This film was shot on an Iphone by Dasha Tsapenko and Nazar Gresko of PROSO Atelier when they were in lockdown on Inis Oírr in March 2020 during the Covid-19 crisis.
Grain Loves Rain is a wearable piece of nature for a rainy climate. It is a fragile ecosystem on the go, which requires care and love. You need to feed it, and it eats rain.
The work was originally commissioned as a participatory arts project for Hope it Rains | Soineann nó Doineann, a project for Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture which aims to turn our bad weather to good use, and make Galway the place to be because it rains and blows.
Groups in Athenry and Inis Oírr were to assist PROSO Atelier in sowing and growing the wearable fields of leafy greens for filmed performances in St Patrick’s Day Parades on March 17 2020.
The project suddenly had to change mid-way, when travel restrictions resulted in Dasha and Nazar being isolated on Inis Oírr island, separated from their collaborators. This solo performance is their response.
Ghlac Dasha Tsapenko agus Nazar Gresko an scannán seo ar fhón nuair a bhí siad scoite amach ar Inis Oírr i Márta 2020 le linn ghéarchéim Covid-19.
Is éiceachóras soghluaiste agus leochaileach é Grain Loves Rain. Caithfear giollacht a dhéanamh air, aire agus forcamás a thabhairt dó, agus é a bheathú le báisteach.
Rinneadh an saothar a choimisiúnú ar dtús mar thionscadal ealaíon rannpháirtíoch do Hope it Rains | Soineann nó Doineann, tionscadal do Ghaillimh 2020, Príomhchathair Cultúir na hEorpa a bhfuil sé mar aidhm aige an drochaimsir a chur chun leasa an phobail.
Bhí grúpaí i mBéal Átha an Rí agus Inis Oírr le páirt a ghlacadh ann, agus bhí na clócaí duilleacha le caitheamh acu ag paráidí Lá ‘le Pádraig. Ach thárla sé go raibh Dasha agus Nazar ar Inis Oírr agus scartha óna gcomhoibritheoirí de bharr na srianta taistil. Is é an léiriú aonair seo toradh na hama sin.