New Voices of Ireland Series Session 8

Tag Beckett and Roxana Manouchehri

In Conversation

"WHY I MAKE" is a celebration of the power of art.

• art can guide revolutions
• art can be used as medication (…)

we are from different countries with different beliefs and cultures, but we can communicate through art

A selection of songs performed live on Zoom by Gboyega Akerele as part of session 7 of the New Voices of Ireland Series.

Gboyega Akerele

In Conversation

In this session, we talk to Papa Gee about music, Afrobeat, and Identity.

Gboyega Akerele was born in Nigeria. He launched originally as Colours Afrobeat Foundation – ‘Boye PapaGee (Gboyega Akerele) is a Belgian/Nigerian (Yoruba) born drummer/percussionist, saxophonist, singer/songwriter, musical director/producer, cultural envoy and custodian, overseer and keeper of authentic, genuine Afrobeat in Ireland

Samantha Brown: Middle Passage

In Conversation

In this session of CFCP's On Air we talk to visual artist and photographer, Samantha Brown about her exploration of a shared heritage. 

Middle Passage is in reference to the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade

Irina Maldea and Nkosikhona Ngcobo

In Conversation

The migrant journey is one that is complex and never quite completed. As shown in many films – both fiction and documentary – that journey is both physical and psychological. And while, at some point, the journey from home to the chosen destination reaches its end, the process of assimilation into a new culture is much slower and at times more trying. Questions of identity, roots, memory, dreams and freedom are oftentimes complicated and difficult to navigate.

In this podcast, we discuss the topics of migration, displacement, loops and identity.

rituals, ancestry, and femininity

In Conversation

In this session of CFCP On Air we talk to artists Diviane Helena and Barbara O'Meara about their collaboration.

Both developed a collection of six videos, three videos each, inspired by their virtual meetings in which they immersed themselves in dialogue and studies about ancestry, femininity and traditional sacred rituals from Ireland and Brazil.

The videos are also a response to the restrictions we are living at the moment due to Covid-19. The artists worked from separate locations due to the current restrictions.

Their subjective implication made this project happen from an intimate place.

Find out more: https://cfcp.ie/nvoi8/nvoi8-helena-omeara/

Find out more about the series: https://cfcp.ie/nvoi8

The poetry of Csilla Toldy and Viviana Fiorentino

The music of Iordanis Sidiropoulos

A special podcast from CFCP On Air that features a selection of poetry and music from the early part of the New Voices Series : Against the Odds.

Featuring the poetry of Csilla Toldy and Viviana Fiorentino called ‘Neither here, nor there’- a reading in Italian, Hungarian and English that reflects on the topics of home and belonging.

“As the Leaves Fall” by Iordanis Sidiropoulos inspired a short animation by Iranian artist, Nasrin Golden as she imagined the Tree of LIfe that directed her imagination creating feelings of hope and happiness.

The second piece, Shahmaran is a new piece of music based on one of Nasrin Golden's paintings called Shahmaran an ancient Persian Goddess.

Collaboration, activism in art and the role of the audience

In Conversation

Examining the concept of the false image or persona, how perception can be coloured through the lens of a false sense of self, and how to transcend this in favour of more authentic lived experiences.

In this session we talk to Iranian artist, Nasrin Golden and Greek composer and musician, Iordanis Sidiropoulos about their collaboration, activism in art and the role of the audience. 

The session includes two works of music by IordAnis, As the Leaves Fall and a brand new piece of music based on one of Nasrin´s paintings called Shahmaran.

Csilla Toldy and Viviana Fiorentino

The Q&A

Taken from the Q&A session at the end of the screening of ‘Neither here, nor there’, or the poetry of migration.

A dialogue between two poets interspersed with poetry reading in Italian, Hungarian and English on the themes of belonging, borders and how home can take different forms when viewed from a distance.

‘Neither here, nor there’, or the poetry of migration

In conversation

‘Neither here, nor there’, or the poetry of migration

A dialogue between two poets on the themes of belonging, borders and how home can take different forms when viewed from a distance.

Fatherhood

In Conversation

In this session of On Air we look at Fatherhood and what kind of relationship do they have with their fathers, and how much of this relationship is dictated by us?

To discuss this we have 2 artists from the second session of the New Voices of Ireland Series, Mirjana Rendulic and Chinedum Muotto

Roots, Religion and Work

In Conversation

In this session we talk to artists, Leia Mocan, Zahra Khan and Imogen-Blue Hinojosa about roots, religion and their work. Plus an introduction with Maureen Kennelly, Director of the Arts Council of Ireland.

The voices of migrants, the main agents of cultural diversity and collaboration, are rarely heard and in these challenging times there is a danger that they will be completely marginalised. Hence, the focus of this year’s New Voices Series – Against the Odds 2: Open Studios is on visibility and dialogue.

The aim of the New Voices of Ireland Series is to present migrant artists to the wider online community, to let them tell about their artistic practices, their new and previous works, their plans and about themselves, their lives in Ireland and their artistic and personal roots.