I will have an experimental sound piece in the Hilltown New Music Festival this weekend, 15th, 16th, 17th of July in Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath.
Socio-Fi @ Basement Project Space & The AVANT
Today I went to see Socio-Fi at Basement Project Space, Cork. It a travelling show, the first event of The AVANT festival. It is a humorous "social science fictional adventure into popular culture". Artistsincluded are Joan Healy, Stephanie Hough, Adam Gibney, Jonathan Mayhew and Semaus A. Bradley, it closes tomorrow, I recommend you see it if you can, its well worth a look/laugh.
Sound
I have been experimenting lately with the medium of sound. These recordings are intended to hear the sounds behind music. It includes unintended audible and inaudible sound from devices used to listen to music including traditional recorder players, tape decks and modern smartphones.
I made this yesterday, amongst other things, in what was an incredibly busy day. At short notice, I had three meetings and attended the launch Cork City's Arts Office strategic plan at Triskle Christchurch. If only I were as productive every day.
Teller's Tale
If you like storytelling have a look at the Teller's Tale by Westmeath artist Paul Timoney. It is a digital book illustrated and narrated by the author. Have a look at the trailer. I have always preferred storytelling to story reading. I find it so relaxing, it conjures up the excitment of Friday afternoons at school or the soothing feeling of being read to before bed.
To contact the artist or to see more please visit his website.
META
META is the video piece that was screened as part of the Making Space Athlone event in May. It is part of a new series of work that looks at the relationship we have with ourselves and its manifestation on our relationship with the natural world. It evokes our desire to look towards the unknown with ambition to transcend beyond our everyday existence. It creates a sense of looking through a telescope where our view is obscured by our aspirations.
The audio is recorded from environmental electromagnetic fields. I have began to experiment with sound, there is an idea that white noise that untuned televisions and radios is electromagnetic noise left over from the creation of the universe.
My latest work is interested in how man looks out at the natural world as an attempt to understand ourselves and how our view is obscured by our perception. The boundaries of the universe are believed to be ever changing and I like the juxtaposition of these two ideas.
SOLSTICE Opening Tonight
SOLSTICE for the Cork Midsummer Festival are having their visual art opening tonight, Wednesday 15-06-11, at 6pm in the old FAS building. I'll have a few drawings there. It will be open from 10am to 10pm until the 19th. There is no entrance fee.
Making Space Athlone
I will be taking part in a public art event on Saturday and Sunday the 28th and 29th of May. I will be projecting a video piece, i the that I made recently, in the Civic Square, amongst a variety of works from other artists. The is Making Space Athlone and it is doing just that, making space for contemporary art in Athlone.
Solstice at the Cork Midsummer Festival
Solstice from Solstice on Vimeo.
Solstice, an emerging artist curatorship at Cork Midsummer Festival are looking for support through fund it, the online crowd funder.
It is a multi disciplinary event, taking place from the 16th to the 19th of June. I will be exhibiting a few drawings as part of the visual art programme.
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