The Millstream building and Courtyard was opened in 2005, an addition to the existing University of Limerick Campus. The space was formerly a restaurant called the River Bistro.
Overlooking the River Shannon, The building is situated beside The Living Bridge; a pedestrian bridge linking the University of Limerick ’s premises in County Limerick and County Clare. The Living bridge is the longest pedestrian bridge in Ireland, at 350 metres long.
The Millstream building was one of seventeen venues used for the 40th EVA International Biennial in 2023, curated by Sebastian Chichocki and titled The Gleaners Society.
Presented at this venue was documentation of FOOD (1971), a restaurant founded by artist Gordon Matta-Clark, the dancer Caroline Goodden and other members of what would later become the collaborative group Anarchitecture. As a social space, meeting ground, and ongoing art project for the emergent downtown artists’ community, FOOD was a landmark that still resonates in the history and mythology of SoHo, New York
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Artwork presented at this venue
Gordon Matta-Clark, FOOD, 1971.
Åsa Sonjasdotter in collaboration with Mercè Torres Ràfols and NCAD FIELD, The Kale Bed is so Called Because there is Always Kale in it, 2023.