this/OUR is a community deep mapping project exploring Glenbower Wood through art, history, ecology and citizen science, led by artists Basil Al-Rawi, Chris Finnegan, Katie Nolan and Philip Ryan in partnership with Greywood Arts.
Deep mapping is a transdisciplinary process that layers community voices, artistic interpretations, historical narratives, and ecological perspectives into a multidimensional narrative of place. This methodology, inspired by Jorge Luis Borges' short essay On Exactitude in Science, allows us to explore the tension between the precision in defining "THIS" place and the transient, relational nature of "OUR" connection to it.
CURRENT & UPCOMING EVENTS
WINTER SCHOOL | SCOIL GHEIMHRIDH
Winter School | Scoil Gheimhridh in Glenbower Wood, Killeagh, Co. Cork.
Please visit our Eventbrite page where you can book already programmed events and will be updated as more come live.
Pre-screening of The Cost of Growth followed by an online Q&A with filmmaker Lena Hartog at Greywood Arts.
Friday, November 6th, 7:00pm - 09:30pm at Greywood Arts
Conversation on how oral histories and embodied memory reveal rural Ireland’s entanglement with capitalism, ecology, and place.
Friday, 7th November, 9:00am -11:30am at Greywood Arts
Join Darby Róis Ottoson for a guided walk in Glenbower Wood exploring local flora, history, and our changing relationships with nature.
Friday, 7th November, 12:00pm -1:30pm at Glenbower Wood.
Conversation on how photography & landscape reveal capitalism’s traces in place, ecology, and memory through visual & spatial storytelling.
Friday, 7th November, 2:30pm -17:00pm at Greywood Arts
Join Kate Manning for a mindful forest experience in Glenbower Wood with nature education, forest bathing, and guided reflection.
Sunday, 16th November, 11:30am - 2:00pm in Glenbower Wood
Join Mary Byrne for a coppicing and green woodworking demo in Glenbower Wood exploring craft, ecology, and sustainable material use.
Sunday, 16th November, 2:30pm - 4:00pm in Glenbower Wood
Guided woodland breathwork with Alison Faith exploring the shared cycle between human breath & trees, with a closing Tree Alphabet gesture.
Saturday, 22nd November, 12.00pm–1.00pm in Glenbower Wood.
Guided walk with Allan Farrell exploring how birds occupy Glenbower Wood through territory, song, and the aural map of the woodland.
Sunday, 23rd November, 9.30am–11.00am in Glenbower Wood
Join artist Eilis O’Toole for a messy, playful family walk in Glenbower Wood. Run, splash, stomp and create in nature together.
Sunday, 23rd November , 11am - 12pm in Glenbower Wood
Creative deep mapping workshop with LennonTaylor, exploring Glenbower Wood through multisensory engagement, walking, drawing and listening.
Sunday, 23rd November, 12.00pm–1.30pm in Glenbower Wood
Explore the trees and history of Glenbower while walking and talking about stewardship in this rare community-owned native woodland with Darby Róis Ottoson & Eoghan Connaughton.
Sunday, November 23rd, 2-4pm in Glenbower Wood, Killeagh, Cork
Part of 'Seeing the Wood for the Trees' initiative.
Guided walk with lichenologist Paul Whelan of the hidden lichen communities of Glenbower Wood & what they reveal about woodland ecology.
Saturday, 29 November, 11.00am - 12.30pm in Glenbower Wood.
Launch of a game book created by Greywood Arts Youth Club with Chris Finnegan, sending players into Glenbower Wood to explore trails, clues & hidden stories.
Saturday, November 29th, 12pm - 1pm in Glenbower Wood
Join Paudrig Lee for a guided walk of Glenbower Wood exploring local history, poetry, and memory through the eyes of a lifelong custodian.
Saturday, 29th November , 2:00pm - 3:30pm in Glenbower Wood
Join Paul Gaffney for an outdoor talk on photographing woodlands at night, exploring process, exhibitions, and photobook making.
Saturday, 29th November, 3.30pm - 4.30pm in Glenbower Woods
Join Conor Dorney for a session on air quality research in Killeagh and Glenbower Wood, linking breath, atmosphere, science, and place.
Saturday, 29 November, 4.30pm - 5pm in Glenbower Wood
Citizen-science mapping walk with Jonski Millar of DigVentures using Strava to map cherry laurel, an invasive specie in Glenbower Wood.
Sunday, 30 November, 10.30am–12.00pm in Glenbower Wood
Join Mary Byrne for a greenwood stool making workshop in Glenbower Wood
Sunday, 30th November, 12.00pm-2.00pm in Glenbower Wood
Part of 'Seeing the Wood for the Trees' initiative.
Join Ray Burke of Active Connections Ireland's Adventure Therapy Charity for a family workshop on traditional fire craft, teamwork, & outdoor wellbeing, building connection through shared activity.
Sunday, November 30th, 2.30pm - 4pm in Glenbower Wood
Meet the Glenbower committee & learn how to get involved with increasing biodiversity & removing invasive species (virtual option provided)
Thursday, December 11th, 7.00pm at Greywood Arts
Part of 'Seeing the Wood for the Trees' initiative.
Taking place throughout November, the Winter School | Scoil Gheimhridh will host a month-long series of events and activities exploring the histories, ecologies, and communities of this unique community-owned woodland.
Developed through collaboration between this/OUR, Greywood Arts, the Glenbower Wood & Lake Committee, and the Sites of Fracture research project (University of Birmingham), the Winter School invites public engagement through walks, conversations, and creative interventions centred on Glenbower Wood.
Many of these encounters will be facilitated through the this/OUR box, a converted horsebox that will be located in the wood from 21st Nov (delayed due to adverse weather), that serves as a site of participation and reflection as part of the project’s culmination. Visitors can meet the artists throughout the month as they conduct mini-residencies involving shared learning, dialogue, and exchange.
The Winter School | Scoil Gheimhridh includes programming from several projects and initiatives:
this/OUR is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and Cork County Council
Seeing the Wood for the Trees is supported by the EirGrid Celtic Interconnector Community Benefit Fund managed by SECAD and the Climate Action Works Engagement Fund from Community Foundation Ireland. the Arts Council of Ireland (Arts Grant Programme), Creative Ireland through Cork County Council’s Creative Communities Programme, and Community Foundation Ireland
Sites of Fracture is funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Curiosity Grant
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this/OUR is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and Cork County Council
