#4 The Translocal Condition

collection of minds#4 takes the form of a screening programme of international artist films. It takes as its starting position an idea that the local is the exact point at which people can act in the interests of change. By connecting translocally, it becomes possible to build networks of change.

Each of the eight participating artists or artist collectives, drawn from around the world, shows a film work that engages with specific local conditions. By focusing on action and possibility, these works place the capacity and the responsibility for change in the hands of ordinary people, wherever they find themselves.

Screenings by; Ahmed Nabil (EGY), theweathergroup_U and Jeffrey Lee (AUS), Kultivator (SW), Herbologies/Foraging Networks (FI/LAT), Gareth Kennedy (IRL), Nina Nordstrom (FI), Wapke Feenstra (myvillages.org) (NL), Jennie Guy & Claire Behan (IRL).

The Power of Local is devised and directed by Trudi van der Elsen.

This event will explore the power of local by bringing together a range of thinkers and makers, producers and artists, organisations and businesses from local, national and international contexts to consider some of these questions. Taking place over a period of four days (August 4th - 8th), the Festival will happen across multiple venues in Ennistymon, Co. Clare presenting art, live-performance, food, video, panel discussion, an open-air market, outdoor screenings, open studios and artist talks. The Festival will include invited contributions from the artist group Liquid (Estonia), Dr. Igor Calzada, Associate Researcher at the Center for Basque Studies-University of Nevada, Reno (USA), Outrider Artists (Ireland), Ground Up Artists Collective (Ireland), and a collection of minds project, The Trans-Local Condition, a screening of international artist films curated by Fiona Woods. 