Opens 16 February 2012 at 7pm
Artists Talk 16.02.12 at 6pm Do a pair of shoes hold a special memory of a time or place in Dublin?
In February Robert Derr will be presenting an exhibtion of works based on these memories.
We Need Your Shoes!!!! Do a pair of shoes hold a special memory of a time or place in Dublin?
In February Robert Derr will be presenting an exhibtion of works based on these memories.If you would like to donate or lend a pair of shoes you can donate or drop-off your shoes at the Centre.
08.02
8.30pm Members €6 / Non-Members €8.50
Music
Jazz Jam Session Our monthly Jazz Jam Session is a feast for both the musicians and our audiences. If you like jazz either the standard type or free improvisation you will not be disappointed.
Introductory Talk Classical Buteyko Method Martha Roe will show a presentation by Senior Practitioner Christopher Drake explaining the principles behind the Buteyko method discovered by Professor K.P. Buteyko. There will be a chance to measure breathing followed by a Q & A session with Christopher Drake via Skype.
16.02
6pm Admission Free
Talk
Artists Talk - Robert Ladislas Derr: Performance, Video, Photography, and installation - In My Shoes: Dublin, Ireland Robert Ladislas Derr uses various modes of making that centres on a barrage of questions about life and art. He has exhibited and performed worldwide including the Irish Film Institute, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, LIVE Performance Art Biennale, Vancouver, and the DiVA Festival, New York. Derr is an associate professor of art at The Ohio State University.
16.02
6pm Admission Free
Exhibition
In My Shoes: Dublin, Ireland In My Shoes puts me at the centre of an existential dilemma of wearing community members’ shoes associated with a memorable moment.
17.02
8pm Members €6 / Non-Members €8.50
Performance
The Break-Away Project presents “It Came From Mars” by Joseph Zettelmaier - A Staged Reading October 30, 1938. The members of Farlowe’s Mystery Theatre Hour are in rehearsal for their weekly radio show when they hear an alarming announcement come over the radio - Martians have landed! Honesty and hilarity ensue when the dramatic dramatists are faced with true drama.
Interactive FIlm Series - Kinoautomat Kinoautomat (1967) was the world's first interactive movie, conceived by Radúz Činčera for the Czechoslovak Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal. At nine points during the film the action stops, and a moderator asks the audience to choose between two scenes; following an audience vote, the chosen scene is played.
24.02
9pm Members €6 / Non-Members €8.50
Music
La Perla Del Sur - Spanish Music Night La Perla del Suris a duo stemming from these opposing musical backgrounds, united by a passion for guitars. Juan Jose is an astounding flamenco guitarist, breathing the earth, wind and waves of Cadiz into his playing. Whereas Jose is heavily rhythmic with a taste for the 70s, constantly injecting the soul of the heady decade into his music.
26.02
4pm Members €12 / Non-Members €15
Life
The Gong bath and Tibetan Bowls-Workshop The gongbath is a one hour immersion in sacred and healing sound wherein the gongmaster activates the full sonic potential of the gong and bathes the listener with sustained waves of primordial sound.
26.02
7pm €6
Film
German Movie Night - Der Schuh des Manitu Extra Large
As part of our regular German Language Meet Up at CFCP we are hosting the monthly screening of German films on Sunday evening. Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone Indians to finance his tribe's new saloon. Unfortunately Santa Maria, who sold the saloon, betrays Abahachi, takes the money and leaves.
29.02
8pm Members €6 / Non-Members €8.50
29 February
The 29th February 2012
An evening to celebrate 29 February!!! Films, music, dance, performance and plenty of surprises for a Wednesday night – after all it only comes around every 4 years…. The 29 February that is, not Wednesday night!!
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In CFCP we all speak art!!! Artists and audiences of various backgrounds and skills meet here to enjoy cultural events, to work together in artistic collaborations, to exchange their skills and to have a great time together.
More than 3000 people have visited the Centre this year and over 6,000 since we opened the Centre in 2009!! There is no doubt our CFCP community grows significantly every month!
Not only our diverse and exciting programme but also the affordable ticket prices make CFCP a place where it is a pleasure to partake in Dublin’s vibrant artistic life.
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Ericson and many more.
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CFCP shortlisted for
The Dublin Gallery of the year
That's true; CFCP was shortlisted for The Dublin Gallery of the year!!!! Great to see this as you know that we do really our best and more to stay Creative | Supportive | Inclusive and to provide you with a simply outstanding programme.
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30 exhibitions | 25 artistic workshops |
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About CFCP
Centre for Creative Practices, CFCP, it is only arts centre in Ireland dedicated to connecting immigrant, experimental and emerging artists with the Dublin arts scene and audiences. Established in 2009 in Dublin as a multipurpose venue the Centre for Creative Practices bridges talents, cultures and markets and provides a new model of integrating immigrants and niche artists through intercultural collaborations. We are actively involved in building a network of integrative, multicultural and multidisciplinary arts venues in Europe. The model we are developing in Dublin can be implemented in other countries.
The Centre for Creative Practices fully subscribes to the idea of collaborations and of social entrepreneurship aimed at providing a new, sustainable model of intercultural inclusion and integration.
The Centre for Creative Practices is the leading multicultural arts venue in Ireland.
CFCP is committed to giving artists the possibility to improve their financial situation through offering artists workshops and seminars in our venue. CFCP also offers promotional strategies for interesting artistic initiatives.
CFCP facilitates both programmes by the international and local artists through provision of a gallery, workshop space and a venue on very accessible rates as well as presents its own programme.
