On this week's episode we chat to Jools Gilson, a Cork based dance artist who has been doing professional work for dance / theatre venues, galleries and broadcast radio for thirty years. Her practice is knotted, knitted and woven between the disciplines of dance theatre, writing and textiles; choreographies linked to ancient bog bodies and their textiles; 30,000 sewing needles hung from a gallery ceiling; stories about wars waged through embroidery. Recent awards include an Arts Council Dance Bursary (2023) and Science Foundation Ireland (Insight) Awards (2023 & 2024). Her large scale textile work The Knitting Map (2005) toured the US as part of the Mapping Climate Change exhibition from 2021 - 24; The Art Museum, West Virginia (2024), Wriston Art Galleries, Wisconsin (2023) and The Berman Museum of Art, Pennsylvania (2021). Recent performances include Mary Wycherley's Weathering at Dance Limerick (2023) and extracts from Tempestries at Reach '24, Arts & Sustainability Festival, Queen's University Belfast. She is Professor of Creative Practice at University College Cork.

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