Robbie O’Driscoll
Physical Educator
Robbie O’Driscoll is a neuromuscular therapist and physical educator. In 2015 he hand-built Cork’s first movement café (Café Move), where he designed and conducted games to promote social interaction and able-bodiedness through physical play. There he also hosted workshops led by Tom Weksler, Mikael Kristiansen, Yuri Marmerstein, and Emmet Louis. Robbie has studied under Tom Weksler and Fighting Monkey, and in workshops around the globe for over a decade on movement, bodywork, and wellbeing. His research interests involve the intersection of culture and physiology—particularly the influential interplay between environment, behavior, and relationships.
Colm O’Shea
Writer & Lecturer
Colm O’Shea is a Clinical Associate Professor at New York University, where he teaches writing at Tisch School Of The Arts. His research explores the relation between metaphysics and culture—especially film, animation, and game design. His essays can be found at Bright Lights Film Journal, Film Philosophy, Cagibi, Heterodox Academy, and Quillette. His poetry is anthologized in Initiate: An Oxford Anthology of New Writing and Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century (Bloodaxe Books) and his plays have been staged at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club and Theater for the New City. His book on non-dual metaphysics and depth psychology (James Joyce’s Mandala) is from Routledge. His first sci-fi novel Claiming De Wayke is set in a semi-dystopian, post-pandemic Cork. Visit him at colmoshea.com