 LISTEN hEAR
A new book on the work of pioneering Irish sound artist Danny McCarthy has just been published by Farpoint Recordings. The book covers selected works by Mc Carthy covering over a twenty year period. Ranging from early installations like "Echo’s From An Abandoned Schoolhouse" (1988) up to his current work "Listening With The Sound Turned Off" which has just finished in Triskel Arts Centre.
The work covers both indoor and outdoor installations and is illustrated in both colour and black and white.
The book is accompanied by a thirteen track CD and an introduction by David Toop and a text by Julie Forrester.
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 Quiet Club - Tesla
The Quiet Club are Mick O’Shea and Danny McCarthy. Formed in Feb 2006 they have met with considerable success and have become recognised as one of Ireland’s leading sound art improvisation groups. They have toured extensively in Ireland and have appeared in festivals in both Germany, Canada. and Japan. Most recently at DEAF (Dublin Electronic Arts Festival), Static (Liverpool) and I& E Festival, (Dublin). They frequently appear with guests which in the past included Mark Wastell, Viv Corringham, John Godfrey, Harry Moore, Christian Carley, David Toop plus many others. Employing a wide range of sound making devices ranging from stones , home made instruments, electronics, amplified textures, oscilloscopes, thermins, field recordings etc.. they continue to push the boundaries of sound making and listening.
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 Danny Mc Carthy
"the sounds I tend to use have a universality and the work should work
in any culture. Space influences my work hugely and I really enjoy
working with space as a medium. I tend to let the space form the work
rather that trying to impose the work in the space. When I am
traveling, I tend to travel very light and let the work happen from
what I find or can purchase cheaply on site."
"But I am passionately in love with art; my life is art every waking
moment. As regards sound art, the most important aspect of that is
without doubt my 'listening practice' and the ability to listen. I have
given numerous listening workshops to people from literally eight to
eighty and I am always fascinated by people's reactions when they start
to listen deeply." Circa Art Magazine
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 Visual Art and Sound Art Installation ...
Listening With The Sound Turned Off : Paintings, Drawings, Mixed Media and Sound Installations in Triskel Arts Centre on 4th July, 2008 @7 pm - Catalogue as 630kb pdf
This is the first exhibition
in Cork by the artist in over ten years despite having had exhibitions
in Japan, Germany and Canada within the past year.
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