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Contribuuting
Artists:R Loughran, B
Cullen, M Kiernan, E Bates,
D Ryan, T Norton, L
Fabricatore, G O'Brien, N O'Connor,
S Cullen, G Higgs.
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roisin
loughran
- fiddlen with friends
‘Fiddlen’
is a 5.1 surround sound tape piece consisting entirely of
violin parts. Using different techniques on the violin, it
emphasizes the surround experience using similar yet different
lines in each position. ‘Fiddlen With Friends’
incorporates the use of live viola and piano into this piece.
As the timing is largely freestyle, the incorporation of the
live instruments adds a sense of spontaneity to the piece
and will create a unique version of the piece each time it
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brian
cullen
- the music fan
All the sounds and panning for this piece are generated by
the air and movement of the fan. No other sound sources are
used making this piece 100% live and natural like yoghurt.
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michelle
kiernan
- 'manipulated living' A video piece exploring rhythm and
the camera. With music by Michael Andrews
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enda
bates
- 5 x 3
Sometimes music comes easy and a song will almost write itself.
This piece however, did not want to be written. I had lots
of sounds but I couldn’t pin them down into anything
solid. Eventually the only thing that just felt right was
this repeated guitar melody. Once I focused on that, everything
else came easy.
Sometimes a song will write itself, other times you have to
follow your nose.
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damian
ryan
- son of a quad
An electro-acoustic study, using onventional 5.1 speaker array
to create a 'cinema for the ear'. In essence a parody of a
cinematic sound world in which elements of the soundtrack
- dialog, FX, score - collide. It was originally conceived
as a purely auditory experience therefore no correlation should
be made between what is seen and what is heard; the visual
element being arbitrary in this instance.
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tom
norton
- 21st century conversation
Chat, discuss, talk, debate, gossip, chatter, natter, babble,
rant, prattle, interact, argue, dispute, agree, disagree,
utter, converse, communicate, contact.
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libby
fabricatore
- experience
Free associations and amalgamations of light, colour, rhythm
and motion. Music by Jimi Hendrix.
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michelle
kiernan
- retraction
This piece uses the Fibonacci sequence to unfold a melody.
It consists of a live performance with tape.
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gavin
o'brien
- spaces
This piece was written using algorithmic process to generate
a number of drones using a just diatonic scale. Programmed
percussion augments the drones. The piece will be performed
using Ableton Live software and the material will be manipulated
using various VST plugins.
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neil
o'connor
- trip to solaris
Solaris (1972) is Andrei Tarkovsky's visually hypnotic,
deeply affecting, and thematically accessible film on
love, conscience, and reconciliation. Similar to other
Tarkovsky films, Solaris is an unsettling portrait of
man's inequitable, often destructive interaction with
his environment. Symbolically, Tarkovsky uses curvilinear
structures, confined spaces, and disorganization to
represent the emotional and physical turmoil of the
space station. In this piece, I tried to make the electronic
sounds quiet confined. In the second half, the electronics
almost seem to malfunction, as the characters and space
station did. Finally towards the end, electrical snaps
and actual VLF Recordings (Very Low Frequency “Natural
Radio" - naturally-occurring electromagnetic (radio)
signals emanating from lightning storms, aurora (The
Northern and Southern Lights), and most importantly,
the Earth's magnetic-field (the Magnetosphere), fluctuate,
like the space-ship, to a sudden end.
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george
higgs
- hahahahahahaha
Performed by the HONGONGALONGALOONS
This piece involves thirty-one performers, featuring 16 dazzling
female singers playing kazoos, folks with big brass instruments,
loud drums (including the never before seen strap-on TomTom!),
electric guitars, cheap thrills, a magic act, 10 giggles,
4 chortles, 396 guffaws, and half a snigger. DANGER!!!!!!!A
full-length production of Hongongalongalo is planned for the
near future.
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simon
cullen
- les mots et les monde
For
surround sound tape and electronics
In
this technology driven age there is an incessant need for
speed, and the rate at which we run our lives is getting caught
in the commotion. This piece reflects a movement that is less
intense, giving the listener the opportunity to appreciate
some subtle aspects of sound. There are only five notes used
in the piece (ACDFG), one in each speaker at any one time.
Beat frequencies are introduced by small changes in tuning
of the notes, while sound bites recorded here in the Samuel
Beckett yesterday are distributed around the speakers.
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Introductory
Graphics and music, graphic design: Chris Nash,Sound: Liam Caffrey,
Lighting: Sylda Langford, Stage: Damian Ryan, Michelle Kiernan,
Tom Norton, Enda Bates.Tickets and PR: Cormac O'Halloran, Simon
Cullen. Treasurer: George Higgs, Sound Recording Liam Grant, Photography:
Fionnuala Conway, Benoit Granier, Production Manager: Greg O'Hanlon.
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Visuals
Crew: Neil
O’Connor,
Simon Cullen, Leon Mc Carthy, Maria Coleman,
Libby Fabricatore, Rory Molloy, Francis Mitchell
The
visuals include the most primitive of processes: acetate cut-outs
and analogue TV -video delay lines, to cutting edge manipulation
of live and source footage by MAX/MSP Jitter. The aim essentially
is to use these techniques to react in real time to the dynamics
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