IMAGE CREDITS | TRUST | SANDRA CORRIGAN BREATHNACH | UNFINISHED BUSINESS
LIVE ART IRELAND AT SOURCE ARTS CENTRE | PHOTOGRAPHY HARRY MOORE | 2026
Solas | Hikari – Live Art Ireland – Tipperary – Samhain Event – Workshop & Performance Opportunity
Live Art Ireland invites applications to apply for a free two-day workshop culminating in a collective performance opportunity at Lisheenboy House (formerly Milford House), North Tipperary. The workshop takes place on 29th and 30th October 2026, with the collective performance taking place as part of the performance event Solas | Hikari on the 31st October (Samhain).
The workshop forms part of a wider international residency running at Live Art Ireland from 12th to 31st October 2026, bringing together eight professional artists: four from Japan and four from Ireland – Live Art Ireland welcomes workshop applications from both Irish and Internationally based artists for the workshop.
Led by Sandra Corrigan Breathnach (Ireland) and Tadashi Watanabe (Japan) the workshop explores themes of inner light, interconnection, and transformative darkness through contemporary performance art practice. Corrigan Breathnach will guide workshop participants through exercises exploring the cyclical nature of life using energy, sound, and natural materials. Watanabe will lead contemplative practices drawing on Buddhist traditions, exploring darkness and silence in interior and exterior environments.
Workshop participants will develop a workshop performance outcome collective performance with Corrigan Breathnach and Watanabe acting as mentors, which will be performed together with solo performances by the residency artists, as part of the performance event Solas | Hikari on Samhain the 31st of October 2026.
Workshop Participation is free – Places are limited – Selection will be made by Deej Fabyc and Sandra Corrigan Breathnach.
Deadline for applications: 1st September 2026
Please Note | There is a €100 euro food and facilitation fee which includes vegetarian food and basic shared accommodation for the duration of the workshop and outcome performance event.
Link to Online Application Form Can be found on Live Art Ireland’s Website Here
Sandra Corrigan Breathnach is an Interdisciplinary artist and curator, working mainly in performance art, her practice includes elements of Sculpture, Drawing, Photography, Video and Sound. Upcoming projects include, Tulach | Culture Night | 126 Gallery | Galway | 2026. Solas | Hikari – Live Art Ireland | Tipperary | October 2026. Recent projects include Sound + Vision | The Nest | Sligo | 2026, co-curated with Txema Agiriano. Corrigan-Breathnach’s video short PRESSURE (2023), previously screened at La Terminal Zwap | MEM Festival | Bilbao | 2023, was screened as part of Open Signal : Video Art in Flux | Luminaria Contemporary Art Festival | San Antonio | Texas | 2025, curated by Tere Senyase Garcia. Recent performances include, Trust | Unfinished Business | Live Art Ireland at Source Arts Centre | 2026. Éirí | MEM Festival in partnership with the Guggenheim TopARTE programme | The Guggenheim | Bilbao | 2025. Bealach | Werft-Wind | MOSI | Braunschweig | Germany | 2025. Eorna | The Model – Sligo| 2025. Corrigan Breathnach has performed extensively in Ireland and internationally, including notable collaborative works / exhibitions – see About Page for further info.
Tadashi Watanabe is an interdisciplinary artist working mainly in performance art, his practice has spanned over 30 years. A major impact on Watanbe’s practice was the encounter he had with the artist Ay-O, a member of the Fluxus group who was actively performing Happenings. Ay-O expressed his appreciation of Watanabe’s performance in 2002, during the international performance event, On the Edges, in Lithuania. During this time a bond was formed, influenced by this encounter, Watanbe moved to New York to expand his practice in 2003. His work received a warm reception with invitations for two New York exhibitions in 2004, at the Garapagos Art Space and Emptiness, the Tribes Gallery N.Y.. Watanabe has performed and exhibited throughout Japan and internationally. In recent years Watanabe has developed the performance art festival, Beyond the Soul, whose ethos is to create a space for artists from around the globe to come together, to explore expressions that do not fit within the framework of societal regulations or norms.