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i-and-e festival 2011 on Vimeo
You can view video footage of the performances here
Performers include: Leopold Hurt, Keith Rowe, Anthony Kelly/David Stalling, Jean-Luc Guionnet/Seijiro Murayama,
Keith Rowe/Paul Vogel, Loris (Patrick Farmer/Sarah Hughes/Daniel Jones)
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A round-up of recent Farpoint Recordings releases:
left to right: Freya Birren - Libris Solar | Audio CD with short video work, just listening ::: Ireland Calling | Audio CD,
Sonic Vigil V | Cassette USB key, Strange Attractor | Book & DVD
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National Sculpture Factory & Farpoint Recordings present:
just listening : : : ireland calling : : : : :
The National Sculpture Factory in association with Farpoint Recordings presents
a new Audio CD with sleeve notes by Bernard Clarke, Nova, RTE Lyric FM.
Artists featured on the CD include:
Francis Heery
Sunfish (Harry Moore + Tony Langlois)
Anthony Kelly & David Stalling
Linda O'Keeffe
La Societe des Amis du Crime (Paul Hegarty & Vicky Langan)
Slavek Kwi
Ed Devane & Amanda Feery
Ellen King & Tim O'Leary
Robin Parmar
Kevin Tuohy & Liam Slevin
Eileen Carpio
Katie O'Looney
Neil Quigley
http://nationalsculpturefactory.com/
http://www.arttrail.ie/
CD available here
For an article about the Just Listen project in the Cork Examiner please click here
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Introducing - The Grey Area
A new section on the farpoint recordings website featuring items that don't
readily fit into our other departments. Our first item to be included is:
Sonic Vigil V Cassette USB key | Various Artists
Live Recording of the 2010 Sonic Vigil presented in the unique format of a USB key
embedded in a cassette tape and contained in its own casette box.
The line up of Irish and international artists featured include Karen Power,
David Toop, The Quiet Music Ensemble, Roland Etzin & Kevin Tuohy,
MERSK & SoundEye Poets, The Quiet Club & Francis Heery,
Anthony Kelly & David Stalling, Softday, Sunfish, and many more.
Now available here
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Live Performance and Book & DVD launch at RHA Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Sat 3rd Dec at 2pm
Strange Attractor
Anthony Kelly, Danny McCarthy, Irene Murphy, Mick O’Shea and David Stalling
Strange Attractor with guest David Toop, Cafe OTO, 21st November 2011
(Photo: Doreen Kennedy)
Strange Attractor will give an improvised sound art performance from 2-4pm at the RHA Gallery, Dublin.
All are welcome to come along, admission free. This performance will be followed by the launch of
the publication by Bernard Clarke, NOVA, RTE Lyric FM.
Strange Attractor Book & DVD.
The full colour publication features images from the live performances and gallery installations
alongside specially commissioned essays by David Toop, Stephen Vitiello, Claire Healy,
Steve Roden, Jed Speare and Bernard Clarke.
The DVD includes a project documentary by Maciek Klich, over 70 mins of audio taken from the live
performances with guest artists David Toop, Stephen Vitiello, Alessandro Bosetti, Jed Speare and
Steve Roden. Additional content includes in depth photo galleries covering various aspects of
the live performances and gallery installations.
Book and DVD now available here
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Strange Attractor 6: with guest Steve Roden.
L to R: Irene Murphy, David Stalling, Anthony Kelly, Mick O'Shea,
Steve Roden, Danny McCarthy. April 2011, Crawford Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
(Photo: Patricia Klich)
Strange Attractor Book & DVD Launch Performance
Strange Attractor will play a series of performances during November and December and launch a new full colour Book
and DVD about the project. Performances at The Crawford Gallery, Cork (12th Nov), The Pigeon Wing, London (19th Nov),
Cafe Oto (with guest David Toop), London (21st Nov) and the RHA, Dublin (3rd Dec).
Check back here soon for more updates...
There are also copies of the Soundcast 4 x 4 (+1) Audio CD available here
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Image copyright: Freya Birren & The Parks Service
LIBRIS SOLAR - Freya Birren
New CD Release
Limited Edition of 500
A new CD release featuring audio tracks, a short video film and images from Freya's notebook.
Presented as a folded A5 size card printed on heavy uncoated paper stock, the cover artwork
contains images by Freya Birren.
The CD is available now from here
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SONIC VIGIL 6
Saturday 22 October 2011
2.30 - 9.30pm
Christchurch Triskel, Cork
Sonic Vigil is Ireland’s premier sound art/ improvisation event and this year it takes place on 22nd Oct
in Christchurch Triskel Cork. The event is curated by The Quiet Club and Gurenrekorder (Germany) and this is
the sixth running of the event. Whilst the event has become synonymous with St Fin Barr’s Cathedral the
organisers continue their policy of pushing the boundaries of sound and listening have changed the venue
to explore the sonic possibilities of Triskel’s new Christchurch space.
This space has been hailed as one of the best acoustic spaces in the country and Sonic Vigil has been
programmed to exploit this to the full.
A special feature of this year’s event will be video and live projections by video artist Claire Guerin.
The event which is scheduled to run for over seven hours and the audience are invited to come and go as they please.
A highlight of the event will be the launch of a recording and film of last year’s event. This will be in the unique
format of a USB key in the shape of a cassette tape containing both the audio and film of last year’s spectacular event.
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THE PRESENCE OF TREES
LIVING TREE > TREE < VIRTUAL TREE
A project by Auralog
Anthony Kelly, Seán McCrum, David Stalling
On view until Wednesday 27th July,
The Return Gallery and the Auditorium
Goethe-Institut, 37 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
For opening times please visit:
http://www.goethe.de/ins/ie/dub/knt/oef/enindex.htm
Please Note: due to circumstances beyond our control, the Reading & Live Performance, previously advertised
for Wednesday July 27th, 7.30pm, has been cancelled.
A limited edition print and audio CD relating to the project available soon.
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Hilltown New Music Festival 2011 - Call for audio works
“Close to the sound - Behind the melody – Near the Inaudible”
An open call for artists, composers and musicians to send a short audio work that responds in some way to the above title.
The work can be a sound piece, a music composition, a field recording, an excerpt from a larger work etc.
The work can be from 2 to 8 channels and between 1 and 7 minutes in duration.
Selected works will be included in a concert programme or as part of a listening post during the Hilltown New Music Festival in July 2011.
For more info and submission details please visit: http://hilltown.ie/callforwork.html
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i-and-e festival 2011
Two Days of Improvised and Contemporary Music
The Ireland Institute
27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
Friday, 13th May, Sat 14th May
ROY CARROLL (Ire), LOL COXHILL (UK), PATRICK FARMER (UK), JEAN-LUC GUIONNET (Fra), SARAH HUGHES (UK),
LEOPOLD HURT (Ger), DANIEL JONES (UK), ANTHONY KELLY (Ire), DAVID LACEY (Ire), SEIJIRO MURAYAMA (Jap),
MILES PERKIN (Can), DAVID STALLING (Ire), KEITH ROWE (UK), PAUL VOGEL (Ire)
For more info please visit: http://i-and-e.digitalsook.net/
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A History of Background
audio CD + booklet
cantaudio033
An edition of 1,000 audio CDs compiled by artist Alan Dunn, Associate Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Art
at Leeds Metropolitan University.
As the revolution dies and the grey clears, new backgrounds come into view.
From the beginning of time and space at the big bang, background has been an unavoidable issue to deal with
and the CD looks at the manners in which artists, writers, filmmakers, designers and musicians have creatively
explored the concept of background; vanishing points, dub, bass guitar, deep space, landscape, soundtracks,
Muzak, ambience, dubstep, piped music, noise and eavesdropping.
The CD contains contributions from:
David Bowie, Yoko Ono, Brian Eno, Carol Kaye, Undark, Michelangelo Antonioni, Andy Warhol, Pulsar recordings,
Einsturzende Neubauten, Bo Diddley, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Kodak Super 8 Movies soundtrack, Cyrus, Eve Hell,
The Stupids, Hannah Dargavel-Leafe, David Reed, Bruce Davies & Jonny Fryer, Lower Class Brats, Pipedown,
Jeff Young, Alfons Schilling, Lisa Stansbie, Anthony Kelly and David Stalling, Muzak Orchestra, Richard Haas,
Erik Satie, Leeds Metropolitan University.
For full information you can visit:
www.ahistoryofbackground.com
If you would like a copy of this CD please contact:
a.dunn(at)leedsmet.ac.uk
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Strange Attractor at The Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Until April 30th
Strange Attractor is a dynamic multi-dimensional series of collaborative ventures between five artists,
Anthony Kelly, Danny McCarthy, Irene Murphy, Mick O’Shea and David Stalling.
During the residency the artists will work both as a group and as individuals using improvisational sound performance,
experimentation with technology and combined media to explore creative possibilities resulting in an experience that
offers multiple points of entry for the audience. The residency will further develop the sound and visual possibilities
already explored in the monthly performances by using sound installation, still and moving image, video documentation,
and ‘informal’ performances and live events in the various spaces of Crawford Art Gallery.
Forthcoming live performances include:
Lee Patterson
14 April, 19:00-21:00
System Deconstructed
29 April, 14:00-16:00
Download pdf brochure here
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Ten Days On The Island - Tasmania, 25th March - 3 April 2011
Shorelines - Newfoundland / Ireland
The Shorelines exhibition travels to Tasmania as part of the Ten Days on the Island Festival.
The exhibition which features work by Angela Antle, Anthony Kelly, Slavek Kwi, Pierre LeBlanc,
David Stalling and Anne Troake will be on view at Burnie Regional Art Gallery from 19 March - 8 May 2011.
Shorelines is an international touring project that explores the many readings of the term, shorelines and
specific coastal landscapes through the forms of multimedia, photographic and video installation by Canadian and Irish artists.
You can find out more about Ten Days On The Island here:
http://www.tendaysontheisland.com/_webapp_727996/Shorelines
Shorelines book and DVD available here
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Strange Attractor 2 with guests David Toop and Mary Nunan
Saturday 4th December 12 - 4pm
The Crawford Art Gallery
Emmet Place, Cork, Ireland
www.crawfordartgallery.ie
Strange Attractor 2
Strange Attractor is a dynamic multi-dimensional series of collaborative ventures between five artists,
Anthony Kelly, Danny McCarthy, Irene Murphy, Mick O’Shea and David Stalling.
Strange Attractor 2 is the second in the series of 4-hour sound performances, taking place this time in the Gibson Room
of the Crawford Gallery, Cork. This performance features David Toop, internationally renowned sound artist,
author and curator. His acclaimed books include Ocean of Sound, and Haunted Weather.
His recent publication “Sinister Resonance” has been well received by critics and public alike. As a musician he has
appeared alongside some of the world’s leading exponents of sound art, including Brian Eno, Evan Parker,
Max Eastley, Scanner to name but a few.
Also featured is Mary Nunan, artist, choreographer and performer whose ensemble choreographic works have been presented
at venues throughout Ireland and internationally. She is currently Course Director of the MA in Contemporary Dance Performance
at the University of Limerick.
Entry to the event is free and the audience are invited to come and go as they please.
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Strange Attractor 1: SYSTEM & Launch of new Soundcast CD
Saturday 20th November 12 - 4pm
The Crawford Art Gallery
Emmet Place, Cork, Ireland
www.crawfordartgallery.ie
Strange Attractor 1: SYSTEM
The Crawford Art Gallery is pleased to present Strange Attractor, a dynamic multi-dimensional series of collaborative
ventures between five artists, Anthony Kelly, Danny McCarthy, Irene Murphy, Mick O’Shea and David Stalling.
Strange Attractor 1: SYSTEM, is the first in this series of 4-hour sound performances which begins
on 20th November at 12pm in the Sculpture Gallery. This performance experiments with sound generated from
movement and drawing on an amplified floor, which creates a feedback loop between action and amplified reaction.
Each performer will improvise with the sound source and effect each other’s creative actions.
The performance takes place from 12 – 4pm and entry to the event is free. The audience are invited to move
around the space during the performance.
Soundcast 4x4 (+1) - CD release
Kelly, McCarthy, O'Shea and Stalling will also launch Soundcast 4x4 (+1), a new limited edition audio CD
published by Crawford Gallery & Farpoint Recordings with a specially designed foldout, containing images by Irene Murphy
and texts by Francis Halsall and Peter Murray.
The CD is available now from the Crawford Gallery shop and Farpoint Recordings (click here)
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Shorelines
Mermaid Arts Centre
until November 27th 2010
www.mermaidartscentre.ie
An international exchange project between Ireland and Newfoundland, Canada, with three artists representing each place.
Participating artists Angela Antle, Anthony Kelly, Slavek Kwi, Pierre LeBlanc, David Stalling, Anne Troake.
The exhibition contains sound, moving and still image, and interactive art works.
Co-curated by Seán McCrum, Ireland, and Charlotte Jones, Newfoundland.
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Metamorphosis and Praxis | Linda O'Keeffe
A new audio CD by Irish sound artist Linda O'Keeffe
First Edition of 500 copies
A new 3 track audio CD written and produced by sound artist Linda O’Keeffe.
Presented as a folded A5 size card printed on heavy uncoated paper stock.
Featuring the essay 'Resonant Ecologies…towards listening' by Jessica Foley and notes on the pieces by Linda O'Keeffe.
Click here for more info
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Sonic Vigil V
7 HOURS OF SOUND ART
& EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, Ireland
Sat 17TH July, 1pm-8pm
Curated by The Quiet Club and Gruenrekorder, Sonic Vigil returns with a line-up of leading international experimental musicians and sound artists and practitioners from the booming Irish scene. This unique event, a SEVEN HOUR marathon of experimental music and sound art, will take place in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral on Saturday 17th July.
This year's event features performances by David Toop (GB) · Soft Day (Irl) · Lasse-Marc Riek (DE) · The Quiet Music Ensemble (Irl) · Sunfish (Irl) · Karen Power (Irl) · The Quiet Club (Irl) · D’incise (Ch) · Anthony Kelly & David Stalling (Irl/DE) · John Byrne (Irl) · La Société des Amis du Crime (Irl) · MERSK & SoundEye Poets (Irl/UK) · Roland Etzin and Kevin Tuohy (DE/Irl) · The Concerned Parasites ubh Körka Gweena (Irl)
Records from both the Gruenrekorder Label and Farpoint Recordings will be available for sale at the concert. Further details from sonicvigil@ireland.com or on www.sonicvigil.blogspot.com
Sonic Vigil IV - 4 CD boxset available now click here
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Solus Film Collective at Filmbase, Dublin, 24 June - 6 July 2010
'Solus' present highlights from their recent touring programmes and a taster of upcoming international collaborations with new films and videos from Ireland, England, France, Germany, Mali, Mauritania, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Japan, Russia, Korea, and Chile.
Throughout the Filmbase building these programmes will be screening on an ongoing basis from June 24th to July 6th, with film installations and live events on the opening Thursday. Featuring work by collective members and friends; Moira Tierney, David Stalling, Anthony Kelly, Zoe Greenberg, Dennis Kenny, Alan Lambert , Dónal Ó’Céilleachair, Stom Sogo, Masha Godovannaya. With new additions by; Ceila Eid & Sebastien Beranger, Tilman Küntzel, Frank Niehusmann, Brian Bridges, Libby Fabricatore, Thea Stallwood, Denis McArdle, Akkato, Projector Collective,
Paolo Inverni, Regina Bärtschi & Michaela Isabel Fünfhausen.
For more info please click here
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Quiet Club track on Wire Tapper CD #23
Farpoint Recordings are pleased to announce that 'Free Energy Receiver', a track by The Quiet Club (Danny McCarthy and Mick O'Shea) from the CD 'Tesla' is included on the latest Wire Tapper CD given free with issue 314 of Wire magazine.
The 20 track CD also includes tracks by Han Bennick Trio, Rolf Julius, Julia Wolfe and many more.
For more about 'Tesla' by The Quiet Club click here
For a full track listing of The Wire Tapper 23 CD click here
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New releases available now from Farpoint Recordings:
REDISCOVERING LOCALITY | A Sonology Of Cork Sound Art +
A new full length audio CD curated by Danny Mc Carthy which forms a 'sonic polaroid' of the current sound art/improvisation scene in Cork city, Ireland. Contributors include John Godfrey,
SAFE, Quiet Music Ensemble, Kevin Tuohy, Christian Carley, The Quiet Club (with Mathias Forge) and many others.
Click here for more info
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UNKNOWN POINT | Anthony Kelly and David Stalling
A new 50 page publication featuring photographs by Bastian Hessler, an introduction by Grainne Mulvey, a discussion by Sean McCrum with the artists and an audio CD relating to the Unknown Point series of sonic & visual installations.
The project was part of Visualise Carlow, a series of temporary public art projects
devised as an advance programme for The National Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow.
Click here for more info
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ONE MORE UNIVERSE | Damo Suzuki Network Strictly Limited Edition - only 500 copies
A new full length audio CD from Damo Suzuki featuring Makoto Kawabata with Dublin Sound Carriers Paul Condon,
Fergus Cullen, Barry Murphy and Bryan O'Connell
Click here for more info
