Event Details
Belfast International Festival of Performance Art 2024
Date: 19th – 22 Mar 2024
Event Details
The 11th edition of the Belfast International Festival of Performance Art is generously supported by Ulster University, Bbeyond, and University of Atypical.
This year BIFPA 2024 marks 50 years of artist Joseph Beuys’s first lecture at the Belfast School of Art. The festival will take place across two venues as we celebrate the legacy of performance practice in the city; the Glass Box Gallery, Ulster University and University of Atypical. 2024 will also see a series of events across the year that celebrates 175 years of the Belfast School of Art.
The BIFPA committee: Sandra Johnson, Siobhán Mullen, Zara Lyness, Thomas Wells, Sinéad O’Donnell, Brian Connolly and Brian Patterson.
Featuring work by
| Myriam Laplante (CA/ITL) | Martin O’Brien (UK) | Aisling O’Beirn (IRE) |
| Dougal McKenzie (SCO/NI) | Hiroki Doi (JPN) | Haru (JPN/IRE) |
| Alex Conway (IRE) | Day Magee (IRE) | Laura O’Connor (IRE) |
| Marina Iodice (POL) | Mousa AINana (SY) | Chloe Austin (IRE) |
| Hollie Miller (UK) Zara Lyness (NI) | Craig Scott (UK) Rebecca Strain (IRE) | Elaine McGinn (NI) Gabija Jocyte (LTU/ NI) |
| Dearbhail McNulty (NI) | Sorcha Keeve (NI) | Charlotte Dixon (NI) |
| Siofra Minnis (IRE) Christina Lynn (NI) Moira Roulston (NI) Sara Monterio (PORT/NI) | Madison Agnew (NI) Christine Donaghy (NI) Aoife Hamil (NI) Anna Vidamour (NI) | Rachael Wood (UK) Cahal O’Connell (NI) Mark Cousins (NI) Foundation Studies Showcase |
In addition to performances held at the Belfast School of Art, the festival features an Artist Talk by Martin O’Brien, Workshop with Myriam Laplante + I-Project ‘Dome’ by Anann’s Arch.
Full programme details below and keep informed at facebook.com/BIFPA, instagram.com / bifpa_performance, as performance times can vary.
Tuesday 19thh March
11am – 12 pm Dougal McKenzie, “Abercrombie had a Zombie” – a painting-performance-film installation
Exhibition Project Space, Block BB, BB-07-002 (Students only)
2pm – 3pm Lens Seminar – Dougal McKenzie, Painting, Performance and Film, Block BB, BB-07-002 (SO)
2pm – 4pm Mark Cousins, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
Wednesday 20th March
10 am – 5 :30 pm Myriam Laplante, ‘Student Workshop’, Block BB, BB-05-009 (SO)
1 pm – 2 pm Martin O’Brien, Fine Art Lecture, Conor Lecture Theatre, Birley Building, Block BA
5:30 pm – 7.30 pm Mark Cousins, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
Thursday 21st March
10am – 12 pm Laura O’Connor, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
10 am ongoing Moira Roulston, Performance to camera (screening) Foyer, Birley Building, Block BA
10 am ongoing Foundation Studies Showcase (screening) Foyer, Birley Building, Block BA
12 pm – 2 pm Mark Cousins, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
2 pm – 2. 30 pm Christine Donaghy, Link Bridge, 2nd Floor, Block BB– Block BD
2.30 pm – 3 pm Sara Montiero, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
3 pm – 3.15 pm Madison Agnew, Atrium, Birley Building, Block BA
3:15 pm – 3.35 pm Siofra Minnis,, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
3.35 pm – 3.45 pm Sorcha Keeve, Atrium, Birley Building, Block BA
3.45 pm – 4.15 pm Marina Iodice + Mousa AINana, Block BB, BB-05-009
4.30 pm – 5 pm Elaine McGinn, The Foyer, Birley Building, Block BA
5.30 pm – 8.30 pm Martin O’Brien, The Ledger Studio, University of Atypical
6pm – 6.30 pm ‘DOME’, Anann’s Arch, Foyer, Birley Building, Block BA
6.45pm – 7.30 pm Aisling O’Beirn, Conor Lecture Theatre, Birley Building, Block BA
7.30 pm – 8 pm Alex Conway, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
Friday 22th March
10 am ongoing Moira Roulston, Performance to camera (screening) Foyer, Birley Building, Block BA
10 am ongoing Foundation Studies Showcase (screening) Foyer, Birley Building, Block BA
10 am – 12 pm Aoife Hamil, Atrium, Birley Building, Block BA
10 am – 10.30am Anna Vidamour, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
10.30 am -11 am Dearbhail McNulty, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
11 am – 11.:30 am Rachael Wood, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
12 pm – 2 pm Mark Cousins, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
1 pm – 1.40 pm Christina Lynn, Foyer, Birley Building, Block BA
2 pm – 3 pm Gabija Jocyte, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
2:30pm – 3.30 pm Charlotte Dixon, Atrium, Birley Building, Block BA
3 pm – 3.45 pm Chloe Austin, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
4 pm – 5 pm Rebecca Strain, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
5 pm – 5.30 pm Zara Lyness, Foyer, Birley Building, Block BA
5.30 pm – 6 pm Cahal O’Connell, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
6 pm – 6.30 pm Day Magee, Glass Box Gallery, Birley Building, Block BA
6.30 pm – 7 pm Hiroki Doi + Haru, Atrium, Birley Building, Block BA
7pm – 8pm Hollie Miller + Craig Scott, Foyer, Birley Building, Block BA
7pm – 9pm Myriam Laplante, Atrium, Birley Building, Block BB
BIG GET TOGETHER from 9pm in DUKE OF YORK BAR
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