Right here right now

Abstract

In Dublin on the 4 November 2010 an unusual event took place in Kilmainham Gaol, a former prison that is now a museum, where 20 artists from around Ireland came together to perform in a live durational performance lasting four hours. The artists occupied the ground floor of this prison building; a site so closely associated with the founding of the nation state and ideas of identity that its resonant histories could only become part of the spirit of the event and a necessary part of the experience of the performance.