Household

24th – 26th August 2012
Belfast: Various venues

Household is an art event taking place in Belfast this weekend where artists will open up their homes and turn them into temporary exhibition spaces. A variety of activities will be taking placing including fine art, installation, performance, live music and discussions. The event is curated by Sighle Bhreathnach-Cashell, Eoin Dara, Ciara Hickey (current MA ACW student), Alissa Kleist and Kim McAleese. According to the organisers:

Household is an event that encourages audiences to re-negotiate the way in which they view and interact with art in the city. It offers an opportunity to experience new work in unrestricted non-commercial and non-institutionalised contexts by inviting members of the public into selected artists’ homes.

There is a large concentration of creative professionals living in South Belfast who have agreed to open up their households to showcase a variety of work – from fine art, performance and installation to live music, talks and discussions.

Household provides a supportive framework in which these practitioners curate their own homes, while simultaneously encouraging visitors to explore intimate domestic spaces in an accessible and exciting way.

Full information can be found on the Household website.