Immersia
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Spatial music concert
Journey there. Immersia. There is time enough. Observe the outlines of this place. See its complexities. Descend.
A voice will say, “Those days are gone.” It is a significant moment. The light is changing. Outside it is winter.
Always winter.
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Opening
22. April 2011 Performance
22–24. April 2011 Installations
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Immersia is a celebration of the immersive experience and the poetry of singular focus. The edition featured a performance and an installation across two spaces, each structured around Immersia, a glacial, filmic suite of ambient electronica by Irish composer Linda Buckely, recently released on Ergodos Records.
Vocalist, and regular Ergodos collaborator, Michelle O’Rourke performed a set of slow-burning, introspective works for voice and electronics, ranging from a setting of an ancient Scottish curse by Enda Bates to lush and nostalgic soundscapes by Benedict Schlepper-Connolly and Garrett Sholdice. Each movement of Linda Buckley’s Immersia serve as an interlude, returning the performance to a state of frozen calm.
The accompanying installation featured a black box space of audio and film by Benedict Schlepper-Connolly, Jonathan Nangle and Linda Buckley will run on loop. The audience was invited to stay for the full duration, to stop, concentrate and allow the heart-rate to slow. Outside, in the main space, a gentle ambience was maintained by low-volume audio by Clive Wilkinson and Garrett Sholdice.
The Ergodos Quarterly Edition
Dublin-based production company and record label Ergodos and LEAP were delighted to announce the start of an ongoing collaborative relationship, which will manifest itself primarily in a quarterly “edition” at the Alexanderplatz space. Ergodos will curate a weekend’s worth of events four times a year, each one built around a particular theme, and featuring performances, installations and presentations concerned with theoretical aspects of sonic arts practices. Central curatorial concerns include the showcasing of work by a pool of distinctive and exciting Irish composers, sound artists and performers, creative exchange and collaboration with local artists and performers, and accessible and intelligent dialogue around sonic arts practices.
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Programme
Performance for amplified mezzo-soprano (Michelle O’Rourke)
and four-channel playback.
Enda Bates – Invocation – 6’ – Singer + Playback
Linda Buckley – Immersia I – 7’ – Playback
Garrett Sholdice – Recueillement – 10’ – Singer + Playback
Linda Buckley – Immersia II – 4’ – Playback
Linda Buckley – Revelavit – 8’ – Singer + Playback
Linda Buckley – Immersia III –5’ – Playback
Benedict Schlepper-Connolly – Cyan – 6’ – Singer + Playback
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Installation:
Room 1 (Black Box)
A thirty-minute continuous audio mix with occasional film run on the half-hour with attendance for full duration advised. Two speakers.
Mix as follows:
Linda Buckley – Immersia I
Benedict Schlepper-Connolly – Cyan Film
Linda Buckley – Immersia II
Jonathan Nangle – Winter Tells Lies Film
Linda Buckley – Immersia III
Room 2 (Main Space)
Looped audio at low volume, alternating between two recordings of piano music, interspersed by 3 minutes silence.
Clive Wilkinson – Not – 35’
J.S. Bach / Garrett Sholdice – Ich ruf’ zu Dir – 5’
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