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PS² Cuts its Hair and Gets a Job
Ongoing research project into the organisation's history, legacy, value and impact
Aisling O’Beirn, Robin Price, Johanna Leech, Paddy Bloomer, Mitch Conlon, Angela Halliday, and Peter Mutschler, and Paul Moore
2025 marked two official birthdays for this organisation: Paragon Studios was 30, and PS² (Project Space x Paragon Studios) was 20; although both were informally established one year prior. Somehow, this organisation has four birthdays and non-birthdays all at once.
To celebrate this uncommunicable, affectionate, and somewhat enduring chaos, we decided to focus instead on the value and impact that the organisation has had (rather than specific dates... for obvious reasons).
We undertook a series of video interviews and surveys of studio-holders, artists/curators/collectives-in-residence, audiences, participants, peers, partners and more... asking how our interviewees have worked with PS² down through the years, where they saw our impacts for artists and the arts sector in Belfast, if they have any standout moments, and what they would like to see us continue to do.
Far from a vanity exercise, these testimonials honour the work of all those who came before. They also offer specific ways for PS² to stay accountable, and remind us of what people really value in our work. And there’ll be plenty more to come in future, including chats with the artists who founded the organisation, and more audience feedback opportunities as we move into a new space and a new era.
We’re so grateful to all our interviewees: Aisling O’Beirn, Robin Price, Johanna Leech, Paddy Bloomer, Mitch Conlon, Angela Halliday, and Peter Mutschler, and a huge thanks to Paul Moore for all of your hard work in bringing these together!
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