Welcome to CoastARTS

Creative research on ecocultural crisis and resilience in coastal zones

Photo credit

Rehearsal photo from the production An Fear Liath written by Philip Doherty and adapted by Fran Nuñez. Produced by Fíbín Teo in association with Centro Dramático Galego and Tryater. Photograph by Bruno Pierrucci

Coastlines as zones of eco-cultural crisis

The CoastARTS project examines how public performances respond to environmental crises, strengthening communities through creative action. We gather research, create new work, and share resources freely.

Photo of some bird puppets in a coastal scene

Our aims

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Photo of a performance with puppet monkeys

Co-creating new performances

To co-create new performances from archival research and oral histories of people experiencing the effects of coastal crises

Photo of a young male blackcap bird on someone's hand

Building resilience through live arts

To assess ways in which live arts help to build resilience among coastal communities at risk from environmental changes

Photo of an installation of a cardboard house

Sharing free arts-based resources

To assemble free, arts-based resources that inspire care and justice for human and non- human inhabitants of coastal zones.

Infographic of the structure of the CoastARTS project

Live arts build coastal resilience

With cultural partners, we will co-create performances, exhibitions and sustainable digital resources that will be accessible to all. The work will unfold collaboratively in Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Norway and the UK, serving as both an analytical window into coastal crises and a mode of collaborative action.

Our subprojects

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Community voices

When we performed together, something shifted. We stopped feeling alone in what was happening to our coast. The performance gave us a way to speak what we could not say before

When we performed together, something shifted. We stopped feeling alone in what was happening to our coast. The performance gave us a way to speak what we could not say before

Funded by

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