In this workshop we will be walking through lesser known parts of Dublin city centre and examining it from surprising and unusual angles. Guided by the workshop facilitators, each participant will document their individual perception of buildings, the spaces in between and what lies beneath, using field work techniques such as on- the-spot sketching, audio recording, note-taking and site-writing.

Using the material gathered, participants will have an opportunity to create an individual response, in words or drawings, to their personal experience of the streets. The focus of the workshop is on the process of documentary field work in the city, rather than on specific outcomes. No special skills are required to participate in this workshop, just bring a notebook and pencil or pen.

FACILITATORS

John Dorman is the principal of Dorman Architects. For more than a decade John has been sketching the streets and back lanes of Dublin – to date he has gathered over 650 fragments of the city in 32 little black sketch books. ’Tracing the Lines’ in 2014 was a solo exhibition of his sketches of Dublin imagined through the poetry of the city’s most celebrated

Sheila de Courcy, has worked on location as a writer and television and radio programme maker for almost forty years. Her work has been broadcast on RTÉ radio and television and published in The Irish Times, Sunday Independent, Laine, PaperVisualArt, Hearing the Impossible and Lone Women in Flashes of Wilderness amongst other outlets. She recently completed a Masters in Travel and Nature Writing.

Meeting Point: Presentation Room, Digital Depot, Roe Lane (off Thomas Street) The Digital Hub, Dublin 8, D08 TCV4.

Book-in only

The workshop will start and end in the Digital Hub. In between we will be walking through the Thomas Street / Liberties area. We will pause to look at, listen to and touch the environment around us (buildings, community gardens, street furniture). We will be crossing major and minor roads some of which will have cobbled surfaces.