DDF & ESB WIN at 2024 Business to Arts Awards!

We had an inspiring evening celebrating the power of collaboration, creativity, and purposeful partnerships at the 2024 Business to Arts Awards, held at the National Concert Hall on September 9th. Surrounded by friends and colleagues, the night showcased innovative projects that highlighted the transformative impact of businesses and the arts working together. Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees! 

DDF & ESB were delighted and honoured to receive the Jim McNaughton/Tilestyle Perpetual Award for Best Commissioning Practice for 'Kindred', an innovative digital dance installation exploring nature and human connection by celebrated Irish choreographer Liz Roche and Lightscape, award-winning specialists in projection and interaction design.

This free, public artwork was installed on LED screens in the courtyard of ESB’s new sustainable headquarters on Fitzwilliam Street during DDF's 2023 Edition. It created a dynamic and charged space where audiences, ESB employees and the local community could connect with nature as an intense force and consider their role, individually and collectively, in creating a liveable future together.

Kindred enabled ESB to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability leadership in an innovative, unexpected way. ​

Over 3,000 people experienced this free, public artwork during the 2023 Festival. The installation was also augmented by a programme of events, workshops and digital essays to engage and inspire ESB staff, stakeholders and the local community around the energy transition, sustainability and climate change.

Curated by Feimatta Conteh (Senior Manager in Environmental Responsibility at the Arts Council of England) and featuring leading voices in the Irish arts sector, the series of digital essays remains available to read and explore in the DDF Blog Collection: Sustainable Connections.

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