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Phase 2 39th EVA International exhibition programme will take place from 2 July - 22 August, 2021 Phase 2 39th EVA International exhibition programme will take place from 2 July - 22 August, 2021

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Phase 2 39th EVA International exhibition programme will take place from July 2 to August 22 

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Phase 2 39th EVA International exhibition programme will take place from 2 July – 22 August, 2021 

Phase 2 39th EVA International exhibition programme will take place from July 2 to August 22 

EVA International have announced their Phase 2 39th EVA International exhibition programme today, which will take place from July 2 – August 22, 2021, which features 14 presentations by Irish and international artists and collaborating curators, across venues in Limerick, remotely and online.

Taking its reference from the “Golden Vein,” a 19th-century descriptor for the agricultural bounty of the Limerick region, the 39th EVA International programme seeks to address ideas of land and its contested values in the context of Ireland today. 


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Highlights of the Phase 2 Programme Include: 

Guest Programme: Little did they know 

Curated by internationally acclaimed curator Merve Elveren, phase 2 of the 39th EVA International’s Guest Programme, Little did they know, will extend across two venues in Limerick city (Park Point and Sailor’s Home) and on a dedicated online platform. Functioning as an “exercising ground” for interpreting current social and political conditions in various geographical contexts, the exhibition centers around two archival research projects; Asia Art Archives’ Betsy Damon Archive: Keepers of the Waters (Chengdu and Lhasa) and Kosovo Oral History Initiative’s Reconciliation of Blood Feuds Campaign 1990-1991. 

Works by Diego Bruno, Barış Doğrusöz, Melanie Jackson & Esther Leslie, Amy Lien & Enzo Camacho, Hana Miletić, Deirdre O’Mahony, Richard Proffitt, Mario Rizzi and Aykan Safoğlu surround these presentations, allowing for broader dialogues between notions of home and uprooting, remembrance and forgetting, care and action.

Platform Commissions/ Partnership Projects 

New video work will be presented by Eimear Walshe that considers relationships between sex, sexuality, and Ireland’s housing crisis which will be shared with viewers through a postal subscription; and the ongoing presentation of Áine McBride’s sculptural work that augments the 19th century architecture of Limerick’s Sailor’s Home. Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan present works at spacecraft Studios as part of EVA International’s Partnership Projects initiative, developed through EVA’s participation in the Magic Carpets network. Their recent work investigates man-made landscapes around the world, where the modification of the landscape goes hand-in-hand with heightened state violence and the over-exploitation of resources. 

Other Initiatives 

Alongside the exhibition programme there will be additional project activities including Better Words, an initiative by EVA International to empower new forms of access and engagement with contemporary art through a programme of creative language projects. Phase 2 will include free exhibition resources for visiting children, including activity postcards and publication copies of Better Words: A Field Guide to Contemporary Art and Culture. 

A limited edition print portfolio of posters by Ciara Phillips will also be available to purchase, following the It’s not for you we did it online programme developed in collaboration with Sara Greavu and other contributors. For further information and advance purchase enquiries, please email [email protected] or visit www.eva.ie. 

Venues and Visitor Information 

The 39th EVA International Phase 2 venues are Park Point, Sailor’s Home and spacecraft Studios. All indoor venues are subject to capacity restrictions and public health protocols.

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