Grupat
dal 10/2/2009 al 13/2/2009
Segnalato da
10/2/2009
Grupat
Project Arts Centre, Dublin
An installation consisting of music, sound poetry, fashion, photography, objects and performance by renowned sound art collective. Grupat's work ranges from a silent musical film and self built instruments by Turf Boon, to the costumes of drag artist The Dowager Marchylove, and a camouflage garden shed that needs to be discovered by torch light.
Curated by Jennifer Walshe
“Without a doubt, hers is the most original compositional voice to
emerge in Ireland in the last 20 years.” Michael Dervan, The Irish
Times.
For five days sound art collective Grúpat take over the Gallery and
Cube space in Project Arts Centre to present a showcase of their
innovative and experimental approach to sound. This is the first major
Irish retrospective of the collective’s work and features a wide range
of works including several newly-commissioned pieces.
The Collective works include a Dungeons & Dragons-style sound
installation, set in a time where Ireland has been overrun by zombies
and werewolves. A drag queen who presents gowns worn in her sonic
flâneur performances. A silent ‘musical film’ and
over a thousand balloons - in a newly commissioned sound installation
where the individual is invited to swing in and out of a vast swarm of
balloons and sound, becoming part of the installation.
This exhibition is curated by Irish composer and performer, Jennifer
Walshe and was commissioned by South Dublin County Council’s
INContext3 Per Cent for Art Programme- which is funded by the
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the
National Roads Authority. The exhibition coincides with the release of
Grúpat, the first major book about the collective, published by Project
Press, and two CDs of the collectives work which feature Jennifer
Walshe’s voice.
Performer and composer Jennifer Walshe’s works have been performed
and broadcast all over world and awarded many major awards and prizes.
In 2007 she was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary
Arts, New York. During 2004-2005 she lived in Berlin as a guest of the
DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm. As a vocalist, Walshe specialises in
extended techniques, and has performed in a wide variety of settings
from the Butterfly House of the Royal Imperial Palace in Vienna to the
Museum of Arts and Design, New York.
Opening: 10 February
Project Arts Centre
39 East Essex Street - Dublin
Time: 11am- 8pm
Tickets: Free