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Originating on Inis M\u00f3r Island with a drawing and a story (as Gaeilge), it winds its way through Gaeltacht and English-speaking regions of County Galway and Mayo before heading up the west coast to Sligo\/Leitrim and Donegal, then traversing across Europe all the way to Istanbul. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span>Resonating with the Irish seanfhocail<strong> <\/strong><em>D\u00fairt bean liom go nd\u00fairt bean l\u00e9i<\/em>, the story is translated, processed by peoples\u2019 own memories, experiences and cultures. Layers are added, other layers are forgotten and let go as it passes from participant to participant all the way to the Eastern edge of Europe. <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IE\" xml:lang=\"EN-IE\"><span>In parallel with the story, a drawing undergoes the <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IE\" xml:lang=\"EN-IE\"><span><span><span>same process, with slight changes happening as it is passed from artist to artist, leading to a gradual metamorphosis<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IE\" xml:lang=\"EN-IE\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span>A multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-generational project which explores notions of memory, sense of place, language, landscape, migration, communication and rumour.\u00a0 Led by artist Alannah Robbins, this collaboration between professional visual artists, storytellers and community participants aims to engage up to 200 people in up to 20 different European countries in an exploration of both our commonalities and our differences in creating this collective artwork. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10685,"template":"","class_list":["post-10684","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Carrying the Songs - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Carrying The Songs is a giant game of Chinese Whispers winding its way across landscapes, language and cultures, as a story and a drawing undergoes transformation and metamorphosis on its journey from the Western edge to the Eastern edge of Europe!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/carrying-the-songs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Carrying the Songs - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Carrying The Songs is a giant game of Chinese Whispers winding its way across landscapes, language and cultures, as a story and a drawing undergoes transformation and metamorphosis on its journey from the Western edge to the Eastern edge of Europe! 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