Mar chuid d'Fhéile Cork Midsummer tá céiliúradh agus ómóis á léiriú don Ghrianstad ag Radio Solstice ar an dá deireadh seachtaine thart air. Coincheap de chuid an fhís-ealaíntóir, Elinor O’Donovan, le John Bosteels agus Caoilian Sherlock.
Mar sin cad as a dtáinig an smaoineamh?
"Tá cónaí ormsa thuas ag áit darb ainm dó Saint Luke's i gcathair Chorcaígh, cuid álainn den chathair, áit a bhfuil sean dolabhoth gleoite. Rith sé liom go mba dheas an rud é stáisiúin raidió a chur isteach ann. Cé gur físealaíontóir mé, tá cúlra raidió agam, leis. Bhíos i mbun stáisiúin raidió Universtity of Edinburgh agus mé ar an ollscoil ann agus chaitheas tamall mar saoririseoir ag BBC Alba agus tá sé tamall ó bhí deis agam aon raidió a dhéanamh ó shin."
"So it was kind of just maybe a marriage of two things that I love, which is bringing radio into my our practise now. In the end we actually didn't get to do the we didn't get to use the toll booth as a home for the radio station. We moved to place in Cork called Test Site which is run by a woman called Ailbhe Cunningham and it's kind of like an architectural project using what was formerly there like space, and these old public toilets. So now we're in the attendant booth of these old sort of 1940s public toilets, and it makes a perfect little radio booth."
Agus cathain ar chuir sibh tús leis?
"Chuaigh mé i dteagmháil le Cork Midsummer an Samhradh seo caite, mar gur mheasas gur smaoineamh craiceáilte a dhóthain a bhí ann a bheadh feiliúnach don fhéile, fiú ar bhonn sealadach. Tá aithne ag lucht an fhéile orm toisc mo chuid ealaíne mar sin bhí an gaol sin ann ar dtús agus bhíodar tacaíodh dom leithéide ealaíontóir a bheadh ag lorg maoinithe saothar."
"I was lucky as well that the the acting director of Cork Midsummer, so Rose-Anne Kidney, she was in while Lorraine Maye was on maternity leave, and Roseanne herself comes from a radio background, so I think there was a lot of like excitement about the idea in the first place. So it took about a year between idea to, you know, making this happen now."
"Bhí go leor maoiniú le lorg agus bhí Gradam Jane Anne Rothwell ar fáil ón Comhairle Chondae Chorcaí d'ealaíontóirí ón gceantair atá i mbun togra uathúil agus bhí an t-ádh liom é sin a fháil. D’éirigh liom maoiniú breise a fháil ó Chomhairle Ealaíne na cathrach freisin. Mar sin thug an togra seo deis dom dul i dtreo difriúil ná mar a bheadh ar siúl agam de ghnáth mar chuid den fhísealaín. Agus toisc gur stáisiúin pobal DIY atá ann, is ceart go mbeadh sé beagáinín níos scaoilte nó níos gairbhe."
"Because it's all audio and the fact that it's a DIY community radio station, it's supposed to be a little rough around the edges. So if there's a slight technical hitch or, you know, something falls down, I think it's all part of the the aesthetic of DIY radio, you know."
What can we tune into to hear a 'Sonic celebration of the Sun and her celestial energy’?
"Bhuel chuireamar críoch leis an gcéad deireadh seachtaine craoltóireachta agus táimid dírithe anois ar an dara deireadh seachtaine den fhéile Cork Midsummer ón Déardaoin go dtí an Domhnach. Tá sé eagraithe ar bhonn sealadach don dá dheireadh seachtaine sin ach is féidir bheith ag súil an deireadh seachtaine seo le ceol ó DJ áitiúla agus cláracha cainte freisin. Tá Cian Ó Cíobháin RnaG féin tar éis meascán an Ghrianstad a chur le chéile dúinn d'oíche Shatharn agus tá ceoltóir as iarthar Chorcaí, Flowers At Night, i mbun seit beo a dhéanamh tráthnóna Dé hAoine ag a 1 a chlog."
"We've got a Cork musician called Laurie Shaw doing a 2 hour songwriting workshop live on air on Sunday morning. Olivia Teahan, who runs a social media kind of thing called Sx Sláinte, which is on sexual health, is doing a two-hour show, connecting Irish mythology stories on sexuality to kind of ideas of sex and playing music in-between. So, there's a real mix of shows going on."
"Tá daoine tar éis an-tacaíocht a léiriú do théama an Ghrianstad. Thug mise saghas ráiteas coimeádaíochta go mb'fhéidir gur aisling nó brionglóid a bhí ann, nó fén astralaíocht, fé techno-paganism, pé rud gurb ansa leat féin."
"So like, last weekend our first show was a person who’s big into astrology trying to convince their straight male sceptic friend about the benefits of astrology as a dating tool. So there are, like, really funny, creative responses to the theme."
Tuilleadh eolais le fáil ag Radio Solstice | Cork Midsummer Festival
