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Household at the Future of Art in Perpetually Restructuring Cities symposium

We were invited to contribute to the Valand Academy Future of Art in Perpetually Restructuring Cities symposium in Gothenburg this October. The programme included discussions, screenings, workshops, performances, and the opportunity to experience artworks installed in public spaces across the city, such as Next to You by Marika Hedemyr, and Eric Magassa’s work, Walking With Shadows, which part of the Goteborg Biennial 2019 and installed in the docks. We were in good company alongside fellow invited guests Donald Mitchell (Uppsala University); Feras Hammami (Gothenburg University);
Gavin Murphy (Centre for Creative Arts & Media, Galway-Mayo
Institute of Technology); Sara Brorström, Handelshögskolan (Gothenburg University); Caroline Cowley (Public Arts Officer, Fingal County Council); Benj Gerdes (Artist, Gothenburg); Sol Archer; Oli Mould (Royal Holloway, University of London); Theo Tegelaers (Curator, TAAK, Amsterdam) and Marika Hedemyr (Artist, Gothenburg) and others. We look forward to future collaborations, the next iteration of the research group, and exploring some of the new connections and contacts made.

StreetSpace 2020

Household will be taking part in StreetSpace 2020. StreetSpace is a research and teaching project set up led by Dr Agustina Martire at Queen’s University Belfast that seeks to understand the significance of local mixed streets, by analysing their physical, historical and experiential aspects. This multidisciplinary project aims to provide an alternative way of mapping, drawing, planning, preserving, developing and designing streets. In this studio, architecture students will work in collaboration with Household, Sailortown Regeneration, the Department for Communities and Belfast City Council to address the area of Sailortown in Belfast and its connection to the rest of the city. The studio aims to encourage students to understand the histories and memories of the place, and to explore ways of representing them, so as to address problems of vacancy, lack of cohesion, connection and coherence in a very significant area of the city.

StreetSpace will highlight on the one hand the importance of social justice and sustainability in the climate agenda, and on the other addressing the very pragmatic waterfront condition of the site. Local mixed streets are complex entities that connect diverse areas of the city. They have evolved slowly through history, but can be radically transformed by redevelopment. StreetSpace explores streets with a rich mix of uses, with complex histories and especially those that risk losing their distinctive identities.

Film Screening of ‘Dispatches from Futureland’ by Sol Archer

Join us tomorrow on Sunday 11 August (3pm-5pm) for the screening of Dispatches from Futureland, a film by our artist in residence Sol Archer in the Mission to Seafarers in North Belfast’s historical Sailortown neighbourhood.

Dispatches from Futureland, set in the near future, quietly explores the automatisation of the docklands in Rotterdam and the simultaneous growth in global trade and loss of local jobs (experiences that resonate locally and are shared universally)

Northern Ireland Screen Digital Film Archive has curated a selection of local archive footage in response to the themes of Dispatches from Futureland.

This is a free event, all are welcome and we will provide refreshments.

More info here.

This screening is part of the New Lodge Arts Festival and is supported by Film Hub N.I., Northern Ireland Screen Digital Film Archive, and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation

We are looking for an Evaluator

Household are looking for an Evaluator

Household wishes to appoint an evaluator to work with the small staff team whilst delivering Homeward Bound, a programme of participatory art activities in collaboration with local residents, partners and organisations in Sailortown, a historical Belfast neighbourhood. 

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Thinking the Future for Radical Social Change: Dialogues on Theory and Practice

We are honoured to be part of ‘Thinking the Future for Radical Social Change: Dialogues on Theory and Practice’ this Thursday (6pm, 27th June), a symposium featuring an impressive lineup of speakers including Professors Peggy Phelan (Performance Studies, Stanford University) and Isabell Lorey (Queer Studies, KHM/EIPCP); Clare Bailey (Green Party Northern Ireland); Emma Campbell (Alliance for Choice); Clare Gormley (The MAC); and Sipho Sibanda (Housing 4 All NI and Refugees Welcome NI), organised by the interdisciplinary ‘Time/Temporality/Futurity’ Reading Group at Queen’s University Belfast, in partnership with The MAC.

In the present political moment questions about the present, the future and their link to radical social change are pressing worldwide. What will the future look like? How can we navigate to a better future in troubling presents? What are the possibilities for radical social change in the present? What possibilities does collective action for radical social change hold for the present and future? This event brings together politicians, grassroots political activists, artists, and academics to explore these questions. More information can be found here: https://themaclive.com/event/thinking-the-future-for-radical-social-change-dialogues-on-theory-and-pract

Image: ‘The Classroom’ by artist Arcmanoro Niles, which will be part of the exhibition On Refusal: Representation & Resistance in Contemporary American Art later this year in The MAC

StreetSpace 2019

We will be talking about Public Art, making maps and working with the participants of the superb StreetSpace workshops on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th June at City Hall. The focus of this year’s workshops is the Clifton Gateway (Donegall Street, Clifton Street and Crumlin Road) in North Belfast. We will explore the complexity of this area and investigate the potential of these streets to provide fair, accessible and diverse places for people – important learning that can be applied in other city neighbourhoods, like Sailortown!

Maps produced by the workshop participants will be exhibited at PLACE from Thursday 20th June.

 

Household at the Maritime Mile Festival

Household at the Maritime Mile Festival

The Crew and their Captain

Request the pleasure of your company for dining and celebration honouring the lives and stories of the people of Sailortown, as part of the Belfast Maritime Festival.
Saturday 25th May 2019.

Free tasty treats, refreshments and food-related activities will be available from 2 pm till 5 pm.

THE CAPTAINS TABLE @ The Mission to Seafarers, Sailortown (Princes Dock Street)

Tastes of Sailortown adult cookery workshop – Little Italy

Join us for a wild garlic pesto and fresh pasta making workshop this Wednesday (6-7pm) in the Mission to Seafarers kitchen with artist Thomas Wells and food educator and forager Clare McQuillan. Find out more about Sailortown’s Little Italy connection and make and taste food with local and international ingredients inspired by the neighbourhood. This is a free event for people of all cooking abilities with limited places so get in touch at info@householdbelfast.co.uk to book your place

Italians settled in an around Sailortown in the latter half of the 19th century in search of work in the city. This area soon became known as Little Italy, and the people that lived there worked in the existing linen, bleaching and printing industries at a time when Belfast was one of the fastest growing industrial cities in the world. They also contributed unique artistic skills such as sculpturing and plastering, laid beautiful terrazzo floors, and opened Italian ice cream parlours. Though the Little Italy neighbourhood no longer exists, this community and its descendants have made an important contribution to Belfast.

 

Tastes of Sailortown – Free Cookery Workshops for Adults

Do you live in or near Sailortown and would you like to take part in two free evening cooking workshops at the Mission to Seafarers on the 8th and 15th of May (6-7pm)? You will learn about local ingredients, Sailortown’s flavours of the past and present, food preparation, and begin to create a signature dish.

Inspired by the flavourful stories told by Sailortown’s former residents and by what current residents want to eat, artist Thomas Wells has developed the Tastes of Sailortown, a series of workshops for participants of all ages. He has been working with young people at Clanmil Housing Association and together with food educator Clare McQuillan will deliver two free workshops in May for adults exploring food preparation and knowledge. Through the adult and children’s workshops, a ‘signature dish for Sailortown’ will be developed.

Get in touch with us at info@householdbelfast.co.uk to book a place on the adult workshops, as places are limited. All materials will be provided and refreshments will be served. 

More information about Clare, Tom and the project can be found here

 

We are looking for a part-time Arts Administrator

Image: an installation by Tonya McMullan and Colm Clark at Household Festival 2013

Household Belfast invites applications for the position of part-time Arts Administrator (1 day per week)

We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised and committed individual to take on the role of part-time Arts Administrator, working closely with the Co-Directors, project staff and artists to support Household’s work. This role will be key in assisting the organisation in the delivery of our ambitious programme of events in Sailortown.

The Arts Administrator will be primarily responsible for supporting the administration of the organisation. You will support the smooth day-to-day running of the finance function and report to the Co-Directors. Your duties will include maintaining budgets, updating monthly accounts, booking venues, travel and accommodation, assistance with marketing, invoicing, and any other relevant administration-related activities. This is an exciting opportunity to take a pivotal role in a growing organisation and to bring your own unique skills to complement those of our small, hardworking and passionate team.

This is a one-year part-time position with a 3-month probationary period, with a possibility to extend to November 2021, subject to funding. Hours of work will be agreed with the successful candidate with a certain amount of flexibility built in, but your work will mostly be undertaken on Mondays to align with the wider team’s schedule. Applicants must live in or near Belfast, be able to work flexibly or from home, and be able to meet once a week (on a Monday) in Belfast city centre.

View and download the full job description here. The application deadline is Friday 17 May 2019 at 5 pm.

Please contact info@householdbelfast.co.uk with any questions.

 

Image credit: Surrender Yourself, an installation by Tonya McMullan and Colm Clarke at Household Festival 2013