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Fields and Seas interactive exhibition at VISUAL Carlow. Image by Joseph Carr. Developed by Learning Curator Arlene Caffrey
My latest project is open to the public at VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Arts, Carlow from now until May 18th. This project was developed in response to the themes during the Spring 2025 exhibition season – Cinders of the Wreck by Dominique White, Open Ground by Carol Rhodes, Between A Rock And A Hard Place by...
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It’s taken me a while to get around to editing this highlight reel of my live art performance with chocolate, ‘The Sweets Of Sin’, at Mallow Arts Festival 2024. Strength, vulnerability and the visceral melt together, collapsing the boundary between the performer and the observer in this 35-minute live performance. In this edited video you...
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Arlene Caffrey at Breaking the Patterns Vol. 2.0 art exhibition in Sevilla
Dirty Little Fuckbird, was exhibited at ‘Breaking the Patterns Vol. 2.0’ at the Galería del Antiquarium, Sevilla from 11 July – 11 August 2024. This selection of these ceramic sculptures, image-based works and live performance are the results from a 3-month residency funded by Capacity Ireland, Artlinks, Third Sector International, Lab Sevilla, Creative Europe and...
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arlene caffrey live art performance at breaking the patterns exhibition sevilla
Here are some highlights from my 15-minute performance at the opening of ‘Breaking The Patterns Vol. 02’ group exhibition running 11th July – 11th August 2024 at Galería del Antiqvarium, Sevilla. This performance seeks to create a sense of wonder at what a body can do and to explore the collective consciousness of signifiers surrounding...
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Here is a little glimpse into the making of my iconic chocolate stilettos! This is definitely my favourite live art performance piece. Performed for a handful of different audiences with a ‘fresh’ pair of chocolate heels each time, the act is an autobiographical exploration of identity and becoming. Like all my live art, it also...
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Arlene Caffrey performance 'The Sweets Of Sin', BIMM - Photo by Stephen White 2023
In the tiny mirror of my eyeshadow palette, I hardly recognise who I am anymore. Red lipstick bleeding into brown over my cheekbones and creeping upwards and across my forehead, hair strewn asunder. I survey the scene; remnants of chocolate are embedded into the carpet in streaks like the imprints of a wild animal roaming...
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Arlene Caffrey, taking the final bow after her closing performance at 'Polyphonic Textures' exhibition at Limerick School of Art
This is me, after taking the final bow and closing the show having made my performance at the closing night of our ‘Polyphonic Textures’ graduation exhibition at Limerick School of Art & Design, 12/09/2023. ‘But do you really need to go back to art school?’ one of my colleagues seated at the boardroom table asks...
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arlene caffrey masters fine art exhibition at limerick school of art
It’s an emotional time as I have just completed my Masters Degree in Fine Art at Limerick School of Art & Design. My classmates and I opened our graduation exhibition, ‘Polyphonic Textures’, which is a culmination of our work over the past 12 months, at the Church Gallery at LSAD in Limerick city. This Fine...
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Public speaking is just a vocal act of storytelling, a performance in itself. Since I am comfortable with talking out of my arts, I have been thinking that it would be advantageous to start a podcast about the social history of pole dancing in Ireland, through an autotheoretical lens. However, to my horror, I saw...
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According to performance artist Amanda Coogan in her writing What is Performance Art?, there is an important distinction between live performance art and performative work; the former being a durational presentation that takes place in a location involving an audience to witness it, and the latter a recording or representation of a live performance work...
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