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The Snug

Unqualified Design Studio

Installation

The Snug is a participatory design project exploring places of conversation in contemporary Ireland.

Led by international arts collective Unqualified Design Studio (Without Sin, Carlow Arts Festival 2023), the project invited communities in Graiguecullen and Carlow Town to collaborate in the creation of a temporary space for conversation, as part of Carlow Arts Festival.

The Snug will hold a series of intimate conversations about place-making, architecture, and design - uncovering the elements that make a space ideal for the conversations that connect us.

The Snug Sessions

Thurs 3:30pm THE PUB IS DEAD (LONG LIVE THE PUB): A conversation with Carlow Publicans
Fri 3:30pm FUTURE HISTORIES: Carlow Town, 2124, A conversation with Paula Russell, UCD & Nicola Lawler, Carlow Town Regeneration Officer
Fri 7pm Trad Session with Claire Dunne & friends
Sat 3:30pm WE NEED TO TALK: IAF Reimagine Café with Muhammad Achour
Sat 7pm Folk Session with Phil & Jim Christie
Sun 1pm PUB CULTURE: A conversation with Bernard Jennings, Club d’Art & Donal Gallagher, Asylum Productions
Sun 5pm PUB POLITICS: A conversation with Emma Campbell, Array Collective & Malcolm Noonan, Minister of State & Carlow-Kilkenny TD

Thursday 6 June 3:30pm

THE PUB IS DEAD (LONG LIVE THE PUB): A conversation with Carlow Publicans

Carlow Publicans and Heritage Consultant, Tríona O’Connor, discuss the pub as a place of conversation and community, and its changing role in Irish society over their lifetimes.

Friday 7 June 3:30pm

FUTURE HISTORIES: Carlow Town, 2124, A conversation with Paula Russell, UCD & Nicola Lawler, Carlow Town Regeneration Officer

Be part of the conversation on the future planning of Carlow Town with Paula Russell, Assistant Professor and Head of the Subject, Regional and Urban Planning Department in UCD, Nicola Lawler, Carlow Town Regeneration Officer.

Friday 9 June 7pm-9pm

Trad session with Claire Dunne & friends


Saturday 8 June 3:30pm


WE NEED TO TALK: IAF Reimagine Café with Muhammad Achour


Unqualified Design Studio will discuss the design process behind THE SNUG in conversation with architect Muhammad Achour who will share his perspective on spaces of gathering and conversation in other countries. Delivered in partnership with the Irish Architecture Foundation.

Saturday 8 June 7pm-9pm


Folk session with Phil & Jim Christie


Sunday 9 June 1pm


PUB CULTURE: A conversation with Bernard Jennings, Club d’Art & Donal Gallagher, Asylum Productions


Carlow native Bernard Jennings will discuss his cultural space Club d’Art with Donal Gallagher from Asylum Productions whose acclaimed theatre show The Local explored the pub culture of the 1990’s in Ireland taking place in a rural pub in Kilkenny.

Sunday 9 June 5pm


PUB POLITICS: A conversation with Emma Campbell, Array Collective & Malcolm Noonan, Minister of State for Nature, Heritage & Electoral Reform


Minister of State and Carlow-Kilkenny TD Malcolm Noonan
discusses the impact of art and activism with Emma Campbell from Array Collective whose Turner Prize winning project The Druithaib’s Ball was an imagined shebeen that combined culture, art and activism.

★★★★ “Prompts a reflective conversation”
The Stage (Without Sin)

The Snug is part of Unqualified Design Studio's participatory design project WE NEED TO TALK for Carlow Arts Festival's year-round ASSEMBLY programme.

Funded by The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon

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