Crane Visual: Satori in Cork

“Satori” (悟り) the Japanese Buddhist term that refers to sudden enlightenment or a moment of deep spiritual insight is the starting point for this reflective Visual Arts experience. Stage 1 was designed in response to Satori and Unfolding, two contemporary dance works by choreographer Lewis Major, who returned to Cork for the Midsummer Festival 2025. Stage 2 - A Sangha of Makers, curated by Dermot Browne brings together a Sangha - a creative community - of thirteen artists whose work explores a prescece, materiality, and the felt presence of stillness. Ranging across painting, sculpture, video, poetry and installation, the works lean into emptiness, quiet form, and the subtle tension between appearance and insight.

Avoiding spectacle, Satori in Cork invites viewers to move slowly, breathe, and notice. Like the Zen moment it references, this is an exhibition of attentiveness - offering space for perception and small awakenings.

The exhibition will be open from 4pm - 8pm for Culture Night on Friday 19 September. Hourly screenings of Satori will take place at 4pm, 5pm, 6pm and 7pm on the night.

Coming soon

ROTATE(R)

25 Sept - 14 December - Expect what might be called ‘Visual Art meets musical chairs’ at Crane Visual.

What happens when we eschew the typical needs of the “long exhibition", the monthlong event which in one way is still not long enough, and yet if we had exhibitions of 3 months each, people’s busy lives still seem to preclude time out and quiet visits to controlled spaces? Rotate(R) reacts to this reality by presenting a series of fast and fun exhibitions of individual artist’s works in a shared space, each starting and ending within 2 weeks of each other.