Blog: Arts and Culture
Guest authors: Alannah Ferry, Brónagh Kelly, Dáire Stafford, Étain McAvoy, Rebecca Mulhern, Róisín Grall,
13 September 2024
We Can Do Better was a takeover of Downhill House by the artist Joe Caslin in collaboration with a group of young women born after the Good Friday Agreement. Produced in Northern Ireland by the Nerve Centre, Caslin co-created the work with a group known as ‘The Kindred Collective’.
The temporary, paper-based artwork stretched across the front of Downhill House and was designed in response to some of the issues affecting young people in Northern Ireland today.
In this blog post, the collective explains how a nine-month process of engagement and co-creation led to a piece of work that reflected societal conflict, empowerment and change.