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Spinning around in Carndonagh 27.08.10

CANADIAN artist Seema Goel and ten local volunteers will be spinning sheeps' wool in front of empty shopfronts in Carndonagh, this Saturday, as part of a public art project.
The event is part of the Inishowen artist-in-residence's Carbon Footprint which shows how art can address issues such as global warming, climate change and the part economics plays in it all.
She chose to spin wool in front of empty shop fronts as a metaphor for the intrinsic relationship between climate change and economics and how it is manifesting itself at a local level in terms of the recession.
Canadian artist Seema Goel spinning sheeps' wool with local volunteers.
"The first time I came to Carndonagh last year, I was surprised by how many shops were closed. At the same time, I was struck by the vitality of the town and how local people seemed to care about what happened to their community," she said.
She added: “Locally, sheep wool has become valueless and is a zero profit material for the farming community but it is a precious material that has incredible versatility, history and worth if explored."
Seema’s public art show this Saturday was helped by local residents in the Inishowen area who took part in a series of workshops in Buncrana, Moville and Carndonagh. It taught participants how to spin the wool on simple drop spindles.
The performance will take place in the Diamond, Carndonagh on August 28th from 3pm to 5pm. All the wool will later be knit into socks that will be part of the gallery show in Letterkenny in November.
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