Next X-PO Mind Meitheal

Next X-PO Mind Meitheal

The idea of a *Mind Meitheal* was originally conceived as a form of knowledge exchange. Stimulating and bringing together a broad cross-section of knowledge forms - local place-based, academic and cultural

*Mind Meitheal,* is a think-tank that seeks to generate discussion and imagination within groups of diverse participants. The broad objective is to create a space where different knowledge forms have parity in the design of creative strategies for social, cultural, economic and natural sustainability.*Mind Meitheal* involves regular participants and those who drop in and out voluntarily. In an effort to find answers to questions discovered by the
group, *Mind Meitheal* can also proactively seek out participants to share particular experiences and knowledge forms. Missing pieces of the puzzle under consideration are discovered, negotiated, and reconciled in the group process. The *Mind Meitheal* process is routinely opened up to influences and knowledge forms outside the group. Using email, accounts of club gatherings are circulated locally and across a broad range of academic,
cultural and social institutions in order to invite responses that might contribute to new insights. *Mind Meitheal* originally came to life in the context of efforts to sustain the social, cultural, economic and natural land/scape of the Burren at the *X-PO* project in Kilnaboy Co. Clare . *Mind Meitheal* is open to all interested parties and takes place every month.
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 X-PO started life as a public art project that sought to engage individuals and communities in Kilnaboy in North Clare by giving time and space to review, recall and renew social and cultural priorities. The creation of archives related to the personal and collective history of
the site was fundamental to the activation process. Deirdre O’Mahony initiated and curated *X-PO* in the first year and the users of the space have since further developed, funded and managed the space. Drawing participants from a broad constituency, *X-PO* lays no claim to be representative - it is rather the act of participation that is at the core of the project. Clubs use the space on a weekly basis and these groups have come to a provisional understanding, formed, articulated and made visible through connections made within the space.
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Above image : Abandoned Clare Exhibition by Deirdre O'Mahony at X-PO Dec 2011. Photograph Deirdre O'Mahony.