2022-Present
Midsummer Parade
Cork Community Art Link
I Can Colour Between The Lines But I Choose Not To is a three-part Percent for Art project. Part one was a period of engagement and discovery with residents of Knocknaheeny between autumn 2017 and summer 2018. Part two was realised as a community installation and performances at 46 Kilmore Road in June 2018, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival.
Part three in autumn 2024 took the form of re-engagement with the community and the installation of tile-murals in a new site on Foyle Avenue. This tile-mural includes images taken during workshops, installations and performances in spring 2018, as well as a series of photographs of cherry blossoms taken in Knocknaheeny.
There was a special significance of blossom throughout the project, during the creative process some residents described themselves symbolically as cherry trees. The petals on the blossom representing aspects of people’s stories and memories; vivid, delicate, fragile. The seasons come and go. The blossom falls. A natural process of letting go; of rest, of renewal, of remembrance. The tree evolves, changes occur, yet it stands firm. There is abundant new growth. It can flourish.
A collaboration between residents and artists of Knocknaheeny, with guests artist Mark Storor and photographer Stephen King, I Can Colour Between The Lines But I Choose Not To is a unique testament to creativity: to the imagination, kindness, resourcefulness, hospitality, and the joy of the people who live in Knocknaheeny.
'I Can Colour' tile-mural installation was launched with a community tea and planting of a cherry tree in Foyle Avenue, Knocknaheeny on 26 September 2024.
View the project brochure by clicking here.
A Cork Midsummer Festival project. Commissioned by Cork City Council through the Cork City North West Quarter Regeneration Project as part of the % for Art Scheme, funded by the Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government. Project commissioning managed by the National Sculpture Factory with input from Create.
To find out more about the project, click here or contact Susan Holland: susan@corkmidsummer.
