ABOUT THIS SITE >>> This site is a blog as well as an archive. It gives visibility to the continues working of radical_hope, its current move to radical_house, the research project Distraction As Discipline (2016 - 2019) and the process of OTΗOE - works for passers-by, a working trajectory (2013 and 2014).
radical_house is a long term project and has a threefold nature: it presents a physical place, a framework and a logic. When in 2013 teaching and mentoring became an extension of Langsdorf's artistic practices now radical_house stems from her pedagogical experience where 'being in dialogue' with others is her main principle.
Distraction As Discipline is
an investigation into enactivist principles in art and education
(research trajectory at KASK School
of Arts Ghent 2016-19). It considers the potential of performance art and
pedagogy in general, in resisting the current and massive
desubjectivation, by critically reclaiming both, attention for the moment and participation in a process.
OTΗOE - works for passers-by was the development of radical_hope's artistic practice in the city and questioned how and by whom this practice (and its bodily, social and economical aspects) is perceived. The title refers to the public of a city and to how we encounter and register most things on our way through the city: Out of The Corner of Our Eyes. OTΗOE.
Joan Somers Donnelly Making Space
2022: Ireland
During 2022 artist Joan Somers Donnelly is researching and developing a space for women and non-binary artists, makers and performers in Ireland to connect, and share practices and knowledge.
A pilot project of four group sessions will take place in Dublin in the summer.
radical_house is supporting Joan in the framework of Bridging From Schools. >>>
Her research is supported by radical house, the Living Commons (Cork), Unit 44 (Dublin), and an Agility Award from the Arts Council of Ireland. If you want to know more, email her at somersdj@tcd.ie.