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Exhibition of The Writing Workshop @ thisisnotashop

June 16, 2009 — June 20, 2009

The Writing Workshop 2008/2009 has spun quite a few yarns over a years worth of bimonthly sessions. Each workshop involved the introduction of some kind of a framing device to initiate conversation (ironically the writing workshops involve more talking than writing); from notions of ‘politics’ to ‘instructional writing’, from ‘tandem writing’ to ‘ghost writing’, and from writing exercises to writing experiments.

The workshop becomes more than a sum of it’s parts - it involves improvisation & adaptation; it is about listening, sharing, thinking - it is about working as a unit within the frame of the workshop itself, but allowing yourself the beat to step into a new rhythm and outside of the ‘comfort zone’.

This year The Writing Workshop went ‘on retreat’ to Co. Laois and the hospitality of Roundwood House. There, six of us incubated over the course of a weekend - we talked through a lot of stuff at the retreat - weaving in and out through each others thoughts - we talked a lot about media and mediation, about the internet, technology, sustainability, the body, birth, connection and contagion - odd ideas - dancing madnesses and alterities - we talked about struggles - we played games…and then we wrote when we could.

There was a kind of vague intention between us to co-ordinate our efforts collectively for this ‘exhibition’ of our developing work…it seems though, that the time spent together over the course of that weekend has become the frame for this exhibition - which is effectively an open book about open systems - about tangents & the possibilities of overlap, assimilation, consensus & dissent which can occur between people through shared experience & exchange.

We hope you will come & enjoy the writings of this years Writing Workshop, featuring works by Áine Ivers, Jessamyn Fiore, Nessa Malone, Susan Thomson, Jessica Foley & Kay Inckle.

Preview: Tuesday June 16th, 2009 (Bloomsday), 7—9pm.
Exhibition from Wednesday June 17 — Saturday June 20, open daily from 2—7pm
Special Event: A reading of a play written by Jessamyn Fiore, Wednesday June 17th, 8pm

The Writing Workshop @ thisisnotashop was formed in July 2007 as a place for writers and artists interested in text to share their work and collaborate.