GLÓR / VOICE
Our Manifesto
Built on the foundations of five unwavering principles, Glór (the Old Irish word for voice) inscribes our mission to connect people and ideas that spark curiosity and imagination at the intersection of art and research, delicately bypassing the siloed systems that marginalise transdisciplinary and experimental research and practice. We believe that social and cultural innovation can only be achieved when the silos between disciplines and institutional systems dissolve, creating space to pioneer new, experimental forms of knowledge creation.
Alexander Pope wrote that "to err is human". We posit that to err is creativity in action. The seeds of innovation are sown into our mistakes. We need platforms for experimental play where errors can become ideas for transformational change. Sowing the seeds of quiet revolution, our manifesto is a pathway for change, daring to ask how we can do things better (together) as creative and intellectual communities.
01: CHAMPION TRANSDISCIPLINARY CREATIVITY
The Metamorphosis Project recognises the potential for transformation at the threshold between art and research, acknowledging the symbiotic relationship between these worlds and harnessing it to reimagine the Renaissance form of transdisciplinary creativity.
02: CREATE WITHIN THE FREEDOM OF THE UNDEFINED
We explore art and research as interchangeable and metamorphic phenomena: shifting forms, telling stories, and shaping futures. We create space for practitioners who work between and beyond disciplines, play with creative uncertainty, and chart unconventional routes toward novel terrain.
03: CELEBRATE PLURALITY THROUGH DIFFERENCE, DIVERGENCE AND DIALOGUE
We work within circular time; we see the future unfold in the past, and the past in the present. We bypass linear teleology in favour of narrative plurality, where multiple, diverse perspectives coexist simultaneously.
04: EXPLORE THE RADICAL POWER OF LIMINAL SPACES, VOICES, AND IDEAS
We provide a platform for the liminal voice and seek to transform liminality into a blueprint for radical reflection, experimentation, divergence and reemergence. We move with unapologetic presence as we alchemise the conditions for reimagining potent societal change.
05: RETURN TO SLOWNESS AND INTENTIONALITY AS A FORM OF QUIET REVOLUTION
We believe in slowness-as-action; a method that values process over outcome and space over time. We do this through creating thoughtful spaces for intentional dialogue, reviving the art of rhetoric, and forging new ideas from the kindling of conversation. We move within this rhythm, forming gentle soundwaves to quietly set in motion the kinetic energy of change.
