
Gormfhlaith Ní Shíocháin, Ní Bheoláin talks to RTÉ’s Tús Áite about ‘The Waking Walls’.
Caoineadh don ghéarchéim aeráide agus an scrios éiceolaíochta atá i cur i láthair amharclannaíochta a dhéanfar ag Caisleán suite ar oileán bídeach i loch i gCo. an Chabháin ag an deireadh seachtaine. Bhí Gormfhlaith Ní Shíocháin, Ní Bheoláin atá bainteach leis an saothar seo ar an gclár chun tuilleadh a insint dúinn faoi.
The Waking Walls is a new collaborative, theatrical artwork that reawakens and equips us with age-old methods of coping with loss. The Waking Walls is an invitation to reframe environmental grief – not as a state of disconnection and isolation, but as a unifying experience to collectively process climate disruption.
The Waking Walls has been developed by Cavan-born environmental artist AlanJames Burns in collaboration with writer Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan, NYAH (Cross Border Collective of Traditional Arts Musicians), Cavan Arts Office, Irish Hospice Foundation and Cavan Adventure Centre.