The Irish Architecture Foundation is delighted to work with the arts and architecture collective ANNEX, cultural producer Frank Monahan, field archaeologist Michael Gibbons, geographer Patrick Bresnihan, and and researcher-curator Marina Otero Verzier to bring you the third annual IAF Summer School over two days in July, on site and online.

This year’s Summer School is informed by themes explored in Entanglement, the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021. Curated by ANNEX Collective, Entanglement is now on show at the Fairgreen Gallery in Galway as part of the Galway International Arts Festival. Its themes include the physicality of data infrastructure, exchange and communication, and the environmental, cultural and human impact of data. In ANNEX’s own words, “The Irish Pavilion from the Venice Architecture Biennale brings the physicality of data infrastructure to the forefront with Entanglement… The Pavilion aims to reframe the way we understand data production while exploring its impact on everyday life.”

All Summer School events are free and open to the public, but booking is required. It is possible to book for just one or any combination of Summer School events.

There are two events in our Galway-based programme on 12 July:

• Entanglement Exhibition Tour

Tuesday 12 July, 11:00-12:00
Entanglement exhibition, Fairgreen Gallery, Fairgreen Road, Galway
Led by Donal Lally (ANNEX)

Entanglement, the Irish Pavilion from the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021, is currently on show at the Fairgreen Gallery as part of Galway International Arts Festival. The exhibit explores the materiality of data and the interwoven human, environmental, and cultural impacts of information and communication technologies. Architect and ANNEX curatorial team member Donal Lally will lead a discursive exhibition tour of Entanglement at the exhibition venue.

FREE, open to all.
Book HERE for the Exhibition Tour (and/or Workshop) on 12 July.

• Workshop and Walking Tour (in person)

Tuesday 12 July, 14:00-18:00
Meet at Entanglement exhibition, Fairgreen Gallery, Fairgreen Road, Galway. The workshop location is the Marconi Wireless Station, Connemara. A complimentary bus is included.

Schedule:
14:00 – Bus departs Fairgreen Gallery, Galway
15:15 – Arrive at the Marconi Wireless Station, Clifden, Connemara
15:15-16:30 – On-site workshop
16:30 – Short stop in Clifden
18:00 – Arrive back at Fairgreen Gallery, Galway

Led by Frank Monahan and Michael Gibbons

This interactive workshop will take place at the Marconi Wireless Station, a historic site at Derrygimlagh near Clifden in Connemara, the location of the first commercial transatlantic wireless transmission (1907) and landing place of the first non-stop transatlantic flight (1919). Leading Irish field archaeologist Micheal Gibbons will lead an insightful walking tour. In parallel, site-specific creative challenges will be facilitated by cultural producer and arts educator Frank Monahan.

FREE, open to all.

N.B. Please bring all-weather gear and snack/water. This workshop involves a looped walk of approx. 5km (45 minutes).

Book HERE for the Workshop (and/or Exhibition Tour) on 12 July.

Also on Tuesday 12 July, 13:00-14:00 is the talk – Entanglement | First Thought

Members of the ANNEX curatorial team discuss the making of the Pavilion in conversation with artist and philosopher El Putnam. This event is part of Galway International Arts Festival and complements the themes of the IAF Summer School.

Book for this talk through the Galway International Arts Festival.

The Summer School will conclude with an online seminar on Thursday 21 July, 13:00-14:30. See the full programme on our News page.

The IAF Summer School is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.

Photos by Frank Monahan of a drawing of the Marconi Wireless Station circa 1911 and of a photo of the powerhouse circa 1911 projected onto the present landscape.