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The exhibition 鈥淪amkura: a Journey鈥� presents the works of artists from Armenia, Georgia, Greece, Ireland and Portugal, who participated in a programme of cultural exchanges which was initiated and organized by 芦Cl贸 Ceardlann na gCnoc禄 and supported by the EACEA, the co-partners, Culture Ireland and Eal谩in na Gaeltachta. This exhibition is a collaboration between the SMCA and Cl贸.

鈥淪amkura鈥� means shamrock or trefoil in Georgian and the name was given to this trans-European art and culture initiative, offering to the well known Irish symbol connotations of artistic creativity, exchange and mobility. Artists from the five countries put into practice the idea of a living exchange through the experience of working both individually and collaboratively to create the works for this central exhibition that will bring the two-year programme to a conclusion.

Language played an important role in this artists鈥� collaboration. The coexistence of five historic languages and four alphabets gave a creative impulse to the common language of art. This diversity of languages and alphabets had a strong effect in the works and one of the artists鈥� challenges was to discover and assimilate the diversity of the other places.

The works of the artists refer also to the relationship with nature, as the residency areas were located mostly in rural areas far from the urban environment.