Forthcoming
Sound pieces are upcoming in Sweden, UK and Ireland. Check The Theatre of Noise for details as they become available.
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.
2010
Photo of Limerick Tango duo, as part of CAT DIG weekend
Published in Irish Examiner newspaper.
10 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".
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.
12 March to 23 May 2010.
Photo of The Quiet Club
Published in The Wire magazine.
March 2010.
Poems of Love, Death and Nasal Surgery
Live reading as guest poet at The White House Pub, Limerick.
10 February 2010.
2009
"Wavefront Makara (hue blue linear)"
Composed for Tim Prebble's Music Of Sound website.
10 December 2009.
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 Garden of Adumbrations"
Playback at .microsound10years concert, celebrating the anniversary of the .microsound internet list. Fylkingen, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm, Sweden.
28 October 2009.
The Limerick-Toronto Subway Line
Premiere of live site-specific electroacoustic performance. SpiritStore Arts café, Limerick.
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.
21-26 September 2009.
Ouroboros
Live site-specific electroacoustic performance. SpiritStore Arts café, Limerick.
11 September 2009.
"The Garden of Adumbrations"
Premiere diffusion of 8.1 electroacoustic piece.
2 September 2009.
"The Garden of Adumbrations": An Anecdotal Soundscape
Publication of Masters thesis.
September 2009.
2008
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.
"Complementarity: An Archipelago"
Paper on pattern systems and social ecology published in the book Framemakers: Choreography As An Aesthetics Of Change.
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.
2006-2007
Mamuska
Sound designer (DJ plus original music) for these multi-disciplinary performance evenings.
Mamuska Limerick: 5 October 2007, Daghdha Space, Limerick.
Mamuska Dublin: 15 September 2007, Back Loft, Dublin.
Mamuska Limerick: 1 June 2007, Daghdha Space, Limerick.
Mamuska Limerick: 13 April 2007, Daghdha Space, Limerick.
Mamuska Limerick: 2 February 2007, Daghdha Space, Limerick.
Mamuska Limerick: 6 October 2006, Daghdha Space, Limerick.
2007
Always Pushing The Pull Door book launch
Original music for launch of Mark Whelan's poetry collection (Revival Press). Limerick City Library, The Granary, Limerick, Ireland.
6 December 2007.
Marmaros
CD release by escalation 819 on boutique label Ubiquity Tonstudio.
19 November 2007.
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.
"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.
"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.
"Countdown"
Poem published in TEXT, the Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs Vol. 11 No. 2.
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.
"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.
2006
"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.
"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.
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.
"Cataplasia"
Poster design for dance theatre performance by Daniel Vais And The Love Spotters. Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland.
28 May 2006.
"Angie Dances Solo(s)"
Poster design for solo dance evening by Angie Smalis. Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland.
20 May 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.
2005
"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.
"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.
"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.
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.
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.
1985 to 2004
"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.
Education and Professional 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.
Ongoing Activities
Soundings
Co-curator for electroacoustic music concert series.
Soundings 0324: Diffusion Prize 2010. 24 March 2010.
Soundings 0924: Splice Girls. 24 September 2009.
Soundings 0910: Garth Paine. 10 September 2009.
Soundings 1106: Jonathan Sage. 6 November 2008.
Soundings 1025: Diffusion Dublin. 25 October 2008.
Soundings 0925: Diffusion Prize 2008. 25 September 2008.
Soundings 0402: New Approaches To Guitar. 2 April 2008.
Soundings 1103: The Necks. 3 November 2007.
Soundings 1012: Xenakis. 12 October 2007.
Soundings 0329: Improvisation. 29 March 2007.
Soundings 1116: Diffusion Prize 2006. 16 November 2006.
Soundings 1031: KK NULL. 31 October 2006.
Soundings 0330: Keith Rowe. 30 March 2006.
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