littletinySPACE2 in Galway

a surreal pink image where we dimly see a baby and their caregiver through a clear balloon

Jane Cassidy (multi-media artist), Vicky Langan (sound artist), James Riordan (theatre maker) and Rocio Dominguez (dance artist) collaborated for an in-person period of 4 days and multiple online sessions, to create an underwater world experience for babies. They spent time exploring possibilities of movement and performance using water, black light, neon elements, helium balloons, projections, and various textures and sound sources.

They opened their practice to an invited audience of babies and their caregivers, on August 10th and 11th 2023 at the Town Hall Theatre in Galway.

The four artists keep collaborating together to date, discussing opportunities to bring the work forward into the future.

images by Emilija Jefremova, Manuela Garcia and Vicky Langan

in a pinkish light a baby clutches shiny fabric and looks at the camera. the baby's caregiver looks at the bay and smiles
image by Emilija Jefremova

a purple backdrop with a projected illustrated underwater scene with various caregivers and babies and silvery fabric on the floor
image by Emilija Jefremova

in a pink light, a baby surrounds themself with glittery fabric
image by Emilija Jefremova

a dark space with a pink glow. we can see a baby reaching for a performer who is holding a string of twinkling lights leading to a clear balloon above
image by Emilija Jefremova

a black wall with a colourful projected illustrated underwater sea scape
photo by Manuela Garcia

a dark floor with pops of neon fabric including a tiny lit-up bath duck. there is also a watering can.
photo by Manuela Garcia

This show was so interactive and I loved how multi-sensory it was. It was such a fun and heartening experience to see my baby interact so excitedly with the performance audience member / caregiver

As part of our 2023 Arts Council funded programme we have five tiny delightful R&D moments happening across the country as a further development from our 2022 littletinySPACE artist incubator project. For littletinySPACE 2022, we brought together 8 diverse established artists from a range of disciplines along with Anna, dramaturg and Performance Corp SPACE programme facilitator, Hanna Slattne, Production Manager, Ashey Smyth and internationally reknowned early years research scientist Dr Suzanne Zeedyk – and these facilitators continue their mentoring support into the 2023 projects.