Idir Dhá Thrá returns to the Courthouse Gallery for an evening of experimental sound performance and audio-visual presentation. We are delighted to welcome two architects of sonic sculpture to Ennistymon for an intimate evening of ambient, electronic, and drone soundscapes. Both Lair and Michael Lightborne are accomplished electronic musicians whose work reflects the unique relationship between space and time and use modern composition to reflect how landscape and surroundings impact the creative imagination.
Event Details
- Date: Friday 13th of September 2024
- Venue: Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare
- Doors: 8 PM
- Admission: Free (Limited capacity)
This event is supported by the Clare County Council and Creative Ireland, as part of their Creative Communities initiative.
About the Artists
Michael Lightborne
Michael Lightborne is an artist, researcher, and teacher based in Birmingham and Cork. He works with sound, moving images, and text, and has exhibited in galleries and festivals in Ireland, the UK, and internationally. His sound work has been featured on BBC Radio 3’s ‘Late Junction’, NTS Radio, ddr, Resonance FM, WFMU, Raidió na Gaeltachta, Lyric FM, Internet Public Radio, Radio Punctum amongst others. His most recent album, Slí na Fírinne, was released by The Department of Energy in 2022.
His work combines artistic practice with academic research, focusing on the development of trans-disciplinary methodologies using field recording, sound composition, filmmaking, and projection, resulting in non-text outputs such as albums, films, video installations, and performances, alongside conventional journal articles and books. He is currently developing a project called Concrete Cinema, which uses experimental filmmaking and outdoor projection to explore the history and lived experience of Modernist and Brutalist architecture, and the future of concrete as a building material.
Michael's performance at Éist will revolve around his research work into the life and ideas of John Moriarty and the Irish landscape. Using field recordings and drone atmospherics, Michael questions the role of sound in formulating our relationship to land and the impact that humans have on the natural landscape. He is an Associate Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick (as Michael Pigott), where he teaches and writes about film and video art, and the relationship between sound, environment, and cinema.
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Laura Kilty (LAIR)
Laura Kilty is an Irish artist, singer, composer, and producer. She writes and performs many different styles of music under different monikers, but her vocal work is largely released under the title of LAIR. She has a Master's in Music and Media Technologies from Trinity College Dublin. Letum Tenebrae is the title of her final thesis project, a composition for six choirs and electronics in 6.1 surround sound which utilises ambisonics.
Following graduation, she lectured in composition and music technology to undergraduates in Trinity while studying for a PhD in composition. She also set up a choir and strings ensemble called SoundSet with conductor Emma O’Halloran. After almost four years of the PhD programme, she was feeling stifled, disenchanted, and unsupported in the university environment. So she made the decision to leave the rules and politics of the academic music world behind. It was a hugely positive turning point for her on all levels and in all facets of her life.
She is now expressing her true voice and writes music she believes in and loves. She also works as a Yoga Teacher, Sound Healer, and Angelic Reiki Master Teacher, and runs retreats and workshops around the world.
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