Series 6, Episode 4: Meadhbh McIlgorm & Amberlea Neely

9ft in Common uncovers the complexities and shares the possibilities of an infrastructure of urban alleyways, Belfast’s wild and liminal spaces.The work, in close partnerships with local communities,  investigates ownership, access, disruption and place. The name 9ft in Common is inspired by a lease first signed in December 1902, confirming a right of way over and along a 9ft passage in Belfast. It is led and developed by Amberlea Neely of Starling Start and Aisling Rusk of Studio idir. https://9ftincommon.com/Meadhbh McIlgorm, Project Producer, is a multi-disciplinary artist-maker of things and experiences. She is a studio holder at QSS Artist Studios, Belfast. As a creative producer she has worked with many artists and arts organisations managing events, exhibitions, public engagement programmes and professional development opportunities. Increasingly, in both her studio and in expanded practice she is developing projects relating to sustainability, placemaking and our material heritage and is particularly passionate about materials, process and the skills associated with production, repair and reuse.https://www.meadhbhmcilgorm.com/ insta: @champagne_clouds._Amberlea Neely is the Founder and Director of Starling Start. Starling Start co-designs inclusive and ambitious strategic plans, blueprints, or approaches that guide cultural development, and dreams up magical one-off gatherings and sustained programmes that are guided by people and place. Amberlea co-leads 9ft in Common with long term collaborator Aisling Rusk, Studio idir. 9ft in Common is an investigation into the social and spatial potential of Belfast’s alleyways which is supported by Necessity and Belfast 24. Amberlea was Acting Director of Northern Ireland’s Architecture Centre, PLACE. She has also contributed as a Lecturing Associate on the MA Arts Management programme at Queen's University Belfast. http://www.starlingstart.comSend us a textExplore more Breaks & Joins podcasts, on the repair of our stuff, ourselves and our communities. Subscribe to make sure you dont miss any!

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