Field Exchange is a space and opportunity for farmers, artists, food producers, experts and the interested public to gather, discuss and workshop current challenges for agriculture, climate and creativity together. Hosted by farmer and educator Ailbhe Gerrard @brookfield.farm Tipperary, Ireland, the project centres on 12 Exchange Tables over 12 weeks (June 28 – Sept 6) and two major installed artworks by @deirdre.omahony and @johngerrard.inst. All workshops are free bar booking fee and facilitated by the @nationalorganicskillnet (NOTS). Link in bio for booking details. Pictured is the stunning MODEL PLOT, a new sculptural planting of herb and forage crops framed by potato ridges by @deirdre.omahony on the shores of Lough Derg on @brookfield.farm. The project looks to the potato ridge, born out of the need for food security in Ireland's past, and forward to herb and forage crops that point the way to climate resilience in farming. Deirdre O'Mahony is collaborating with the Loy Association of Ireland on the planting. John Gerrard presents a new and intimate pair of iterations of Corn Work (Corrib) 2020. In Corn Work four local folk figures, the Straw Boys, remade virtually, perform a symbolic wheel of production. Changing with the seasons, the figures dance alongside and in dialogue with a virtual portrait of the River Corrib which once provided energy for flour mills in Galway city. Straw used in the original production was grown on Brookfield Farm and other sites. Corn Work will also be viewable by the lakeshore through a digital augmentation of the landscape and can be accessed using a QR code. The work is physically present in the farm barn upon a sculptural Exchange Table designed by the artist in dialogue with @elementsofaction. This element is available to visit during the public guided tour days. The work is imagined as an active participant in the twelve Exchanges. Field Exchange is co-produced by Ailbhe Gerrard and @cultureworks.ie Funded by @creativeireland with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications Creative Climate Action Fund Corn Work was originally commissioned by @galwayintarts Galway International Arts Festival.