BASIC TALKS ~ Vanessa Daws ~ June 2023
1pm, 16/6/2023 Hugh Lane Gallery
Basic Space is delighted to present Vanessa Daws for our June BASIC TALK - 1pm on Friday the 16th of June 2023 at Hugh Lane Gallery.
Vanessa Daws is a long distance swimmer and visual artist, her art practice explores place through swimming. ‘Place’ being the watery space that is navigated and swam through and the social space created by this shared activity.
Working with curator Rosie Hermon, Vanessa’s current project ‘Swimming a Long Way Together’ draws its inspiration from the 20th century pioneer swimmer Mercedes Gleitze as part of its wider celebration of swimming and swimming communities, and has created a series of large-scale art events and exhibitions in Ireland, Northern Ireland and England.
Past projects have taken Vanessa to swim in the frozen Pirita River in Estonia; the Rideau Canal in Canada; various city fountains; the Pacific Ocean; the River Liffey; the M50 Aqueduct; and the Bogs of Ballycroy.
Vanessa was the recipient of the Arts Council of Ireland Open Call Award 2020.
In co-production with Fabrica in Brighton, Vanessa received Heritage Lottery Funding, UK for her exhibition ‘At Home in the Water’ 2022.
Vanessa was an artist in resident at the Fire Station Artist Studios, 2018 - 2021.
Image: “Beyond Islands - a night time journey by land and water” Skerries, 2019. Photo by Brian Cregan.
BASIC TALKS is a series of informal talks with leading contemporary practitioners. Curated by Basic Space in partnership with the Hugh Lane Gallery, BASIC TALKS is an open platform for lectures, workshops, presentations and performances. Speakers include artists, curators, writers and critics who generate discourse on producing, framing and exhibiting art.
Admission is FREE you can get your ticket here or come on the day.
