The Air We Share makes the invisible visible, by engaging with the issue of air quality through artistic interventions, citizen science and community action in Westside, Galway.
Creativity
Engaging with the issue of air quality in Westside, three artists in residence will work with communities to co-create artistic outcomes. Sited in three different locations in Westside and Galway City, artists will explore the air we share in new and striking ways, making the invisible visible. In this way, culture can become a catalyst for dialogue and creative action in the face of a shared climate crisis, locating climate action in how people live and what they feel.
Community
The communities of Westside are at the heart of this project, with the Westside Resource Centre a key hub of activity. Through inclusive communication and engagement at a local level, this project aims to build understanding of causes and consequences of the climate and ecological crisis and open opportunities for the co-creation of climate solutions. By creatively engaging with air and its relationship to climate and health, communities in Westside can feel empowered people to take action on climate, based on shared values of fairness, collaboration and positive change.
Project partners
This project is a recipient of the Creative Climate Action fund, an initiative from the Creative Ireland Programme. It is funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in collaboration with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The fund supports creative, cultural and artistic projects that build awareness around climate change and empower citizens to make meaningful behavioural transformations.
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