MAKE 2021 explores the materiality of performance, the role of objects in theatre, matter in movement.   

MAKE 2021 is our eighth Symposium designed to highlight contemporary issues concerning making and is hosted by Crawford College’s Contemporary Applied Arts Degree, which has at its heart a commitment to hands-on engagement with material as a path to concept, a kind of thinking through making,?through dialogue with a material. We stress experimentation and innovation within an interdisciplinary?offering of Ceramics, Glass, and Textiles, addressing current debate in the culture of the object and in material culture, all within the context of historic and contemporary fine and applied art.  

MAKE 2021 SPEAKERS FROM THE WORLDS OF THEATRE, PERFORMANCE, EDUCATION, AND MAKING: 

DONATELLA BARBIERI   UK

Performance designer, researcher and writer. Donatella Barbieri is senior research fellow and principal lecturer in design for performance at London College of Fashion: University of the Arts London.

ÁINE PHILLIPS   IRELAND

Dr Áine Phillips is a performance artist exhibiting and performing in Ireland and internationally since the late 80s.  She has created work for multiple contexts, public art commissions, the street, club events, galleries, theatres, and museums.

MONIKA ŽALTAUSKAIT? GRAŠIEN?  LITHUANIA

Monika Žaltauskait? Grašien? is Lecturer in Textiles at the Kaunas faculty of Vilnius Academy of Arts, and an active visual artist with many international exhibitions and curatorial roles.

EGL? GANDA BOGDANIEN?   LITHUANIA

Egl? Ganda Bogdanien? is Lecturer in Textiles at Vilnius Academy of Arts.  She is also an acclaimed and internationally recognised artist, writer, curator, and currently Chair of the Lithuanian Art Association. 

ALI MACLAURIN   UK  

Based in Edinburgh, Ali Maclaurin is a theatre designer and lecturer, with collaborative involvements with fringe theatres and youth all over the UK, and is co-author of Readings in Theatre Practice: Costume (Palgrave)

MIKA SATOMI   GERMANY  

Mika Satomi is a designer and artist exploring the field of e-Textiles, Interaction Design and Physical Computing, creating embedded clothing for sound and movement performance.  

PILVI PORKOLA   FINLAND  

Pilvi Porkola, Doctor of Arts, University of Arts, Helsinki, is a performance artist, writer and researcher on performance art and the role of objects in performance.

For further information, please contact Pamela.Hardesty@cit.ie