The Irish Times

Ted Turton picks his words carefully as he explains the inclusion in this year's Cork Midsummer Festival of a national forum under a working title of "the art of engineering cities". He resists the suggestion that as Cork is a city in which priorities of engineering, rather than those of art, decide and define its modern architecture, the title is provocatively apt. There is, however, a tightrope quality to this aspect of the interview. As artistic director of the festival, also known as Blas Chorcaí, he has to keep his balance.