Memory of Water
- Cineál Tionscadail
- Visual Arts
- Teideal
- Memory of Water
- Irish Partner
- Ormston House, Limerick
- Co-Partners
- Intercult (Sweden)
- Fablevision (UK)
- Baltic Sea Cultural Centre (Poland)
- Municipality of Ostend (Belgium)
- Municipality of Levadia (Greece)
- Intercult (Sweden)
- Funding Strand
- Smaller Scale Cooperation Projects
- Year Funded
- 2018
- Funding Amount
- €199,794
Artists from Gdańsk, Govan, Göteborg/Stockholm, Ostend, Levadia, and Limerick collaborated with community groups, engineers, politicians, residents and urban planners. These cities are defined by their post-industrial waterfronts: some are making successful progress while others struggle with abandonment or gentrification.
Memory of Water poses the question: what’s next for waterfront heritage zones? The participating partners collaborated on interconnected activities including four artist-led City Labs, international residencies, and a filmed documentary. Artists shared and develop skills, examining how accepted histories clash and compliment what has been lost, forgotten or abbreviated.
'Ormston House is responsible for the Artistic Direction of Memory of Water, working with artists and partners from six post-industrial cities, to amplify community voices in the regeneration process. We are breaking ground in connecting communities, politicians, policy-makers, and property developers through participatory arts practice. This has been an excellent opportunity to share our stories, to learn from the challenges, and to grow the connectivity between our cities. It has been a validating and rewarding experience to contribute our expertise to this innovative capacity-building project that will have a lasting impact on the future of waterfront heritage zones.'Across Borders Across the Board Vol 3 2017–2019
The Memory of Water project artists were: TS Beall, Rafika Chawishe, Mary Conroy, Jonas Myrstrand, Siegfried Vynck, and Iwona Zając. Ormston House is a project partner on Memory of Water with Fablevision in Scotland, Intercult in Sweden, the Municipality of Levadia in Greece, Nadbaltyckie Centrum Kultury in Poland, and Stad Ostend in Belgium.
Eye of the River below is part 9 of the 11 part webinar series 'Reinventing Post-Industrial Heritage Through Culture.' It opens with an introduction to how Ormston House became involved with the Creative Europe project, and why Limerick was the perfect city for this cooperation.
You can find all their videos on the Memory of Water YouTube channel.