Maria Kerin- artist curator, choreographer: February 2011

Maria Kerin(-Walsh), artist curator choregrapher.

Welcome to my blog. It introduces some of the processes and projects that I have been involved in recent years as an independent, rural based artist-curator and choreographer, working towards sustaining a slower rural based lifestyle, through creativity that also supports autonomy and self organisation within an inter-connective model of collaboration.

My movement-based arts practice provokes and informs a translocal artist-curatorial and choreographic practice, manifesting into peer to peer networks and systems to support collaborations presently in Ireland, Estonia and Sweden, in an interdisciplinary practice without borders.

I am particularly interested in deep listening, sensing time and opening up memories through awareness/presence as an embodied creativity process and ethical inquiry, informed through somatic principles that supports my practice concerned with our relationships with nature and consciousness. For example see blog page 'Post domestic: The future is the forest". Work with Kristina Kvamme, Sweden, since August 2019, in her walking practice that links through image and text live online on Fridays nourishes this. Ongoing explorations with Rachel Sweeney through Articulating Thresholds expands this inquiry.

Since 2018 I've been working on translocal, transdisciplinary collaborations in experimental heritage, with Professor Bodil Petersson of Linneaus University and members of Experimental Heritage network Sweden. This has led to us forming Karum-Creevagh, a group of artists, archaeologists and ecologists from Ireland and Sweden, concerned with our future.

See www.experimentalheritage.com for a detailed archive.

See Outrider Artists.wix.com for more info on local rural networks and cross-cultural sharing.

For other online images, see my kind partner Michael Walsh's documentation of my work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbqEyXulALA

https://issuu.com/michaelwalsh/docs/10_days_embodied_creative_process_d

https://issuu.com/michaelwalsh/docs/future_domestic_2013_visual_diary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSYpxRfzKp0&t=4s

Should you wish to contact me for more information please text 00353877711033 or email: kerinmaria@gmail.com

See www.thefloatingvillage.net for collaboration with Dr Rachel Sweeney as part of The Floating Village eco-somatic practice since 2019.

Monday, February 28, 2011

Body & Dance Section- divedivedive.org

Ive got a lovely job curating the new section BODY & DANCE for divedivedive.org an online cultural magazine coming from Tallinn, Estonia. This will be up and running by the 17th March but check out the magazine now for very interesting cultural articles. If you have an interesting article with images that you'd like to contribute for Body & Dance section please contact me as soon as possible.

SALT- exhibition in Tallinn

SALT, an exhibition of film, photography, painting and live performance will take place in East Gallery, Pikk Street, Tallinn from 17^th to 20^th March, 11pm to 6pm.

This exhibiton includes work from the curators/artists Jackie Askew and Maria Kerin

as well as Maeve Collins, Fergus Tighe, Fiona O’Dwyer and Fiona Woods

who have all referred to the sea in their creativity, connecting them to the theme of

Stories from the Coastline that Tallinn has chosen as City of Culture 2011.

There promises to be a very exciting Opening on Friday 18th at 7pm, not to be missed!

The Exhibition will be formally opened by the Irish Ambassador to Estonia, Mr.Peter McIvor, followed a singing performance by Maeve Collins.

Fergus Tighes’ feature film Seaside Stories… will be shown for free from 20.15 to 22.15.

Maria Kerin will create a durational performance throughout the evening, including dance, drawing and photography with audience participation using salt and chalk.

This exhibition is being kindly funded by the Clare Arts Office, Ireland.
For more information please see http://salt-exhibition-tallinn.blogspot.com

English subtitles are on the film and comfortable seats available so large groups of children and students are welcome- freee showings at 11am, 12.45pm 2.15pm and 4pm daily.