event020_10082025 by p(art)y Here and Now

Live Report 020 from "p(art)y Here and Now" participatory event in Convergence Festival - Borderless Romance, Millford House, Tipperary.

These recordings are for archiving, study and learning purposes only, all participants are kept anonymous, unless you wish to be specifically credited (information will be added if appropriate and as needed).

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Our August p(art)y Here and Now will be held at 12.30pm, 10th August, as part of Convergence- A Borderless Romance, the performance and music festival happening this weekend at Milford House Tipperary, run by Live Art Ireland.

Rachel and Slavek of p(art)y Here and Now are holding a performance art workshop at 11am on the Sunday morning prior to p(art)y, also at Convergence. Convergence has day or weekend ticket options available- see below. We know already we will be seeing some of you there which is great news. To those of you who are considering making the trip, we can assure you it will be an incredible event and is seriously good value for the artist and music line up you will get to see.

p(art)y details:
Date: Sunday 10 August

Time: 12.30 - 1.30pm
(please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the performance. We start promptly at 12.30pm)

Venue: Op
Milford House, Tipperary. See LIve Art Ireland website here

Cost: This is a ticketed event. Tickets can be purchased here

Parking: There is free parking in the carpark of Live Art Ireland

Here and Now Workshop Information:
On Sunday 10th August Slavek and Rachel will run a 90 minute performance art workshop prior to p(art)y. The workshop is open to all levels of experience and ability. Rachel will facilitate group and solo exercises around the centering of the body as the site of the art, to develop embodied awareness and physical confidence.
Slavek Kwi will explore abstract listening and sound perception in relation to the body in a non verbal environment, primarily sound.

Date: Sunday 10 August

Time: 11 - 12.30pm

Venue: Op
Milford House, Tipperary. See LIve Art Ireland website here

Cost: This is a ticketed event. Tickets can be purchased here

Parking: There is free parking in the carpark of Live Art Ireland

Finally we are hugely excited to announce the Here and Now Performance Art Festival 2025. HANPAF 2025 for short. We have been working in the background for some time organising HANPAF and are now very happy to share the following details with you.

13/14 September in Ennistymon, Co Clare.
Saturday 13th venue is The Courthouse Gallery
Sunday 14th venue is Lahinch Beach.

Our Saturday line up includes a performance workshop with Rachel and Slavek Kwi to which all festival ticket holders are invited to attend.

Then from lunchtime we have performances by the wonderful artists
El Putnam, Olivia Hassett, Joseph Hendel and Aoibhinn O' Dea.

Then to close the day we have our September p(art)y Here and Now live art event to finish.

On Sunday 14 we present Tide Map- a unique durational participatory live art performance on Lahinch Beach. This is a redeveloped enactment of the June 2023 performance of Tide Map by Rachel Macmanus, a 6.5 hour durational performance on Flaggy Shore Beach, Co Clare. For Tide Map 2025 we invite local residents, Festival attendees and passers by to take part in this unique event, where performers will follow the tide up and down the beach from high to low over a 6.5 hour period. You can join in for 10 minutes or for the entire event, it's up to you! Also to mention if you cannot make the Saturday 13th in The Courthouse we would still hugely appreciate your participation and support on Sunday for Tide Map. Tide Map is not part of the ticketed events of the festival so you can simply show up on the day and participate if it suits.

Festival Funding and tickets.
This year we tried and failed to secure Arts Council Funding for HANPAF 2025. We applied for funding last January 2025 to run the Festival. The Arts Council funded 10 applicants out of the 174 applications in our category. So you can see how much competition there is!
Therefore this year HANPAF 2025 is supported by local businesses in Clare, without the generous support of whom we would not be able to run this festival. For this reason also this year HANPAF 2025 is a ticketed event. At present tickets are €20, which is the early bird price. A ticket allows you access to ALL events on Saturday. (as mentioned, Tide Map performance on Sunday is a free community event) Tickets can be purchased via eventbrite here and to buy a ticket manually please email us at this address.

Culture Night p(art)y Parade
Lastly, in association with Culture Night Clare, we will be hosting a special p(art)y Parade in Tim Smythe Park, (also known as the Fair Green park) in Ennis, Co Clare. This takes place from 4 - 5pm on Friday 19th September. We are inviting p(art)y Here and Now attendees to contact us to join the Parade, which will basically be a moving p(art)y Here and Now.
We intend to move in a procession around the top part of Tim Smythe Park, inviting children, family, and the public to join in with us. Our mission is to once again bring performance art out into the open and expose the good public of Ennis to the exciting, uplifting and very cultural experience of p(art)y Here and Now. Music and costume is encouraged! (We have a small stipend from Culture Ireland this year so are therefore happy to be able to actually compensate those who participate in our Parade to a small degree also)

Thank you all so much , apologies for the information overload but we did warn you this is a newsletter! We look forward to seeing you at some/all of the above events. As always please contact us with queries.

Best

Rachel Macmanus, Laura Jane Allis and Slavek Kwi
https://www.instagram.com/partyhereandnow
convergence festival info
eventbrite Here and Now festival ticket link

Archive of Sonic Imprints & Memory Debris of p(art)y Here and Now Live Performances and related activities.
(Project co-founded and hosted by Laura Jane Allis, Rachel MacManus & Slavek Kwi)

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