DID YA HEAR? Cabra West

WALK DESCRIPTION This is a piece of music in 8 geolocated sections for location (field) recordings, synthesizers, and percussion. Between each section there is a short 'beat interlude'. It is experienced through the Echoes app and a pair of headphones. When you arrive at a specific location in the National Botanical Gardens, that location’s music will be triggered on the Echoes app. There is a suggested route by following each 'echo' and pathway; however, the sections can also be heard in any order. By taking in each of the eight locations, the total walk should last a little under an hour. SOUNDWALK INFORMATION Growing up close by, the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin have been foundational throughout my life. They were a place of exploration through my young childhood; a picturesque backdrop for photographing coming of age family events; a place of solace & escape through my teenage & young adult years; and throughout COVID-19 lockdown, it was one of the few places where it was possible to meet friends & family at a distance. Now as a father, it is a place of exploration once more, as I visit almost on a weekly basis with my young son. Moreover, it continues to be a place of solace & comfort. My dad is buried right next door in Glasnevin Cemetery, and when he died during strict lockdown in 2021, knowing that he was buried in such a beautiful place, surrounded by such an abundance of life, brought solace when we were robbed of the traditional grieving rituals that help us deal with such loss. On 27 January 2023, myself and my four-year-old son went exploring some of our favourite spots in the National Botanical Gardens, and by making location (field) recordings collected sounds that excited us. I have taken these location recordings home, and augmented or ornamented them by articulating the resonant frequencies found on the recordings on synthesizers and other instruments I have at home. The location recordings you can hear are the result of naively listening to not only the environment around us, but our place, and our impact within it. As a result, there is no attempt to edit or remove ourselves from the recordings, and at times you can hear myself and my son discussing things that we hear and see with wonder and appreciation. I hope you enjoy this little ornamented soundwalk guided by myself and a four-year-old, and enjoy exploring the beauty of the National Botanical Gardens. Feel free to follow the path that we took, or to make your own way around the different geolocations. I made this piece as preparatory research for an different work I'm currently writing for Plus Minus Ensemble as part of Zubin Kanga's Cyborg Soloists UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship at Royal Holloway University of London.

If the Morrígan, the wise crow & great queen in Irish mythology could tell you a story, what would she say and where would she bring you? At IMMA’s Earth Rising, she appears as the guide for the soundwalk Tréimhse* in the formal gardens. The walk plays on the need in these troubled times for what Robin Wall Kimmerer calls Re-story-ation “our relationship with the land cannot heal until we hear its stories. But who will tell them?” Braiding Sweetgrass (2013). Using field recording, sound and storytelling to lay down new pathways the walk places Irish and its close ecological observation at the heart of its storytelling. Reimagining the gardens as Gaeilge the Morrígan brings into focus the need for anti colonial methodologies of care and profound ecological awareness to unsilence and imagine new worlds. Siúlaimid le chéile. We will walk together. Tréimhse grew out of conversations between visual artist Rosie O’Reilly and curator Shannon Carroll on the power of Gaeilge as a cornerstone of a new ecological time. it brings together their research, field recordings and sound by Headfoot (Colm O’Ciosoig, Rosie O’Reilly, Barry Ryan) and words by Prof Michael Cronin (An Gaeilge agus an Éiceolaíocht, 2019) Image: The Morrígan, rosie o’reilly *Tréimhse: a period of time

Created for IMMA's Earth Rising Eco Festival 2023, the IMMA Timescapes Soundwalk is a hybrid soundwalk / performance resulting from a collaboration between composer and sound artist Robert Coleman, ornithologist Seán Ronayne, and performer and improviser Seán Mac Erlaine. The soundwalk explores the soundscape of IMMA and its relationship stretching from the past, through to the present day and into the future. The focus across these different moments in time allow us to perceive the human impact on the environment which can often go unnoticed due to the slow rates of change. Through eco-acoustic monitoring of bird migrations over IMMA we also explore the geographical connections which become apparent across the globe highlighting the interconnectedness of the Earth's biodiversity. A subsequent panel discussion at 12 noon on Sunday at the People's Pavilion will explore the merging of artistic and scientific practices and what happens when these individuals engage in a process of learning from each other. This will feature in the CMC radio series, ‘We Only Want the Earth’, funded by the BAI through their climate change round for RTÉ lyric fm on the climate emergency and contemporary music and chaired by chaired by Helen Shaw of Athena Media.

Anthrome / Biome Soundwalk is a reflection on the dichotomy of the natural versus manmade. Here, the act of listening takes on new meaning. With a focus on both the science and aesthetics of the soundscape, listening becomes a method for developing new connections to our environment and a deeper understanding of the climate and biodiversity crisis. The development of this walk included a period of research and field-recording on the grounds of IMMA. This will be brought into context by comparative research and recordings with the native temperate rainforest at the Vale of Clara in Wicklow and the newly developing wood at Glas-na-Bradan in the Belfast Hills. The concepts of durational and non-human listening will be explored. This brings an awareness of timescales and also lifeforms generally not considered into focus, shaping a broader experience of our place in the living world.

Interactive audio tour, based upon the practices of dereliction and vacancy imposed by property hoarding experts, the Irish Government.

A city wide interactive story that unfolds as the night falls on the Liberties and its surrounds in Dublin 8 for Culture Night 2025. Disclaimer: This sonic artwork takes place within the public spaces of the city. While the sounds may guide your attention, your path and decisions are always your own. Please stay alert to traffic, crossings, and others around you, and only move where you feel safe. By taking part, you accept responsibility for your own safety, and acknowledge that the organisers and artists cannot be held liable for accidents or incidents that may occur during your journey.

ACCESSOR is an interactive artwork created as part of Dublin Fringe Festival 2024, by Bill Harris. This work features audio, performers, planted objects and speculative situations for viewers to engage with. It can only be experienced during pre-booked slots. A special thank you goes to the cast of this performance, Michael O'Reilly, Chloe Reynolds, Aindriú O'Deasiún and the producer Dave Kelly. Image by Aisling Phelan. This work was developed at the Fringe LAB as part of the Break New Ground Bursary Award. It has also received mentorship support from Maïa Nunes as part of their Outside Eye project, alongside mentorship support from Tom O'Dea and dramaturgical support from Sean Finnan. This work is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, the Fingal Artist Support Scheme 2024 and ECHOES.XYZ.