An online EcoLiteracy course through Melbourne RMIT last year led me to delve into a specific course on Deep time offered by Deep Time Walk (www.deeptimewalk.org) with origins in Schumacher College deep ecology Stephan Harding.
Eco-somatic creative residency at Aillwee Cave, Ballyvaughan, County Clare focusing on the bear pit and the memory of Ireland's…
BEAR TIME is a self initiated eco-somatic residency at Aillwee Cave exploring the deep-time memory of Ireland’s extinct bears this Spring. Focusing on the cave’s bear pit, the project investigates hibernation and extinction as both biological process and cultural metaphor—opening new ways to reflect on rest, survival, and ecological connection.
Through my choreo-curatorial practice combining somatic movement, dance, drawing, and site-responsive research, the research explores how the body can “remember” the bear. Rooted in personal and ancestral ties to the Burren landscape, it connects ecology, heritage, and imagination, reframing extinction as an invitation to reconnect with the more-than-human world.
The outcome of this research is leading to 3 strands:
Public Performance presentation "How to be brave in a Cave", in Aillwee Cave meeting space in May 26, followed by an eco-somatic workshop on Deep Time and Bear Memory mid summer. The year will wrap up with a public Participatory Performance in the Cave on Cave Time Water. More details will be on here and Instagram as dates are confirmed.