Policing Dialogues
(2007–11)

Policing Dialogues was a four year project (2007-2011) exploring power and policing in Dublin. Born from existing relationships developed through a long term artist residency in Rialto Youth Project, the What's the Story? collective was established to push the boundaries of collaboration between young people, youth workers and resident artist. Our practice became focused on a durational exploration of power, both in the collaborative relationships and the individual lived experiences within the group and organisation. Central to the process was a collection of personal anonymous stories, which formed the bedrock of the project. Key public moments in this project include The Day in Question - a participatory reading event at IMMA (2010) and Policing Dialogues - an exhibition and residency at The LAB (2011) and the newspaper The Policing Dialogues Review (2011).

What’s the Story? Collective were: Jamie Hendrick, Jonathan Myers, Nichola Mooney, Michael Byrne, Nicola Whelan, Graham Dunphy, Fiona Whelan, Vanessa Kenny, Garrett Kenny and Gillian O Connor.

This project has been written about in many publications including ‘TEN: Territory, Encounter & Negotiation’ (Fiona Whelan, 2014) and ‘Beating the Bounds of Socially Engaged Art? A  Transdisciplinary Dialogue on a Collaborative Art Project with Youth in Dublin’ (Fiona Whelan & Kevin Ryan, Field Journal, Spring 2016).

For further information about this project, see: www.rialtoyouthproject.net