1
2
Invited by Askeaton Conemporary Arts to participate in Welcome to the Neighbourhood residency 2016, Marron spent two weeks in the community of Askeaton, Co. Limerick. While exploring the town’s market history, Marron’s work encompassed architectural references from the Knights Templar Tower and the derelict site of the old creamery in the town. The outcomes presented at both locations, including a prototype for a propositional public forum “suggested the potential civic values our environments might aspire to."
Welcome to the Neighbourhood resident artists in 2016 were Fiona Marron and Fiona Reilly from Dublin, Limerick's Ramon Kassam, and David Bestué of Barcelona.
About Askeaton Contemporary Arts
Since 2006, Askeaton Contemporary Arts commission, produce and exhibit contemporary art in the locale of a small town in County Limerick, Ireland. An annual residency programme entitled Welcome to the Neighbourhood situates Irish and international artists in the midst of Askeaton each summer, while thematic exhibitions, publications and events often occur. Through these methods, over a hundred artists projects have been realised.
With no ‘white-cube’ gallery spaces in Askeaton, artists work in public spaces throughout the town. This form of engagement focuses on the existing dynamics of the locale, intending to bring forward the diverse layers of daily life and create a rich framework for subjective encounters. A local audience are often actively implicated into the development of projects through their assistance or participation. Such an approach is built on a belief that contemporary art can be used as an active hub for local society, as a form of critique, investigation and celebration where artists are at the center of these dialogues playing a primary and fundamental role