A Dock 10 Commission Saturday 31st October
8.30pm
€16/€14
The Crash Ensemble - Born in the 80’s Crash Ensemble played to a packed house in July 2014 when they presented their Crash Course in the New York hypnotic School. Following the success of that collaboration The Dock commissioned Crash as part of our 10 year anniversary celebrations and the result is another night of exceptional new music including a world premiere performance. From the decade that brought you jelly shoes, Pac- man, Mutant Ninja Turtles and E.T we bring you Ireland’s brightest composing talent. Ever wondered what it would be like to hear work by a young Beethoven or Philip Glass as it happened? This is classical music from here and now - from Irish composers in their 20’s and early 30’s. Born in the 80’s features works by Barry O’Halpin, Ben Schlepper-Connolly, Amanda Feery, Emma O’Halloran and the world premiere of ‘Pause’ by Jonathan Nangle, which was commissioned by The Dock for Crash Ensemble with funding from The Arts Council. Crash Ensemble is Ireland’s leading contemporary music ensemble; a group of world-class musicians who play the most adventurous, ground-breaking new music of today.
PROGRAMME Jonathan Nangle: Pause [World Premiere] commissioned by The Dock Arts Centre for Crash Ensemble with funding from the Arts Council Emma O’Halloran: Movement in Squares Barry O’Halpin: Lipids Ben Schlepper-Connolly: Star Amanda Feery: On Shuffle Crash Ensemble is Ireland’s leading new music ensemble; a group of world-class musicians who play the most adventurous, ground-breaking music of today.
Gallery opening hours: Monday to Friday 10am - 5.30pm Saturday 10am - 5pm Admission is free
Contact: +353 (0)71 965 0828 www.thedock.ie
Image: Aideen Barry, Not to be named nor understood, 2015 Medium: Performative video with sound, looping, single channel. Image courtesy of the Artist Aideen Barry (c) 2015
The Past Presence
Composer Jonathan Nangle Artists Aideen Barry, Karl Burke & Mark Garry
Exhibition / Workshops Public Talk / Events In conjunction with The Past Presence there will be a series of associated events including talks, workshops and performances. Booking and information: www.thedock.ie or 071 965 0828.
Friday 30th October / Ages 14 -25 / 11-4pm
Programming Music for mobile platforms with composer Jonathan Nangle In this workshop you will learn to code in modular software. You will be guided through the steps to build a sampling sequencer. After building and testing the software, participants, will transfer this to mobile platforms (iPhone/Android or tablets). So you can use it anywhere and anytime.
October 31st / 4-6pm
The Past Presence
Composer Jonathan Nangle Artists Aideen Barry, Karl Burke & Mark Garry Please join us for the opening preview: Friday 18th September, 6pm Exhibition runs from: September 19th to November 21st 2015 The Past Presence is an exhibition that looks at how artworks and ideas within them peculate and distil over time. It highlights The Dock’s commitment to commissioning new work, as part of our ten year anniversary. Revisiting works from our past
Music and Sound Art - talk/tour with composer Jonathan Nangle, artists Karl Burke & Mark Garry
commissions, (some which have been revisited with elements reworked by the
Join us in discussion about music, sound and art. The integration of audio and visual elements is as common
Aideen Barry‘s new work Not to be named is titled after Dante’s reflection on
an approach to art-making for Composers as it is for Artists and by extension the work of composers is
monsters, as the ones “not to be named nor understood”? This short film draws
increasingly been shown within gallery contexts. Our current exhibition brings to our galleries composer
us to question where the horror actually lies? Maybe it’s in the mountains of
Jonathan Nangle and visual artists Karl Burke & Mark Garry whose work incorporates a strong sonic
madness’s we have created ourselves? Not to be named plays with the monstrous
component.
and human expressions of emotion through the endless nightmare of domestic
artists), the exhibition will feature works by composer Jonathan Nangle and artists, Aideen Barry, Karl Burke and Mark Garry.
drudgery and compulsive consumption.
Thursday 6th November / 7- 8.30pm
Listening Club @ The Dock with artists Karl Burke & Mark Garry The Listening Club is an event for music fans. Calling all lovers of sound including musicians, composers, visual artists to come together to listen and share music. The Dock welcomes the Listening Club to our galleries. The Listening Club will be led by artists Karl Burke and Mark Garry. This is a great opportunity to meet up and chat about sounds.
Thursday 19th November / 8.30pm / €16/€14
Feldwege/Holzwege and crOw This new multimedia live performance piece combines Leitrim-based filmmaker Johnnie Lawson’s stunning visual work with Ian Wilson’s evocative sonic landscapes, providing a unique perspective on different terrains of the Northwest. Cliodhna Ryan, one of Ireland’s most accomplished violinists, will perform Wilson’s score live along with the film. The evening’s programme also includes a performance by crOw, a unique Irish improvising duo, fusing the distinctive musicianship of saxophonist Cathal Roche with imaginative live electronics from Ian Wilson.
Commissioned by The Dock 10 years ago Landscapes by Karl Burke and Mark Garry reflected upon notions of a specific place, its histories, stories and mythologies. It has gone on to be shown in London, Paris, Vilnius, New York and Sydney. This was the first film work made by both artists. Ten years later, we are re-presenting the work with new sound elements composed from field recordings and guitar. First and foremost a composer, Jonathan Nangle’s compositions explore many diverse fields ranging from interactive installation, to notated acoustic and electroacoustic sound and improvisation. Pause is a new commission by the Dock in association with Crash Ensemble featuring the young Irish ballet dancer Jamie Haughton. PAUSE emerged from a short two bar phrase from Charles Ives Concord Sonata (1919). The second work ‘(sighing): oh…but we were monsters’ was directly inspired by Alvin Lucier and is largely synthesised from sine tones through custom built software and processed guitar samples. The third work Breath is an Audio-