Pigtown Scratchings – a kaleidoscope of creativity

Pigtown Scratchings, an exciting kaleidoscope of creativity by artists of all genres, takes place at Dance Limerick on Thursday 7 May at 8pm.  Presented by Softday in collaboration with Dance Limerick, Pigtown Scratchings is a creative performance event, featuring artists exploring, creating and presenting new collaborative work in a live cabaret-style setting.

Tickets €10 from www.dancelimerick.ie

The line-up for the first Pigtown Scratchings 2015:

Steve Lally – Storyteller

www.storyman.info

Roger Gregg – Performance Poet

Leon McCarthy – Audio-Visual Artist

https://vimeo.com/album/2619225

Angie Smalis – Contemporary Dance Artist

https://vimeo.com/angiesmalis

Günter Berkus – Musician and Sonic Artist

www.corkcitygamelan.ie

Marie-Clare Boothman – Visual Artist

www.marie-clareboothman.com

Pigtown Scratchings #4

The 4th Pigtown Scratchings is taking place the 26th of April 2014, 14:00 – 16:00 at Dr.John’s Bar, 31 Thomas Street in Limerick City.

The line-up is: Danny McCarthy, Robin Parmar and Softday.

Some clips from Pigtown Scratchings #3

It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon in Limerick City and a group of creative minds gathered in Dr. John’s Bar to perform and experiment.

Nigel Oxley

John Greenwood

Harp Art Lab (Mikael Ericsson & Juliana Nemeti)

Softday

And finally, the all-out-everybody collaborative session:

Enjoy!

Pigtown Scratchings #3 final line-up

After long deliberations and negotiations, we have a final line-up for Saturday the 19th of October 2013, 14:00-16:00. The venue is, as always, the eminent Dr.John’s bar, 31 Thomas Street in Limerick City.

It will be a novel, experimental session with hitherto unheard sounds, images, expressions and gestures.

Ok, here’s the line-up: Nigel Oxley, John Greenwood, Mikael Ericsson, Julijana Nemeti and Softday.

This will be really exciting!

Pigtown Scratchings #3

We have found a date and time for Pigtown Scratchings #3: the 19th of October 2013, 14:00 – 16:00 in Dr. John’s Bar, Thomas Street, Limerick.

New exciting and groundbreaking art experiments!

Line-up to follow shortly.

Pigtown Scratchings #2

This bank holiday weekend, it is time for the second Pigtown Scratchings in Dr.John’s Bar, 31 Thomas Street, Limerick.

Pigtown Scratchings is a new interdisciplinary creative project providing innovative artists working in sound, media, literary, and performing arts with performance opportunities to explore, create and present new collaborative work in a live  setting.

The line-up for the second Pigtown Scratchings event, which take place on Saturday 1st of June 2013 inDr.Johns Bar, Thomas Street, Limerick from 2pm-4pm, includes: Niall Keegan, Robin Parmar, Eabha Rose and Softday.

We will bring you art as you never experienced before!

Welcome to Pigtown Scratchings

We welcome you to the first Pigtown Scratchings.

Pigtown Scratchings is a new interdisciplinary creative project providing innovative artists working in sound, media, literary, and performing arts with performance opportunities to explore, create and present new collaborative work in a live  setting, located at  Dr.John’s Bar, 31 Thomas Street, Limerick.

The programme is curated by Softday (Sean Taylor and Mikael Fernström) in collaboration with Dr. John’s Limerick

The line-up for the first Pigtown Scratchings event, which take place on Saturday 6^th April 2013 in Dr.Johns Bar, Thomas Street, Limerick from 2pm-4pm, includes: Harry Moore, Linda O’Keefe, Roisin Ni Galloglaigh, Áine Phillips and Softday.