As the petals of real life very slowly begin to unfurl, this week sees the first steps in the gradual reopening of Irelandâs cultural sector, after four months closed.
Most galleries, museums, heritage sites, other cultural attractions and libraries (for lending only) can open their doors again from today. Fortunately, you can also travel outside your county to visit them. Up to 15 people can also now gather for live performance outdoors.(Other live performances, and cinemas, canât restart until June.)
Venues are looking forward to it. âIt has been a long time since the public have inhabited the gallery spaces, and we miss the connection and engagement with our audiences,â says Mary McCarthy, director of Crawford Art Gallery, in Cork. She encourages people to come in. âEven if you have not been before, do drop in.â
An artistic awakening
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It was back in early 2019 when artistic directors Gideon Obarzanek and Hannah Fox started hatching ideas for Melbourneâs inaugural RISING festival, which was slated for August 2020.
But as COVID-19 spread and Melbourne spent months in extreme lockdowns, it became clear in their virtual catch ups that the festival would not only have to be postponed, but re-thought to give an appropriate nod to what Melburnians â and the world â have endured.
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âI think Hannah and I have created about 20 different festivals in the last 18 months, only to shred them a week later,â Obarzanek says.
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Olana Janfa Artist
I got my first taste of adulthood when my mum passed away in Ethiopia. I was 13 and suddenly alone with my little brother Bubu. I had to be responsible for him and really felt it because he looked up to me. When the two of us migrated to Norway a year later, I felt like I had to know everything – I had to be the big brother. It was embarrassing because Bubu was way smarter than me and figured stuff out anyway. He taught me that it’s OK not to know everything, and to be humble. When I turned 18, we got our own house. I learnt to cook, do
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Views of the exhibition Memoria: Tales of another History at the Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA. Photos: Gaëlle Deleflie.
Accused of pandering to the far-right ahead of France’s federal election in 2022, President Emmanuel Macron attempted a balancing act. In January 2021, the leader’s party said it would create a “memories and truth” commission on France’s painful colonial history and war with Algeria. In March, it released a report on the positive contributions of individuals of immigrant backgrounds called “Portraits of France.”
These initiatives are part of a broader effort to find alternative solutions to growing demands for the removal of statues and street names honoring historical figures that are connected to France’s colonial past, including its slave trade. Yet, at the same time, Macron and some of his ministers have been igniting emotions as they publicly denounce forces that they see as stoking so-called “separatism,” including what many see as US