Catherine street is the longest street in Limerick cities Georgian grid system. Residents and traders from Catherine Street in Limerick city centre worked with SpiritStore acting as hosts of a full weekend programme of cultural events aimed to excavate the complex strata of this 500 meters, curated by SpiritStore for ev+a 2010. This collaborative art project was articulated in three collaborative bursts; research; event organisation; and running. Initially our methods drew on contextual enquiry, creating an understanding of the economic, social, physical, temporal historic aspects of the street in order to communicate effectively with residents and with contributors. Methods included conversation, questioning and survey, public meetings in private spaces, private meetings in public spaces, observation, detailed technical surveying, mapping, tracing, interviews, photography, video, sound recording. Later, the project team coordinated the event programme, PR, volunteer coordination, equipment and physical preparation etc. The programme ran as a weekend event with over 60 cultural workshops, performances, exhibitions, talks and installations
