'Space: A Social Agenda' - Forthcoming Symposium

Event information

Hosted by Ballymena Borough Council, The Braid Arts Centre & Mid Antrim Museum in partnership with PLACE, the Northern Ireland Built Environment Centre.
Forthcoming symposium, ‘Space: A Social Agenda’ is intended to build on Braid’s reputation as a ‘cultural hub’ for communities within the North East of Northern Ireland and its success of visitor figures of around 100,000 – one of the highest visitor figures for any venue outside Belfast. This makes it a very exciting location for developmental activity in collaborative practice. The cross fertilisation of ideas between art and architecture have an enduring appeal to practitioners, policy makers and the general public.
This symposium will be an autumn event followed by an art & architecture programme of events in the Spring in partnership with PLACE and associated partner, the Irish Architecture Foundation. There is a great interest in collaboration in terms of creativity in the UK and internationally. Most practitioners, regardless of discipline, like the idea of collaborating and have a thirst to know more.
The full day symposium will include a broad range of key speakers on art and architecture from Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and the UK.
The symposium coincides with a fascinating exhibition at the Mid Antrim Musem entitled ‘Listen to your space!’ This exhibition is based on a project collecting soundscapes and compositions based on recordings from various places in Northern Ireland. From the wild recordings of the North Coast to the streets and alleyways of Belfast, "Listen to your space!" is a celebration of how our life is surrounded by sound.
Tickets £15 (includes lunch) available from The Braid www.thebraid.com
For further information contact symposium organiser Marianne O’Kane Boal on 0035385 7687757
Email:mariannejok@gmail.com
PLACE is Northern Ireland’s Built Environment Centre
For more information on PLACE visit www.placeni.org