship to our townland environment through them. We worked with the 5 senses in 3 different locations of Aughrim town, experiencing these everyday familiar spaces anew. A highlight was our our taste section where we shared our awareness and experience of flavour, with local foods like wild garlic pesto and Aughrim’s homegrown honey and a blindfolded walk through its river glen, the Sean Linehan Walk. The activities the workshop proposed created peaceful conversation, engagement with our bodies and deepened our relationship to our environment.
ABOUT
SUPPOSE A STONE is a collaboration between Kunstverein Aughrim, Aughrim Tidy Towns CLG, Aughrim Active Retirement Group and architect Jenny O’Leary of Howff. Together they are undertaking an all-ages, interspecies accessibility study of the town of Aughrim County Wicklow, known locally as ‘The Granite City’. This community project was launched as part of Aughrim’s St Patrick’s Day Parade, throughout the drizzly morning and early afternoon of Friday 17 March 2023. Visitors to Kunstverein Aughrim were invited to complete a worksheet, aimed at discovering and uncovering some of the successes and challenges of Aughrim’s built environment. Based on these findings a series of participatory workshops aimed at approaching specific issues or themes is being devised, in the hope of identifying issues, then developing and testing potential solutions. SUPPOSE A STONE prioritises accessibility through creativity and inclusivity, with a long-term vision of radical hospitality for all. Find out more about Kunstverein’s hospitality policy at kunstverein.ie
