TUESDAY 10 APRIL – FRIDAY 13 APRIL 2018BELFAST

PEACE ANDBEYONDARTSFRINGE

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CON-TENTS

WELCOME CONTENTS

STREET ARTWalking Tour Exploring Belfast’s historic Cathedral Quarter

THEATREKabosh Theatre CompanyGreen and Blue

VISUAL ARTSRaymond WatsonHands of History +20

VISUAL ARTSMartin Krenn and Aisling O’BeirnTransforming Long Kesh/Maze

LITERATURE‘What else…’Poetry Jukebox

MUSICStuart Bailie Trouble Songs

WELCOME

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Welcome to the Peace andBeyond Arts Fringe presenting asmall number of works createdsince the Good Friday /BelfastAgreement by Northern Irelandartists and makers as well asinternational writers and poets.

Before the official opening ofthe conference at Belfast CityHall’s Civic Reception at 19:30,we invite early bird delegates tojoin us for the Peace andBeyond Arts Fringe.

All events take place or departfrom Riddel’s Warehouse, 87 - 91 Ann Street, Belfast.

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RIDDEL’S WAREHOUSE87-91 ANN STREET, BELFAST

Built in 1865-67 by Thomas Jackson & Son, the warehouse has a 65 ft frontage and is fourstories high: the ground floor is built on a plinth of Newry granite, with round headedarches finely carved with water-lilies, ivy, columbine and shamrock, supported on squatpiers with bunches of flowers for capitals, and roundels of floral rosettes in the spandrelsbetween the arches. The upper levels are of “white Glasgow brick” with polychromaticdecoration in stone and banded red and black brickwork. The entire frontage was glazedwith large windows of the then very novel plate glass. At the top is a deep cornice in brickand sandstone and a parapet to the pitched roof behind. With the onset of the Troubles itbecame impossible for Riddels to carry on business in Ann Street. The Warehouse layempty for some years before being acquired by the Police Service as part of the securityprovisions. It is now owned by Hearth Historic Buildings Trust, The Old Museum, 7 CollegeSquare North, Belfast.

Cover Image:Raymond WatsonHands of History

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STREETARTWALKINGTOUR

STREET ART

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WALKING TOUR EXPLORING BELFAST’S HISTORIC CATHEDRAL QUARTERTUESDAY 10 APRILTIME: 13:30 DURATION: 90 MINS (ON FOOT)DEPARTING FROM RIDDEL’S WAREHOUSE, 87 - 91 ANN STREET, BELFAST

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Many tours present the politicalmurals of conflict but Belfasthas also become a city whereStreet Art has flourished, whereartists from around the worldhave come to paint. Devised andled by Seedhead Arts and localartists who have driven thescene in the last few years this90 minute, gently paced guidedtour explores the ever changingface of Street Art in Belfast’shistoric Cathedral Quarter.

The tour culminates at 15:00 atRiddel’s Warehouse with a rareopportunity to visit thisextraordinary building (built1865). A centrepiece ofBelfast’s industrial past,Riddel’s Warehouse wasacquired during the Troubles byMusgrave Street Police Stationto act as a ‘security buffer’ andbecomes the surroundings forthe Peace and Beyond ArtsFringe.

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THEATRE

Higgins and Doran giveengaging performances asthe men unable to cross aline that only wise men andfarmers can see”. BELFAST TELEGRAPH

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KABOSH THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS GREEN AND BLUETUESDAY 10 APRILTIME: 15:00 | DURATION: 60 MINS (LIMITED CAPACITY AND ACCESS)UPSTAIRS AT RIDDEL’S WAREHOUSE87 - 91 ANN STREET, BELFAST

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Green and Blue is a celebratedtwo-hander based on oralarchive of serving RUC and AnGarda Síochána Police Officerswho patrolled the borderbetween Northern Ireland andthe Republic of Ireland at theheight of the Conflict.

Performed by James Doran andVincent Higgins, directed byPaula McFetridge, Green & Blueis written by LaurenceMcKeown, a former member ofthe Provisional Irish RepublicanArmy (IRA) who took part in the1981 Irish hunger strike nowauthor, playwright, screenwriter.

www.kabosh.net

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VISUALARTS

At a Belfast Peace Wall theartist tries to escape theimprisonment of oneideological political viewpoint, only to discover asimilar prison on the otherside.”

VISUAL ARTS

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RAYMOND WATSONHANDS OF HISTORY +20CURATED BY THE ARTISANN GALLERYWWW.ARTISANN.ORG TUESDAY 10 APRIL – THURSDAY 12 APRIL - 11:00 - 18:00FRIDAY 13 APRIL - 11:00 - 14:00

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Hands of History started twentyyears ago when the artist,Raymond Watson, managed topersuade nine individualsinvolved in crafting theBelfast/Good Friday Agreementto let him take a cast of theirhands. Those initial nine were:Gerry Adams, Malachi Curran,David Ervine, John Hume, GaryMcMichael, Monica McWilliams,Mo Mowlam, Sean Neeson andDavid Trimble.

In the run-up to the 20thanniversary, Raymond hasrevisited this project and castthe hands of others who wereinfluential in promoting thegoals of peace. The artworksfeatured here in ‘An Introductionto Hands of History +20’ are thehands of:

John Alderdice was leader ofthe Alliance Party of NorthernIreland, 1987–1998, Speaker ofthe Northern Ireland Assembly,1998–2004, and since 1996 hehas sat in the House of Lords asa Liberal Democrat.

Seamus Mallon was involved inthe civil rights movement duringthe 1960s before becoming theDeputy Leader of the SocialDemocratic and Labour Party(SDLP) from 1979 to 2001, and

from 1998 to 2001 he was thefirst Deputy First Minister ofNorthern Ireland.

Mo Mowlam was a Labour Partypolitician. She was Member ofParliament (MP) for Redcar from1987 to 2001 and served asSecretary of State for NorthernIreland, 1997-9. Mowlam'spersonal charisma andreputation for plain speaking ledher to being perceived by manyas a leading light in brokeringthe peace agreement.

Peter Robinson was involved inNorthern Irish politics for over40 years, being a foundingmember of the DUP along withthe late Dr Ian Paisley. Heserved as Leader of theDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP)from 2008 until 2015, and wasFirst Minister of Northern Irelandfrom 2008 until his retirementfrom public life in 2016.

The artist also presentsGrappling Hook, a videoinstallation that makes use of agrappling hook surreptitiouslymade by internees in the early1970s. Produced by Digital ArtsStudios (Belfast) in associationwith the Creative Workers Co-Op.

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VISUALARTS

Transforming Long Kesh/Maze is part of TRACES, a three-year project funded in 2016 bythe European Commission Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation programme investigatingthe challenges and opportunities raised when transmitting complex pasts and the role ofdifficult heritage in contemporary Europe.

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MARTIN KRENN AND AISLING O’BEIRNTRANSFORMING LONG KESH/MAZE TUESDAY 10 APRIL – THURSDAY 12 APRIL 11:00 - 18:00FRIDAY 13 APRIL11:00 - 14:00

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Transforming Long Kesh/Maze isa collaborative social sculptureproject presented in part as apostcard series at Riddlel’s byartists Martin Krenn and AislingO’Beirn for the Peace andBeyond Fringe.

The artists worked withindividuals who have had first-hand experience of the LongKesh/Maze prison in NorthernIreland including ex-prisonersfrom both Loyalist andRepublican backgrounds,former visitors, ex-prison staff,archivists and collectors fromcommunity museums tocollaboratively photographexisting prison artefacts or toco-create unique smallsculptural objects to reflecttheir personal experiences ofthis site. Krenn and O’Beirnworked with participants inNorthern Ireland tophotographically restageobjects from the prison, which

they made, own, or arecaretaking for the future.Techniques for creating the newobjects include methodstraditionally used in makingprison art.

Given indecision about future ofthe Long Kesh/Maze formerprison site, the artists areinterested in how one can thinkbeyond the site’s legacy and toits future.

Martin Krenn and AislingO’Beirn are artists who haveworked in the field of sociallyengaged art for more than 15years. O’Beirn is based inBelfast and teaches at UlsterUniversity, Krenn is living inVienna and teaching at theUniversity of Applied ArtsVienna.

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LITERA-TURELITERATURE

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‘WHAT ELSE…’POETRY JUKEBOX #CHANGINGTHEMESSAGE FOR BELFASTLABELLIT: A WORD ON THE STREET PROJECT TUESDAY 10 APRIL – THURSDAY 12 APRIL 11:00 - 18:00FRIDAY 13 APRIL11:00 - 14:00

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The single richest sharedculture we have on thisisland is literature. Itoccupies a curious place inour psyche, beingomnipresent but also,paradoxically, quiteinvisible” - IRISH TIMES

Poetry Jukebox is Belfast’smuch loved sculptural projectcreated by Belfast based poetsDeirdre Cartmill and MariaMcManus and located in theCrescent Arts Centre’s garden.

This edition of contemporarypoetry, ‘What else…’ marks the20th Anniversary of the signingof the Good Friday Agreementand is featured in the Peace andBeyond Arts Fringe as aninstallation of takeaway microartworks from the participatingpoets at the entrance to Riddel’sWarehouse.

Public discourse matters, andputting something new intopublic discourse really matters.This curation of Poetry JukeBoxis about the ‘What else…’. Yourpoems go to joy, to solitude, tohappiness, to grief, tounfinished business, the legacy,stuck-ness, progress, loss, gain,the future and the very originsof the universe itself.

Poets featured:Moyra Donaldson Damian Gorman Jean BleakneyFrank OrmsbyDoireann Ni GroifaGavin MartinStephanie ConnCaitlin Gormley Brian KirkSiobhan Campbell Tina BurkeRoss Thompson Carol CaffreyEmma MustMilena Williamson Keith PayneMaria Isakova BennettMatthew RiceGrainne Tobin Maeve O’Lynn “

Images:Sim

on Hutchinson courtesy of Belfast

International Arts Festival 2017

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MUSICMUSIC

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TROUBLE SONGS BY STUART BAILIE TUESDAY 10 APRIL 19:30-21:30 BELFAST CITY HALL CIVIC RECEPTION

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Trouble Songs is the story ofmusic and conflict in NorthernIreland since 1968. The story isrelated by Bono, Christy Moore,The Undertones, Stiff LittleFingers, Orbital, Kevin Rowland,Terri Hooley, The Rubberbanditsand The Miami Showbandsurvivors. Musicians from punk,folk, rave and rock haveresponded to violence, bigotryand shocking events. Thesoundtrack includes remarkablework by John Lennon, PaulMcCartney, Sinead O’Connor,The Pogues, the Cranberriesand Elvis Costello.

Stuart Bailie, a Belfast-basedmusic journalist andbroadcaster, has spoken to over60 participants and revealsmany untold histories. TroubleSongs is an alternative hearingof the conflict, a testament tomusic’s value as a persuader,agitator and peacemaker. Trouble Songs has beensupported by the British Counciland Bloomfield Press, acollaboration between theauthor and EastSide Arts,Belfast.

Complementary copies of thebook will be available for Peaceand Beyond delegates.

Every musician that everstood on a stage, north ofthe border during thosedecades, every one of themwas a hero.”- STEPHEN TRAVERS, THE MIAMI SHOWBAND

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