GLOCAL Bbeyond Belfast

Name: GLOCAL Bbeyond Belfast
Start: 2025-11-13T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-15T18:00:00+00:00
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Schedule

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm to Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK | Belfast, NI

We would like to invite you to join us in Belfast 13-15 November for the Bbeyond 50th year anniversary symposium of Performance art in Ireland
The symposium consists of:
discussion panels on
new commissions, the Equinox project, festivals, studies: performance art and mental health
exhibition at Belfast school of art - feed into the exhibition
keynote talks by
Dr. Eleni Kolliopoulou from Athens, Professor Emeritus Alastair McLennan at Belfast School of Art, University of Ulster and Prof. Sandra Johnston

a performance by new commission artist Madison Agnew
networking and social activities
A pre-publishing preview reading from Brian Patterson, MA,MPhil‘s research on 50 years of an inner evolutionary process within an outer revolutionary context 1974-2024 of Performance Art in the North of Ireland

Performance Art Workshops:
Sinead O Donnell- One of Bbeyond key members share an afternoon in a performance workshop
Sharing Performance Art history with Joseph Beuys:
informal talks round with Rainer Pagel, MA who was a student of Joseph Beuys in Germany

Anatomy of a peaceline performance- , Prof Emeritus Alastair McLennan, Bronagh Lawson (director of Bbeyond Belfast) and Frankie Quinn (Belfast Exposed peace line photography project) are collaborating on a peaceline performance in East Belfast;
hear about it's development, participate in a peace line walk, incl. performance warm-up exercises
Join the Mayor of Belfast as she launches 'Unity Walk' and participate in Bbeyond 50 year anniversary performance leaving Belfast School of art to Alexandra Park in North Belfast .
Link to register:
https://www.bbeyond.live/glocal-intermissions-symposium
Links to more information :
https://www.bbeyond.live/
Who is involved:
https://www.bbeyond.live/glocal-intermissions
Unity Walk Only FREE
https://www.bbeyond.live/unity-walk