Galway 2020 Arts project looks to rainy day

Sweltering heat may not be the best time to be thinking about raingear, but a Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture arts project has issued an open call for people to do just that. As this week’s temperatures break records here and abroad, artists and designers have been asked to imagine zany but wearable clothing for the more typical Atlantic seaboard weather.

The international design competition has been initiated by ‘Hope it Rains/Soineann nó Doineann’, a Galway 2020 project which aims to effect a cultural change in Ireland’s relationship with weather and climate. ‘Hope it Rains’ involves six multi-disciplinary projects in Galway city and county, focusing on renewable energy, weather-proofing, green infrastructure, outdoor play, health and wellbeing and our unique heritage.