Forthcoming
Sound pieces are upcoming in UK and Ireland. Subscribe to The Theatre of Noise for details as they become available.
"No Input Software (cybernetic improvisations)"
Just Listening showcase concert organised by the National Sculpture Factory, Cork, Ireland. Presented at LSAD Gallery, Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick, Ireland.
30 April 2011
"What Do I See?" for "Exquisite Corpse: Sight"
Collaborative audio project debuted at Soundfjord Sonic Art Gallery, London, UK. more
12 April 2011
Composition & Performance
"Snowblind and Falling"
Composition for voice and verse included on the Out of Silence compilation CD, a homage to Samuel Beckett, released on Modisti Records, Barcelona, Spain.
29 March 2011
The Ponderous Counter-Spectacle Of Things Ceasing To Be
Live and environmental sound augmentation, including music DJing. Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland. more
26 March 2011
"Throat Debridement Exercise 2"
Live sound performance at "The Ponderous Counter-Spectacle Of Things Ceasing To Be". Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland.
26 March 2011
"Throat Debridement Exercise 1"
Created for Kim Cascone's "Broken, Bent, Mutilated".
15 March 2011
"No Input Software (cybernetic improvisations)"
Live performance at Raggle Taggle, Limerick, Ireland. more
13 February 2011
"Fold Penetration"
Composition for the Invisible Frequencies "Bookworm" project.
13 January 2011
"Qarun Hydrophone Death (Concretion Mix)"
Composition for the "Mer-Wer" project from original and manipulated sounds by John Kannenberg, Ola Saad, Simon Whetham, He Can Jog, Yara Mekawei, Michael Ruesenberg and Mike Hallenbeck.
December 2010
"wave, particle, falling leaves"
Four-channel composition (special mix) played at The Dragonfly Multi-Arts Festival at Ekehagens Forntidsby, Asarp near Gothenburg, Sweden. more
20-22 August 2010
"Suite for Limerick (Lines in the Sky)"
Visual score derived from photos of aerial wires. Performed as part of the Soundwaves Festival, Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton, England. more
18 July 2010
"Mystery Recording"
Presented at The Theatre of Noise as a contribution to World Listening Day.
18 July 2010
"OPENED3:SPATIAL"
Live diffusion of a sound environment for a performance for thirteen dancers, choreographed by Edd Schouten. Daghdha Space, St. John's Church, John's Square, Limerick, Ireland. Duration: 2 hours. more
3 July 2010
"Twelve Minutes on Catherine Street"
Radiophonic piece developed from "Catherine Street Augmentation" broadcast as part of RadiaLx festival, Lisbon, Portugal. Duration: 25 minutes. more
1 July 2010
"Realm of Circulation"
Piece included for the Sonic Art Jukebox. SoundFjord Sonic Arts Gallery, London, England. more
29 May 2010
Outbursts
Album of electroacoustic works realised in 2009, released for free download on last.fm.
26 May 2010
"Catherine Street Augmentation"
Premiere of site-specific sound art installation, Gold Mine Jewellers, Catherine Street. Part of the Catherine Street Culture Dig (CAT DIG), a project of the SpiritStore collective for "EV+A 2010: Matters". more
8 May 2010.
The Lights In Room 7
Premiere of site-specific sound art installation, Room 7, Limerick School of Art & Design, George's Quay, Limerick. Commissioned as part of "EV+A 2010: Matters" by curator Elizabeth Hatz. more
12 March to 23 May 2010.
"Wavefront Makara (hue blue linear)"
Composed for Tim Prebble's Music Of Sound website. more
10 December 2009.
"The Garden of Adumbrations"
Playback at .microsound10years concert, celebrating the anniversary of the .microsound internet list. Fylkingen, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm, Sweden. more
28 October 2009.
The Limerick-Toronto Subway Line
Premiere of live site-specific electroacoustic performance. SpiritStore Arts café, Limerick. more
25 September 2009.
Ancient Bird Trap
Premiere of two-channel electroacoustic piece played at The Listening Post, Church Gallery, Limerick School of Art & Design. Curated by Dr. Kerry Hagan as part of the second annual Tweak Festival. more
21-26 September 2009.
Ouroboros
Live site-specific electroacoustic performance. SpiritStore Arts café, Limerick. more
11 September 2009.
"The Garden of Adumbrations"
Premiere diffusion of 8.1 electroacoustic piece. more
2 September 2009.
escalation 746 performance
At techno club "micronite", Limerick, Ireland.
1 November 2008.
"The Absence of Baudrillard"
Premiere of sound art performance at the conference Die Gegenwart Von Jean Baudrillard, Mainz, Germany.
25 October 2008.
Problem Child
Sound design for Impact Theatre production of play for Unfringed Festival, Limerick, Ireland.
19-24 February 2008.
Ouroboros
Interactive sound performance for Excursions Performance Arts Festival, Limerick, Ireland.
21 January 2008.
Always Pushing The Pull Door
Original music for launch of Mark Whelan's poetry collection (Revival Press). Limerick City Library, The Granary, Limerick, Ireland.
6 December 2007.
Marmaros
CD by escalation 819 self-released on Ubiquity Tonstudio.
19 November 2007.
"Roundelay: A Tribute To The Poetic Works Of Samuel Beckett"
Created soundscape for dramatic reading, performed as part of The South's annual poetry festival Pulse (UK premiere). Sallis Bennet Theatre, Brighton.
6 October 2007.
"Physical Presence II"
Original music for dance performance by Davide Terlingo (premiere). Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland.
5 October 2007.
"Physical Presence I"
Original music for dance performance by Davide Terlingo (premiere). Back Loft, Dublin, Ireland.
15 September 2007.
"Pack Ice"
Piece by escalation 819 included in online music compilation Endless Endless version 5. Audiobulb Records, Sheffield, UK.
12 September 2007.
escalation 372 Live Performance
Thirty-minute set with guest vocalist Susannah Clare at Stress!!, De Burgo's, Galway, Ireland.
27 June 2007.
"The Rite of Spring"
Audio design and sound operation for live dance performance choreographed by Katarina Mojzisova. With Róisín Kelly-Byrne, Alanna Mulcahy and Pascal Holper. Supported by a Commissions Award from the Limerick City Council Arts Office. Parkway Shopping Centre, Limerick, Ireland.
20 March 2007.
"Granulation Knaves".
Premiere of sound piece for Nokia Mobile, transducers and software sysnthesis. Performed at Soundings 1031 as escalation 746, opening for KK NULL. Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland.
31 October 2006.
O1
Seven hour sound art performance in collaboration with dancer Katarina Mojzisova. Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland.
24 June 2006.
"Whispers"
Sound performance in collaboration with Susannah Kelly and Róisín Kelly-Byrne. Mamuska Limerick, Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland.
2 June 2006.
"Tectonic Plate II"
Improvisation for guitar and radio.
Performed with John Galvin as Tactile Surface. Mamuska Limerick, Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland.
7 April 2006.
"Two Automata"
Performance art / sound piece in collaboration with actor and singer Susannah Kelly. Also poster and CD design. Mamuska Limerick, Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland.
7 April 2006.
"2003 UB313"
Composition to commemorate discovery of new solar body, as escalation 372.
February 2006.
"Tectonic Plate I"
Improvisation for guitar, cigarette lighter and controlled amplification. Performed with John Galvin as Tactile Surface. Mamuska Limerick, Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland.
11 November 2005.
Control Tower Sound
Live improvised electro-acoustic performance for four-channel audio system. Impact Theatre, Limerick, Ireland.
5-7 August 2005.
"wave, particle, falling leaves"
Installation for four-channel audio system. Framemaker's Symposium, Limerick, Ireland.
28 May and 1 June 2005.
Publications, Seminars and Readings
Seminar on Sound Installations
Presented by the Centre for Computational Musicology and Computer Music (CCMCM), University of Limerick.
29 September 2010
"Forgetting Interactivity: Notes Towards A Typology"
Paper delivered at the conference Interactivity and the Audio Arts, University of Kent, UK.
9 June 2010
"Poems of Love, Death and Nasal Surgery"
Live reading as guest poet at The White House Pub, Limerick.
10 February 2010.
"The Garden of Adumbrations": An Anecdotal Soundscape
Publication of Masters thesis, University of Limerick.
September 2009.
"Complementarity: An Archipelago"
Paper on pattern systems and social ecology published in the book Framemakers: Choreography As An Aesthetics Of Change.
October 2008.
"The Saint"
Reading at launch of Stony Thursday No. 6 (ed. John Liddy), as part of Cuisle Poetry Festival, The Belltable, Limerick.
18 October 2007.
"Countdown"
Poem published in TEXT, the Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs Vol. 11 No. 2.
October 2007.
"Jean Baudrillard: How To Disappear Completely"
Article published in special issue "Remembering Baudrillard" of The International Journal of Baudrillard Studies (ISSN: 1705-6411). Swansea, Wales.
20 March 2007.
"The Way of the Owl".
Reading at Stony Thursday No. 5 book launch (ed. Knute Skinner) as part of Cuisle Poetry Festival. Belltable Theatre, Limerick, Ireland.
October 2006.
"Time And Reality Die In Spectacle: Doctor Who As The Perfect Crime".
Paper presented at Engaging Baudrillard International Conference. Swansea University, Wales.
4-6 September 2006.
"Cataplasia"
Poster design for dance theatre performance by Daniel Vais And The Love Spotters. Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland.
28 May 2006.
"An Introduction To Sound Art"
Seminar for students of University of Brighton, UK.
9 December 2005.
Brighton Poetry & Book Festival 2005.
Invited poet, along with Ciaran O'Driscoll and Mark Whelan. Reading at the "Irish Ceilidh", Sallis Benney Theatre, University of Brighton, Grand Parade, Brighton.
8-10 December 2005.
Microphone On
With Dominic Taylor and Bertha McCullagh edited this poetry anthology. Also design, layout and original photography. White House Press, Limerick, Ireland.
17 August 2005.
"Tragedy Of The Sun And Stars"
Multimedia exhibit of recombinatory texts: printouts, photographs, audio CD. Riddler's Pub, Limerick, Ireland.
19-26 May 2005.
Hammer & Tongue International Slam Competition
Represented Ireland at international competition. Oxford, UK.
1 February 2005.
Photography
The Ambience Affair
Published on All Wired Up website.
April 2011.
AJM Collective
Published on The Guesthouse (Cork, Ireland) website.
April 2011.
The Quiet Club
Published in catalogue for Just Listening festival, Cork, Ireland.
April 2011.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Photography of Transition Youth Theatre performance. Licensed to Limerick Youth Theatre.
16 March 2011
"D'incise Diffusing"
Photography of sound performance. Licensed to Audition Records.
7 March 2011
"Sad Donkey"
Photography of donkey. Licensed to Second Chance Farm.
25 February 2011
Kaspar Aus
Photography of dance solo. Licensed to Daghdha Dance Company.
27 January 2011
"The Melody of Thinking"
Photography of dance solo by Katarina Mojzidová (choreographer Angie Smalis).
21 January 2011
Lorelei Christening
Photography of baby christening licensed.
27 November 2010
David Toop
Photo published in The Wire to illustrate Toop's book Sinister Resonance.
1 September 2010
Limerick Tango duo
Photo published in Irish Examiner newspaper.
10 May 2010.
The Quiet Club
Photo published in The Wire magazine.
March 2010.
"I Turn, I Fall, Niagara"
Photo triptych published in Supermassive Black Hole issue 3.
Winter 2009.
Other Activities
"The Doors"
Contribution to crowd-sourced sound effects library, compiled by Tim Prebble, released on Hiss and Roar.
March 2011
Soundings
Co-curated thirteen electroacoustic music concerts featuring such artists as Keith Rowe, KK NULL, The Necks, Wade Matthews, John Tilbury, Trevor Wishart and Robert Normandeau.
March 2006 to March 2010.
Mamuska Night DJ set
As part of Gravity & Grace choreographic festival.
20 November 2009.
God's Dancehall DJ set
As part of Gravity & Grace choreographic festival.
19 November 2009.
The Happening: "Mystery, Liturgy And The Void"
Design, theory and curatorial work, plus live audio for multimedia performance curated by Steve Valk. Daghdha Space, John's Square, Limerick, Ireland.
15 November 2007.
Quantum Physics And New Theories Of Social Relations
Design, theory and curatorial work for multimedia performance curated by Steve Valk. Daghdha Space, John's Square, Limerick, Ireland.
25 October 2007.
Mamuska
Created sound environment (DJ plus original music) for six multi-disciplinary performance evening in Daghdha Space, Limerick and Back Loft, Dublin.
October 2006 to October 2007.
"Angie Dances Solo(s)"
Poster design for solo dance evening by Angie Smalis. Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland.
20 May 2006.
"Seven Days of Everything"
Invited guest, audio designer and theorist in this presentation by Daghdha Dance Company for the Dublin Fringe Festival 2005. Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
19-21 September 2005.
Older Items
"Shipping Forecast"
Poetry competition winner. White House Annual Poetry Slam, Limerick, Ireland.
20 December 2004.
Planet Earth Vs. The Plasma Monster
Limited edition sound art CD released on Ubiquity Tonstudio.
November 2004.
"Shut Up &..."
Sequencing for contemporary dance. Daghdha Dance Company, Limerick, Ireland.
October 2004.
Cuisle International Poetry Festival
Finalist in Grand Slam Poetry Competition. The White House Pub, Limerick, Ireland.
16 October 2004.
Periphery
Limited edition music CD released on Ubiquity Tonstudio.
November 2000.
Entirely
Limited edition music CD released on Ubiquity Tonstudio.
9 August 2000.
Legitimate Cinema
Original music for theatre. Three Black Ring Productions, London, Canada.
17 February 2000.
Device for the Transmission of Electrical Energy Through Air
Limited edition sound art CD released on Ubiquity Tonstudio.
December 1999.
"Digital audio and web design"
Guest lecturer for Masters students. School of Architecture, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
November 1999.
Radiant Dissonance
Featured sound artist in ten-part radio series. Canadian Society for Independent Radio Production, Ottawa, Canada.
October 1999.
1/2
Sound design for theatrical performance. London, Canada.
October 1999.
If I Said It Again
Remixed three poems for spoken word CD by artist Rupauk Dey Sircar. Toronto, Canada.
September 1999.
Radio Ethos
Founding member of this internet radio station. Responsible for training of three dozen volunteers, production, audio engineering, website design, etc. Strathroy, Ontario, Canada.
May 1998 to June 1999.
"The Genomachine Project"
Multimedia theory fiction included in Tech Flesh: The Promise and Perils of the Human Genome Project, an online digital art exhibit, curated by Timothy Murray of Cornell University as a special issue of the journal CTHEORY.
October 2000.
"Time Lapse"
Curator, designer and performer for multimedia evening of music, text, visuals and sound art. London, Canada.
3 December 1999.
"In-Vivo Brain 31P Spectroscopy"
Live collaborative performance for guitar (Paul Jensen) and medical text (Eric Jensen). The Forest City Gallery, London, Canada.
14 May 1999.
"Presidential Address"
Performance art piece (with Marty Jackson, John Osborne and Katherine Hajer). The Forest City Gallery, London, Canada.
14 May 1999.
parenthetical (d)eviations
Art and music radio programme (several dozen episodes) creating a hypertextual space at the conjunction of web, audio, radio and text. Radio Ethos, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada.
1998-1999.
"Field Guide to the Insects"
Web art (image, text) playfully exploring scientific categorisation. The Blue Arm digital gallery.
January 1997.
Terminal: an interactive story
Hypertext fiction designed with Christopher Keep and Katherine Hajer. Photography, text, programming, design. Unpublished.
1994 to 1996.
"The Photon-Roman: Structural Paradigms in Terminal: an Interactive Story"
Paper on interactive fiction presented at WRITE '95 conference. Vancouver, Canada.
May 1995.
"Hypertext for Writers: A Review of Software"
Paper in EJournal 3.3. University of Albany, State University of New York.
November 1993.
The Electronic Labyrinth
A critical review of hypertext systems, paradigms, and works from the perspective of fiction writers. Co-authored with Christopher Keep and Tim McLaughlin.
January 1993 (first publication).
Missing 15 Minutes
Host and producer for hour-long weekly radio programme containing fiction, music, documentary and sound art (over 400 episodes). CHRW-FM, London, Canada.
June 1985 to September 1993.
"Hypertext Fiction And The Literary Artist"
Lecture and workshop (one week). Banff Arts Centre, Alberta, Canada.
June 1993.
"Hypertext Fiction And The Literary Artist"
Lecture with Christopher Keep and Tim McLaughlin. The Kootenay School of Writing, Vancouver, Canada.
June 1993.
"romance & digital researchTM" and "temptation & appleTM"
Three-dimensional collages from the VR Box series featured in group miniatures exhibition. Gibson Gallery, London, Canada.
December 1992.
"What Do They Call It? Radar?"
Premiere of tape collage. Embassy Cultural House, London, Canada.
23 February 1992.
FileMix: Software-Aided Text Composition
Developed software to model aleatoric writing of W.S. Burroughs. Funded by Ontario Arts Council.
September to December 1991.
Radio Possibilities Week: The Document
Editor for anthology of image and text. London, Canada.
November 1991.
Radio Possibilities Week
Organiser for a week-long festival and conference on radio art. Funded by Canada Council. CHRW-FM, London, Canada.
10-17 March 1991.
"Disseminations" and "Intermission"
Live-to-radio staged audio performances for Radio Possibilities Week event. The Forest City Gallery, London, Canada.
March 1991.
AirWave DreamScapes
Edited and designed anthology of creative writing, with Tim McLaughlin. Ergo Press, London, Canada.
November 1990.
"The Encoding"
Short story published in AirWave DreamScapes. Ergo Press, London, Canada.
November 1990.
"Statistics One" and "Statistics Two"
Poems published in Grubstreet 5.2. London, Canada.
September 1990.
"rADIO pOP"
Radio art piece included on Radio Art International, an anthology released as part of AMARC 4 International Festival of Radio Art. Published by see///saw, Dublin, Ireland.
August 1990.
"Sleep With Me, Sleep With Me"
Photocopy art displayed in group exhibit. The Forest City Gallery, London, Canada.
25 March 1989.
Dreamscapes
Co-producer for literary arts radio programme (several dozen episodes). CHRW-FM, London, Canada.
March 1988 to February 1989.
"N5E0W0S"
Premiere of radio art piece. The Forest City Gallery, London, Canada.
June 1988.
"Directions For Gallery Presentation"
Text art included in group exhibition Homage To Marcel Duchamp, a co-production of The Forest City Gallery, London Regional Art Gallery and McIntosh Gallery, London, Canada.
28 July 1987.
"The Price of Poetry" and "The Recognition"
Premier of electro-acoustic compositions. CHRW, London, Canada
June 1987.
"The Creation of Woman in the Halls of Robert Dudley"
Photocopy collage published in Existère 6.1. Toronto, Canada.
Spring 1985.
Recent Awards
Daghdha Dance Company Bursary
For research into work for movement, radio transmitter and microphone.
December 2007.
Arts Council Project Grant
For three months' research into a site-specific sound installation based on principles of quantum theory, object-oriented systems and cybernetics.
February-April 2007.
Education and Associations
Masters in Music Technology
University of Limerick
2008-2009.
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
Voting member in this professional organisation.
1993-present.
Diploma in Audio Recording Technology
Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology, London, Ontario, Canada.
1986-1987.
Honours B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics (Theoretical Physics)
The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
1981-1985.
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