IRENE FITZGERALD CHRONICLES HORUMARINTA ISTUDIOS JIDKA QAARANKA BELFAST IN KA DANBEYN AFAR TOBNAAD.
May 1981, Farshaxanka & Cilmi-baarista (ARE) ee Belfast, oo la aasaasay 1978 by Christopher Coppock iyo Anne Carlisle (oo sidoo kale aasaasay majaladda farshaxanka CIRCA), ayaa ku martiqaaday bulshada fanka ee Waqooyiga Ireland si ay ugala hadlaan samaynta wadajirka fanaaniinta.1 Waqtigaan, ma jirin wax soo saar istuudiyaha ah ama alaab-qeybiyeyaal farshaxan oo ku yaal Belfast, ma jirin gallin dhab ah oo geli kara fannaaniinta aan la aasaasin, iyo taageero yar oo la siiyo ardayda qalin-jabisa. In ka badan boqol fanaan ayaa ka soo jawaabay martiqaadka, taasoo keentay samaynta kooxda fanaaniinta ee Northern Ireland.
Waxay ahayd natiijadii wada-hadalladii ka dhex dhacay kooxda, taas oo diiradda saartay dareenka dadka baahida loo qabo goobaha shaqada farshaxanimada, iyo koox yar oo shakhsiyaad ah ayaa isu xilqaamay inay saxeexaan heshiis kiro. Damien Coyle ayaa hormuud ka ahaa raadinta dhismaha, 1984-kii, waxaa la furay istuudiyo ku yaal dabaqa afraad ee dhismihii hore ee daabacaadda ee Queen Street, waxaana maalgeliyay deeq ka timid Golaha Farshaxanka ee Waqooyiga Ireland (ACNI).
Maanta, Queen Street Studios (QSS) waxay ka shaqeysaa Wadada Bloomfield ee Bariga Belfast, iyadoo ilaalinaysa magaceeda asalka ah. Waxaan bixinaa 47 istuudiyoo iskood isku kooba, oo u dhaxeeya 147 ilaa 744 sq. ft., oo leh iftiin dabiici ah oo aad u wanaagsan, dariishadaha laba-glazed, iyo kuleylinta koronto.2 Lacagta sanadlaha ah ayaa bixisa istuudiyaha bilaashka ah ee qalin jabinta Dugsiga Farshaxanka ee Belfast. Intaa waxaa dheer, meel xaddidan oo bakhaar ah ayaa diyaar u ah in la kiraysto, waxaanan haynaa aqoon-is-weydaarsiga wadaagga ah iyo qalabka loo isticmaalo xubinta.
QSS waxa kale oo ay maamushaa laba goobood oo gallery ah, oo ay ugu horrayn soo bandhigto fannaaniinta hore iyo kuwa dhexe kuwaas oo guud ahaan lagu soo xushay wicitaanno furan ama iskaashi. Sanadkii la soo dhaafay waxaan martigelinay 22 bandhig, laakiin waxaan dib ugu celinay 13 bandhig sanadkan si aan ula jaan qaadno awoodayada shaqaale. Hadda, Gallery 01 waxa uu leeyahay Eimear Nic Roibeaird show keligii ah, 'Raadi Fair Land/ Tabhair ar ais an Oíche Aréir', halka Gallery 02 ay leedahay bandhig kooxeed, 'Maxaan rabnaa?' Olivier Cornet, kaas oo ka hadlaya mawduucyo-siyaasadeed oo ay ku jiraan Jill Gibbon, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Tom Molloy, iyo farshaxan QSS Gail Ritchie. Labada bandhigba waxay socon doonaan ilaa 5ta Sebtembar.
Waxaa xusid mudan, 26ka Sebtembar, QSS waxay bilaabi doontaa barnaamijkeeda dhalashada 40aad 'Waxaan nahay QSS at 40,' bandhig ballaaran oo uu soo diyaariyay Eamonn Maxwell kaasoo socon doona ilaa 12ka Diseembar. Bandhigan loolama jeedo in uu u dhaqmo sidii dabbaaldegga 40-kii sano ee la soo dhaafay ee QSS balse waxa uu doonayaa in uu qiro fannaaniinta waaweyn ee badan ee gacan ka geystay abuuritaanka ururka iyo in la muujiyo kartida weyn ee ka jirta xubinnimada hadda jirta. Maxwell wuxuu xusay: "Waxay noqon doontaa bandhig faneed aan caadi ahayn, laakiin taasi waxay iga dhigeysaa mid aad u xiiso badan aniga ahaan maamule ahaan. Inaad ka timid Degmada Antrim, way fiicantahay inaad la shaqeyso fanaaniinta ku nool kana shaqeeya meel u dhow halka aan ka imid. Waqti ku qaadashada QSS dhowrkii bilood ee la soo dhaafay, la kulanka fanaaniinta iyo tixgelinta goobaha bandhigga, waxay ahayd mid si qoto dheer loogu abaalmariyey." Bandhiga ayaa ka muuqan doona munaasabado ka qaybqaadasho ah, oo ay ku jiraan Istuudiyo Furan (26 Oktoobar), wadahadalo farshaxan, aqoon-is-weydaarsiyo, booqashooyin dugsi, iyo fursadaha horumarinta xirfadeed. Bandhiga kaydka ayaa dukumin doona horumarka QSS ee afartan sano, si loogu daro sawiro, boodhadh, walxo taariikhi ah iyo in ka badan.
QSS waxaa maamula Guddi Maamul oo iskaa wax u qabso ah, oo ay taageerayaan laba shaqaale oo waqti-dhiman ah (Xoghayaha Guddiga iyo Xubinnimada & Sarkaalka Horumarinta) iyo lataliyaha warbaahinta dhijitaalka ah ee madax-bannaan. Guddigu waxay kulmaan lixdii toddobaadba mar oo ay ku jiraan afar farshaxan oo istuudiyaha ah iyo afar xubnood oo dibadda ah oo khibrad u leh maamulka, sharciga, iyo maaliyadda. Waxaan u isticmaalnaa Barnaamijka Ciyaarta Guddiga Farshaxanka iyo Ganacsiga NI si loo shaqaaleysiiyo wakiillo aan xubin ka ahayn, fanaaniintuna waxay u magacaabi karaan xubnaha istuudiyaha guddiga. Qaab-dhismeedkan dawladeed waxa uu hubinayaa in QSS ay sii ahaato mid ay hoggaamiso farshaxanimada iyada oo laga faa'iidaysanayo aragtiyo iyo khibrado xirfadeed oo kala duwan.
Inta lagu jiro 2024/25, hawlgaladayada waxa maalgelin doona ACNI's Funding Annual Program Program (£32,014) iyo BCC's Cultural Multi Annual Grant (2024-2026, £10,000 sannadkii). Dhaqdhaqaaqyadan deeq-lacageedka ayaa kaa caawin doona daboolida kharashyada hawlgelinta ee asaasiga ah. Iyadoo ay jiraan taageerooyinkan, hubinta lacagaha meelaha aan tigidhada lahayn sida QSS ayaa weli ah mid adag. Soo bandhigida Deeqaha Ururka Farshaxanka ee Istuudiyaha Golaha Magaalada Belfast ee 2022 waxay ahayd mid muhiim ah tan iyo markaas waxay naga caawisay inaan bixino mashaariic gaar ah oo istuudiyaha ah iyo inaan kala duwanaano ilahayada maalgelinta. Tusaale ahaan, Barnaamijkeena Dhalashada 40aad waxa si naxariis leh u taageera Abaalmarinta Farshaxanka & Dhaxalka ee BCC iyo Esmé Mitchell Trust.
In kasta oo aan joognay muddo 40 sano ah, hubanti la'aanta muddada xilka ayaa jirta. Milkiilayaasha dhismayaasheena hadda waxay codsadeen inay dib u dhis ku sameeyaan goobta oo ay ka dhigaan guryo dabaqyo ah iyo in kasta oo ay suurtogal tahay kordhinta heshiiska muddada gaaban (heshiskeena hadda wuxuu dhacayaa 31ka Maarso 2025), guuritaan waa lama huraan. Arrintani waa mid baahsan; Shahaadada PhD ee Jane Morrow ayaa iftiimisay dabeecadda khatarta ah ee kireysiga istuudiyaha ee Belfast, iyada oo dhammaan 17-ka urur ee ay la tashatay ay haystaan heshiisyo kiraysi wax ka yar saddex sano 2019.3 Sannadkii 2022, laba kooxood oo istuudiyaha waa la xidhay. Dib u eegis dhowaan la sameeyay ayaa lagu ogaaday in hal hay'ad oo kaliya ay xaqiijisay heshiis kiro ah mid kasta oo aad u weyn, iyo qaar badan oo ka shaqeynayay qandaraasyo wareeg ah oo bil ilaa bil ah. Degenaansho la'aantani waxay caqabad ku noqotaa qorshaynta mustaqbalka waxayna keenaysaa kharashyo dib u dejineed oo muhiim ah, kuwaas oo culaysyo gaar ah ku ah qaybtayada.
Hase yeeshee, bixinta istuudiyaha la awoodi karo ayaa muhiim u ah sii haynta kartida faneed ee NI iyo taageeridda qaybta fanka muuqaalka ballaaran. Waxaa xusid mudan, 86% xubnahayagu waxay hore wax ugu baranayeen Dugsiga Farshaxanka ee Belfast. Intii lagu guda jiray 2023-2024, 62% ka mid ah dadka haysta istuudiyahayaga ayaa lagu soo bandhigay magaalada oo dhan (marka laga reebo qolalka QSS) iyo 34% waxay ku soo bandhigeen shaqadooda goobo kale oo ku yaal Waqooyiga Ireland, iyagoo siinaya fursado badan oo ku saabsan ka qaybgalka dhaqameed. Intaa waxaa dheer, 18% ee farshaxannada QSS waxay gacan ka geysteen waxbarashada farshaxanka heerka saddexaad ee Belfast.
Waqtigan xaadirka ah, waxaan sameyneynaa qorshe istaraatiijiyadeed oo saddex sano ah, taas oo ku xiran tahay xaqiijinta meel deggan oo ku habboon. Inta lagu jiro qorshooyinka dib-u-kobcinta mulkiilahayaga, mudnaantayadu waa inaan kireyno dhismo buuxinaya baahiyaheena, anaga oo hiigsaneyno guri rasmi ah mustaqbalka fog. Waxaan sidoo kale diiradda saari doonaa kor u qaadista awoodda shaqaalaha si aan si wanaagsan u taageerno fannaaniintayada si ay u gaaraan awooddooda buuxda. Dib u milicsiga shaqada fanaaniinta Northern Ireland iyo aasaaska CIRCA Art Magazine, tifaftiraha Michaële Cutaya ayaa qoray 2016: "Baahida farshaxanada, waxay u muuqataa, maaha mid ka duwan 1980-yadii: weli waa kuwo aan dhaqaale lahayn, oo u halgamaya goobaha shaqada, iyo u hanqal-taagga joogtaynta muhiimka ah ee shaqadooda.4 Erayadani maanta way soo noqnoqonayaan. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, waxaan rajeyneynaa in marka la gaaro dhalashadiisa 50aad, aan yeelan doono sheeko ka duwan inaan u sheegno: mid xasilloon, korriin, iyo taageerada joogtada ah ee bulshada farshaxanka firfircoon ee Belfast.
Irene Fitzgerald waa Xoghayaha Guddiga ee Queen Street Studios (QSS) ee Belfast.
queenstreetstudios.net
Notes:
1 Christopher Coppock 'ARE - Soo gaabin, Farshaxanada Bulshada iyo Farshaxanka Adag', Vacuum, No. 11 (Belfast: Factotum, 2003)
2 Farshaxannada QSS ee hadda: Alana Barton, Mollie Browne, Reuben Brown, Gerard Carson, Majella Clancy, Pauline Clancy, Niamh Clarke, Hannah Clegg, Daniel Coleman, Susan Connolly, Amanda Coogan, Mary Cosgrove, Jonathan Conlon, Ian Cumberland, Alacoque Davey, Catherine Davison, Gerry Devlin, Craig Donald, Dan Ferguson, Joy Gerrard, Kathryn Graham, Angela Hackett, Karl Hagan, David Haughey, Ashley B Holmes, Frédéric Huska, Sharon Kelly, Gemma Kirkpatrick, Rachel Lawell, Naomi Litvack, Clement McAleer, Terry McAllister , Mark McGreevy, Meadhbh McIlgorm, Sinead McKeever, Michelle McKeown, Sharon McKeown, Grace McMurray, Tim Millen, Kate O'Neill, Darcy Patterson, Jane Rainey, Claire Ritchie, Gail Ritchie, Yasmine Robinson, Duncan Ross, Anuaki Vshiya Sundaralingam, , Jennifer Trouton, iyo Kwok Tsui.
Isku-xidhaha/kala-siibinta farshaxannada: Rebecca Dawson, Clare French, Amy Higgins iyo Charlie Scott).
3 Jane Morrow, 'Dadka khatarta ah, meelaha, iyo dhaqamada: Khariidaynta, dhexdhexaadinta, iyo u babac dhigida xasiloonidarada studios' farshaxanada ee Belfast (2018 - 2022)', Thesis PhD (aan la daabicin), Jaamacadda Ulster, 2022.
4 Michaële Cutaya, 'CIRCA ma tahay Joornaal Fanaaniinta'? Qaybta I', Majaladda Farshaxanka ee CIRCA, 2016 (circaartmagazine.net)
