Public Domain: Queer

What does it mean to be queer in public?

Public Domain takes IAF Podcasts on the road, travelling to communities across Ireland to explore what public space and being public mean in Ireland today.

In November, in partnership with Outburst Arts Festival, the Public Domain live podcast recording will take place in Belfast, where a panel of guests will share their experience of the public realm with a live audience. Architect Stephen Carey, visual artist Lyónn Wolf and Ruth McCarthy, Artistic Director with Outburst Arts, will talk with us about queer space, queer spaces, the idea of “public” and the possibilities and challenges of public visibility.

About Public Domain

Public Domain, the first in a series for IAF Podcasts, explores public space through the perspectives of sport, migrants and new communities, queer experience, and older people, with conversations in Dublin, Limerick, Belfast and Cork.

Public space is part of everyday life, from the streets, squares, parks, pitches and rooms where we meet and gather to the formal and informal shared spaces of our towns, cities and landscapes. But experiences of public spaces vary between different communities of place and interest. Through live conversations with communities and invited voices, the podcast series considers the spaces we share: who they are for, how they are experienced, used, valued and cared for, and how people can participate in shaping them.

Public Domain is funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

Migrants | Limerick | New date TBC

Elders | Cork | 9 December 2026

Public Domain conversations will be recorded as part of the national tour and subsequently released as podcast episodes, extending the conversations beyond each city and its live audience.